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What software do you use to write?

>> No.4381314

>>4381311
Microsoft word.

>> No.4381317

LibreOffice

>> No.4381324

a text editor

>> No.4381321

>>4381317
linux pls go

>> No.4381325

>>4381321
I use windows, I just don't want to pay for Office. I also use google docs.

>> No.4381332

>>4381325
>using a botnet
shiggy

>> No.4381335

>>4381325
Can't you just pirate MO?

>> No.4381339

>>4381332
I use GD for uni purposes. Botnet doesn't concern because it's only writing.

>> No.4381341

>>4381335
Why pirate something when you can just get the exact same thing for free but it has a different name? It just seems pointless.

>> No.4381347

>>4381341
>Not using one of those distraction free text editor programs like Darkroom.

I literally can't write on a white background anymore.

>> No.4381350

>>4381347
That's actually a valid point. If I'm writing for a long time I feel like my eyes are gonna bleed. I'll have to look into this

>> No.4381349

>>4381341
Idk man. I used Libre for about a year when I had ubuntu installed on my laptops and I just found that I preferred Word.

>> No.4381348

>>4381347
congrats on being pointlessly conditioned

>> No.4381351

>>4381311
Paper and pen/pencil, then when I want to edit I write it in vim.

>> No.4381358

Celtx or OpenOffice depending on what I'm writing.

>> No.4381362

emacs masterrace. vim users need not reply

>> No.4381380

>>4381362
Regexing with several editors:
ed:
>?
>?
>?

acme:
>Oh, I want to execute a regular expression on my text here.
>Here I go.
>I take my mouse hand off my keys.
>I move my mouse hand to my mouse
>I grip the mouse with my mouse hand
>I move the mouse to the tab strip on top of the editing buffer
>I click the tab strip
>I release the mouse
>I move my mouse hand to the keys
>I write the regex
>I take my mouse hand off the keys
>I move my mouse hand to my mouse
>I grip the mouse and press da butans
>I drag the mouse over the regex to highlight it
>I release da butans
>I watch as my regex hopefully does what it needs to do on the first try.
>I move the mouse to the editing buffer to continue inputting text
>I release the mouse
>I move my mouse hand to the keys
>I FINALLY start typing again.


Emacs:
>press both foot pedals
>press meta shift control sysrq
>play the moonlight sonata on the two extra keyboards while requesting Regex-Mode with the headstick.
>hit the electric cymbals strapped under my arm and while putting the shift-stick I have gripped tightly with my sphincter into turbo mode.
>signal my two assistants to turn their keys in unison, NOW!
>input the regex
>release all keys and watch as emacs gracefully rearranges the text

vim:
>escape or equivalent
>:%s/foo/bar/g
>enter
>continue editing

>> No.4381455

Normally I'll use Word, even if it is kinda bulky and bloated.

When I didn't have Word, I used OpenOffice.

And on my phone, if I'm suddenly struck by an idea, I'll use Google Docs or the Writer app

>> No.4381459

>>4381380
>ever needing to regex
see me afterschool

>> No.4381800

>>4381348
To what, not liking to look at a bright white background at 2 in the morning while I struggle to crank out garbage just to say I "made the daily quota."?

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4383273

Notepad

>> No.4383292

notepad for poems
openoffice for short stories

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4383425

Darkroom for long-term writing and outlining (most solid minimalist word processor), Ommwriter Dana I when I want to sink into a Zen mode (Dana II crashes and doesn't work right), FocusWriter when I want to customize a specific theme to surround myself in (especially for my erotica), and Open Office to edit all my work.

And Celtx when I'm writing scripts.

>> No.4383449

>>4381321

>not using linux

>post snowden

pls

>> No.4383466

>>4381311
pencil and notebook

>> No.4383495

Notepad++ with a spell checker. Gedit on my Ubuntu (10.4, fuck nuGNOME) install.

>> No.4383580

Focuswriter - it's excellent.

>> No.4383586

>>4383495
>using Notepad++ for anything other than coding
People actually do this?

>> No.4383587

>>4381349

Word is just absolutely wonderful.

>> No.4383591

Latex

Clearly the lack of use of it by 4chan suggests there aren't a lot of university-level educated people on here.
How surprising...

>> No.4383600

>>4381380
Vim + Vimscript is like a writer's dream land. You can spend all your time perfecting the art of writing without writing a damned thing. Maybe I should say it's an editor's dream. Regexing, formatting, pattern recognition, macros, fact identification, number checking, punctuation, dictionaries, databases, u name it, literally.

Like word on steroids with a blow job thrown in for the hell of it.

>> No.4383609

>>4383591

Anyone who uses Latex outside stem is essentially a poser.

>> No.4383624

>>4383591
>using Latex for writing
Are you retarded? You use it for publishing stuff or making a nice print out, there's no reason to use it for the actual writing or editing process itself except to deliberately impede yourself to so you can try and look cool.

>> No.4383656

>>4381311
PyRoom. Maybe there's a better substitute by now but I still use it.

>> No.4384859

>>4383586
I like how it looks, also the tabs and spell checker.

>> No.4384881

>>4381800
>thinking that a black screen in a florescently lighted room is good for your eyes

>> No.4385200

vim

>> No.4385816

What's with all the text editors? Use a word processor like a normal person.

>> No.4386228

>>4381321
Why?

I like it here

-Posted from my Debian GNU/Linux

>> No.4386235

>>4383609
Or essentially wants nice looking papers

>> No.4386238

>>4385816

>

>> No.4387628

Do people really use just text editors for writing or is this an "Install Gentoo" thing?

I mean, it must be really annoying to find where you were or quickly navigate compared to how you can have a chapter sidebar in Word and Writer.