# Two limitations : full screen colors and scrivening mode

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**Category:** Scrivener on Linux (Unofficial)\
**Created:** [September 27, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/two-limitations-full-screen-colors-and-scrivening-mode/28047 "2014-09-27T08:39:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![xiamenese](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/xiamenese/32/23720_2.png) [@xiamenese](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/xiamenese)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/two-limitations-full-screen-colors-and-scrivening-mode/28047/4 "2014-10-02T18:25:43Z")

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You might like to look at for some idea of how much LAP and Tiho still have to do to catch up with the Mac version. The Linux version is ported from the Windows version, so this applies.

> [@Differences Between the Mac and Windows Versions](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/differences-between-the-mac-and-windows-versions/15517/1):
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> Several users have been asking for a full list of differences between the Mac and Windows versions of Scrivener, so I have put one together and include it below. Please note that this list compares Scrivener 1.5.7 for Windows with Scrivener 2.2 for Mac, and I cannot guarantee that we will have time to keep this list up-to-date with each change, although we will do our best. Features listed here are on the road map for Scrivener for Windows. Unless otherwise stated, at this stage we are unable t…

(1) On selecting across documents viewed in Scrivenings:

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> On the Mac, Scrivenings mode is a composite text in a single text view, so you can select all of the text across multiple documents at once; on Windows, Scrivenings mode comprises multiple text areas, so you can only select one chunk of text at a time.

(2) Sync’ing has not yet been implemented on Windows.

(3) I don’t know about the colours in full screen.

Remember:

• Scrivener for Mac had been under development for about 5 years before work began on the Windows version — in fact, some of the modifications under Mac version 2 were prompted by wanting to make it possible to edit the same project on both (therefore all three) platforms.  
• The Windows and Linux versions are completely separate developments from the Mac version, and not a port as they don’t share a common programming base.

Mr X

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