andreafeccomandi / bibisco

Novel writing software
https://bibisco.com
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[feature request] Autotext #351

Open bodagrave opened 1 year ago

bodagrave commented 1 year ago

Hi all! I know, there is plenty to do and time always is limited. But I have an idea what could make bibisco more interesting to writers of visual novels or screen writers. A screen writing would look a bit like this:

[Robert]
Do you think, this is a wise idea?

[Setting]
Robert closes up to Jim, raising a eyebrow

[Jim]
Absolutely! I always wanted to know what a crocodile tooth feels like.

[Setting]
Robert pulling at the arm of Jim

[Robert]
Yes, I know. But why the heck do you want to test that on a living one?

So you always have a Chars name or a flag for instructions in one or another way. Writing this is a bit tiring, so having a tool what allows me to put in those would really make screen writing a lot easier.

How could that be? Having Shortcuts which could be defined with text would be splendid. But I could also think about having some autotext option, which would be beneficial also for other needs. For my example I could define *Robert, which could then be exchanged by [Robert] with a following "Enter".