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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
To: drain <aeuster@gmail.com>
Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs vs Scrivener
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:42:46 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ip90uhtl.fsf@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1353337311252-270162.post@n5.nabble.com> (drain's message of "Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:01:51 -0800 (PST)")

drain <aeuster@gmail.com> writes:

> Has anyone tried out Scrivener? I'm curious if does anything (substantive)
> that Emacs cannot do.

To add another unsatisfying answer to the bunch, I'm almost certain that
yes, it does. Junding from the screenshots, it features a more
visual-oriented interface that should be more comfortable for
non-programmers.

For example, this view looks like something that would be hard to
replicate with what Emacs provides currently:

http://www.literatureandlatte.com/gfx/ScrivShots/win-write_structure_revise-lg.jpg

On the other hand, if you know what you're doing, Emacs has tools for
managing notes, cross-references, etc, that many people find sufficient.
See Org mode, for example.

--Dmitry



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-11-20 20:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-19 15:01 Emacs vs Scrivener drain
2012-11-19 15:37 ` Susan Cragin
2012-11-20 18:07   ` Xavier Maillard
2012-11-21  0:13     ` drain
2012-11-21  9:11       ` Bastien
2012-11-21 16:36         ` Matt Price
2012-11-22 15:45           ` Matt Price
2012-11-22 17:36             ` Burton Samograd
2012-11-26 16:43               ` Matt Price
     [not found]               ` <mailman.13854.1353948220.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-11-28  3:09                 ` William Gardella
2012-11-24 17:46           ` Bastien
2012-11-25  3:08             ` Eric Abrahamsen
2012-11-26 16:51               ` Matt Price
2012-11-25 10:49             ` Oleksandr Gavenko
2012-11-26 16:10               ` Bastien
2012-11-26 16:40             ` Matt Price
2012-11-26 17:03               ` Bastien
2012-11-20 20:42 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
     [not found] <mailman.13319.1353337324.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2012-11-19 16:01 ` Stefan Monnier

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