Allow .txt file extension

[stephenberry]

Thanks so much for your work on this fantastic extension.

Is there a way for the user to allow Better Fountain to work on .txt files? I'd like to be able to open my files with a basic text editor in contexts where Visual Code isn't available.

Thanks!

[thegreentimtam]

Sorry to jump in, but what text editor can't work with fountain files? Most basic text editors I've used (including Notepad, TextEdit, even Nano) can open any file you want.

[piersdeseilligny]

hi @stephenberry - what exactly do you mean? Do you mean opening fountain files with BetterFountain but without vscode?

[stephenberry]

@piersdeseilligny I just mean that if I open a file with a .txt extension in VSCode BetterFountain won't recognize or parse it, and I'd like the option to tell BetterFountain to work with this extension.

@thegreentimtam All the desktop text editors I've used handle .fountain just fine. But, I found multiple IOS text editors won't open a .fountain file. For example, Pages can open a .txt file on IOS but not a .fountain.

[piersdeseilligny]

Ahh right, so it turns out this is already possible :) You just need to tell vscode that the content of the document is fountain:

This should work, but let me know if you run into any issues

[stephenberry]

Fantastic, that works great! Thanks