I know people love Scrivener but I must admit I don't get it. I suppose what I am wondering is if you have full WYSIWYG, including citations, is there a compelling reason to lose that and complicate the process? You can also efficiently share a draft and then make changes directly in the document when you get feedback. Word/Writer do all these, including live rendering of Zotero references (and colour text if you need it as aid while drafting). These cover the vast majority of articles I read in my discipline. By 'plain' I mean single column, a boring fontset with just regular/bold/italics, no footnotes, a few subheadings, the odd table perhaps, no maths - you get the idea. I still don't see why anyone would choose to use anything other than a word processor with Zotero's plugin for 'plain' academic writing if they already have a word processor installed. There are some very interesting examples of different workflows here, and I will explore some of them, but I agree. Unless people use the focus/typewriter mode in certain markdown editors or, like me, they prefer a dark theme, I really don't see the difference.Īnyone using Obsidian/markdown for academic writing, particularly in social sciences/humanities, what are your experiences? Genuine question. Surely, Word and LibreOffice Writer can be made distraction-free too - toolbars can be hidden, spelling/grammar checking can be switched off etc. I also fail to see how Obsidian/markdown is distraction-free, as people often say, compared to the usual word-processors. Then, I move the text to Word/Writer for polishing up, so it's not like I broke free from heavy word-processors. Markdown offers many advantages (longevity, simplicity and openness), but so far I have been using it for a first pass in my writing. The last thing you need hours before a deadline is discovering you have to handle hundreds of citations manually. Relying on Pandoc adds a layer of complexity and incompatibility with Zotero's addons for Word/Writer, and the markdown file doesn't itself contain the rendered citations. ($49 new from Mellel and the Mac App Store, $29 upgrade, free update, 101 MB, release notes, macOS 10.I am using Obsidian for academic note-taking and cross-linking, and I am considering also doing my writing in it, but I am not quite sure if this is a good idea or a rabbit hole. The release also replaces default templates with four Blank templates in two page sizes (A4 and US Letter) and two style sets (Classic and Modern), brings three Auto-title styles (Unnumbered, Numbered, and Auto-indent), ensures a selection is no longer reset when applying a style set or applying note attribute changes, fixes a bug that prevented editing table formulas in the table style editor, and addresses a problem that sometimes caused list numbering to be incorrect when exporting to DOCX format. The redesigned Auto-titles user interface now features a tabbed window design for the configuration window to group formats of a specific type from all streams in one tab. You can also freely add, remove and move around the Auto-title flows (now named Streams) to form any structure or hierarchy. Mellel has published version 5.1 of its eponymous word processor for the Mac, overhauling the Auto-title functionality with configurable hierarchy chains, an updated user interface, and a new style category. #1643: New Mac mini and MacBook Pro models, new second-gen HomePod, security-focused OS updates, industry layoffs.#1644: Explaining Mastodon and the Fediverse, HomePod Software 16.3 and tvOS 16.3, GoTo breach.#1645: AirPlay iPhone to Mac for remote video, Siri learns to restart iPhones, Apple's Q1 2023 financials.1646: Security-focused OS updates, Photos Workbench review, Mastodon client wishlist, Apple-related conferences.1647: Focus-caused notification issues, site-specific browser examples, virtualizing Windows on M-series Macs.
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