/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.14596247]

What program do you use to write? I use google docs which i like because I can use it across devices & browsers, but I'm scared of them stealing all my work/it all disappearing one day (even though I keep backups) and also it's started lagging a fair amount because my document is 100+ pages

[Anonymous No.14596251]

vi

[Anonymous No.14596257]

>>14596247
* .txt files and the default editor
* Atom and .md files
* TeXShop and .tex files.

I'm not claiming those are great solutions, but it werks.

[Anonymous No.14596261]

>>14596257
sorry, I thought I was on /sci/.
Atom etc. might not be convenient enough for longer bulks of text

[Anonymous No.14596267]

>>14596247
libre office. i used to be a retard and pay 10 bucks a month for office, until i had to change my debit card so the payments weren't going through and they fucking locked me out of all my documents. wouldn't even let me fucking copy them so i could paste into another thing. computer software has gone to such shit

[Anonymous No.14596274]

started using libre office to edit word documents just recently. i dont write

[Anonymous No.14596284]

>>14596247
Whatever makes it the easiest to write markdown.

[Anonymous No.14596314]

emacs

[Anonymous No.14596340]

>>14596267
wait what,
since when office is for a sub?
thought you could buy a package for idunno say 150€ and have it "for life" or until they make that version obsolete (3-5 yrs)

[The Prophet !!lwPyLS41HmK No.14596471]

>>14596314
This

[Anonymous No.14596500]

>>14596247
LaTeX and Scrivener are the only ways to go

[Anonymous No.14596503]

>>14596340
you can, but office 365 is subscription based

[Anonymous No.14596521]

>>14596247
Notetab Pro. Simple as

[Anonymous No.14596531]

>>14596314
>The documentation for emacs is in the non-free contribs repo on Debian.
I always smirk.

[Anonymous No.14596919]

docs as well but i have the same issues, i don't know what program that's easy to navigate doesn't lag at that many pages though unfortunately
docs' headers are really useful for navigating shit

[Anonymous No.14596966]

>>14596340
years ago? 365 went down the same road as adobe and they are all subscription services now (SaaS)

[Anonymous No.14596982]

Why yes, of course I use GNU Emacs to write literature, what gave it away?

[Anonymous No.14597469]

Nobody here writes with a pen on paper?

[Anonymous No.14597505]

>pencil and paper
>notepad (.txt)
>Notes (iPhone)
Write without distraction

[Anonymous No.14597566]

>>14596251
Based
>>14596257
>Atom
imagine actually using this bloated piece of electron shit instead of a proper distraction free markdown editor
>>14596314
I hope you are using a vi layer, buddy, you wouldn't want carpal tunnel, would you?
>>14597505
>iPhone
KYS

[Anonymous No.14597593]

>>14596966
uhg, the adobe one was even more bullshit because you can't even buy photoshop outright anymore, you literally have to make monthly payments, plus if you pirate it you have to do a bunch of gay computer shit for it to work that is way above my head.

[Anonymous No.14597600]

Anyone who doesn't use Microsoft Word is a pseud and an amerimutt full of delusions.

[Anonymous No.14597605]

>>14597600
dubs of truth

[Anonymous No.14597684]

nice try bill gates

[Anonymous No.14597923]

>>14596982
Your fly was down.

[Anonymous No.14598009]

>>14596251
vi, in the mac terminal

[Anonymous No.14598016]

>>14597600
>giving extra money to microjew for software that isn't even very good

[Anonymous No.14598025]

gedit

[Anonymous No.14598349]

LaTeX lets you format things beautifully and easily once you figure out how it works, and I had to years ago for STEM purposes
Overleaf is nice

[Anonymous No.14598411]

>>14598349
currently using vim in a terminal, i know latex, i wonder if it makes sense to use it just to have something to keep track of the number of pages (probably not), but my autism is itching

[Anonymous No.14598659]

>>14598411
The memoir class has page numbering and all kinds of neat chapter stylings