Perhaps Santa Claus will bring us a feature in SCRIVENER (SCR) that I always wanted to use in the last few years, but not had:
SEARCH
The inbuilt Search-Function of SCR ist great. I like it very much and use it very often. Especially the possibility to search global in all documents and then skip immediately into a single chapter search with the same search-topic - flawless. That’s very fast and effective. For non-fiction-writer a splendid way to do research.
But, there is something that nearly every author needs - in fiction and non-fiction text: the fast overview of words in the near vicinity of the actual writing spot.
What does that mean? If discussing a topic in a document with komplex explanations, I always wanted to know, whether I have used a special word shortly. It’s a bit bulky and bad sounding when I apply the same word as I did 4 or 7 lines above the actual line. That’s clumsy. It also sounds clumsy when read out loudly on front of people. - This all happens when I write in a flush, fast and dirty. But after rereading - mostly minutes or hours later - sometimes days - it often turns out that I already used a significant term, a word or sentence. But how often do I have to control such things in the text? To often! Time is honey.
My proposal: an inbuilt search function that controls 10 lines above and 10 lines under the point where the cursor stands at the moment. I double-click on the word I want, and - immediately - this word is underlined or underlayed with nice color in the direct vicinity of a few lines (perhaps chosable). Then I can decide in seconds whether I use the same word again oder change it inside their lines above or below. This is also very useful when you read a long text after a long while.
This is what Santa Claus should have in his sled - as soon as possible. I would pay something for that feature, because it makes my text better and more versatile. Time is honey.
Thank you - Nikolaus.
Auschiller