In that case, I can certainly recommend the Simplenote sync process.
For the “snatched 5 minutes”, or the commute, I think SimpleNote sync works particularly well. It was for exactly this purpose that I used (and intend to use it again if I can get the fragments of my patchwork lace framework of the beginnings of a story to begin to link together). I wrote quite a few snippets (typical length, about 450 words) of my thesis on the bus. Even in a taxi once. Also used it when I’d see or think something and wanted to get into my Scrivener document to expand on later. I sometimes even used SimpleNote on my Mac (only available via a Dashboard widget back in the olden days) when I didn’t have time to fire up Scrivener - just swipe, type, swipe back.
I was quite happy with my Scrivener + WriteRoom workflow, through external folder synching and Dropbox.
Now, with WriteRoom no longer supported, I wonder when it will stop working, and leave me without the best Scrivener surrogate for the iPad!
Paolo
You’ll have to hope that before that moment Scrivener for iOS actually appears from the vapour.
I know full well what it means; as does anyone who was expecting “features” from a major database provider whose own shareholders took them to court in a class action for “vapourware”.
I see you’re employing the “insult and irritate people until you get what you want” tactic. A bold move. How does that normally work out for you?
(And yes, I did mean ‘insult’, because you are implying that the iOS version of Scrivener is a lie.)
Works better than the iOS version does that’s for sure. Certainly irritating that there isn’t an iOS version as then the Mac/iPad workflow would be a doddle. All we’re being given is the smart-arse “later this year” but we’ve been getting that for the last three. So yeah irritated. If insult is taken then join the queue.
Insult doesn’t have to be taken in order for it to exist. Vaporware is, by the very first line in the article you linked, a fraud. It “is never actually released nor officially cancelled.” By calling it vaporware, you are asserting that it won’t ever be released or canceled, in spite of Keith’s many assurances that progress is being made. That means you are implying Keith is a liar. Either that, or “vaporware” does not mean what you think it means, to paraphrase the Inigo Montoya quote you refuted earlier.
So, how confident are you that iScriv will never been released or officially canceled? Care to make a wager?
I do a lot of writing on my iPad mini. However, I don’t like Simplenote synchronization – because it’s just Dropbox and nothing else. Very often when I start writing I don’t know what it will be – an idea (goes to Evernote), a diary entry (Evernote), something I might share (Google Drive) or something related to my current novel (Dropbox -> Scrivener).
For example, in Drafts you can write a piece of text and then decide where it goes. It can prepend or append text to a particular note in Evernote or almost anywhere else (including Dropbox). But it cannot open existing files from Dropbox.
Still looking for and ideal app, that can be fully synchronized with the services I use.
Sadly enough, the only reason I bought an iPad, and not an Android tablet, was the mythical Scrivener for iOS.
You should try Editorial. You can make Python-based workflows and send your texts pretty much anywhere. Drafts does something similar, but Editorial is way more powerful. It now works on the iPhone too. There is plenty of workflows already available for Editorial
And - it can read and sync to the whole of your Dropbox. I use it to read it to my Scriv project files, a big nvAlt folder … I love the fact that with Drafts I can write down dozy thoughts without thinking (as it were) and send them wherever, and I like the fact Editorial can then read and edit them later.
Thank you! Though Python sounds intimidating I’ll give Editorial a try (pity they don’t offer any trial version).
Maybe read this first:
macstories.net/stories/edito … ad-review/
when you see that an app review has a Table of Contents you realise that it’s going to be pretty in-depth. It’s also enthusiastically positive and written by someone who knows what he’s talking about.
I don’t use the scripting/workflow stuff much, but I think it’s worth the price just for the reading/writing/editing flexibility.
Thanks, but I’d rather be writing-) in a less sofisticated editor.
Take your pick …
Neat! I’ve added a link to that resource from our links page.
Great list, many thanks.
One question about Editorial: is there a comma on the extra keyboard row?
Not on that row - but on the iPad there is a comma key right next to the M
On Latin keyboard, yes. Not on Cyrillic one (to make things worse in Russian it is used much more often than in English).