It's been 8 months since I switched.
And now I have some questions.
Text editors/text files
-What plain text encoding is the most common among OSes?/What should I encode my plain text files in to ensure compatibly across the board?/What plain text encoding can be read by the major OSes (Windows, OSX, flavors of linux/*unix) with no formatting problems or save problems?
Essentially, I want to have my plain text files in an encoding that has solid support on the current major OSes and hopefully future OSes to come.
-Which text editor do you prefer that you have personally used and can recommend to other people? [This text editor has to be able to read and save in numerous formats (also encode), plain text and possibly .rtf] This question is VERY related to the above.
Right now I'm using a combo of writeroom and subethaedit for my text/word processing needs. I don't program or code-I write. I find word bloated, and I dislike pages (I am, however, looking into avenir). I like simple things. If any of you have any suggestions for other text editors that would fit the needs of non-strict writing (aka, i dont need footnotes or the like. I dont need many fancy features, just some possible suggestions for some no-nosense writers with some options.)
-How do you organize your text files/documents? Do you put the date in the title for easy sorting? How are they filed (what folder organization do you have for your text files/documents/do you have one at all)?
I have 57 text files, all of which are assorted poems, papers, journal entries, notes, excerpts, etc...and before I write anymore, I'd like to have a better, more efficient way of filing them on my computer. I'd rather not use a database application or anything that has proprietary system functions (akin to database files that can only be read by the application that created them).
Some other things you should know:
-I have a macbook pro, 10.4.11, the [3,1] model, 2.4 ghz 256 vram
-I am a practitioner of my own modified form of the gtd system
-This is my first apple product since an old mac that ran system 7 (that poor computer crashed, then I got a series of windows computers, and when the last one crapped out on me, I installed ubuntu on it. It now serves as my emulation machine. I've also gone through 3 windows laptops. The first one died from a fried mobo, the second I sold, and the third I still have. The third is serving as my dedicated kitchen computer.
...and, incase you were wondering, the macbook pro IS NOT overkill my needs. I like the bigger screen, the backlit keyboard, AND the possibility of playing games if i want to. I like how the potential is there but doesn't get in my way if i don't want to use it.
/question rant
And now I have some questions.
Text editors/text files
-What plain text encoding is the most common among OSes?/What should I encode my plain text files in to ensure compatibly across the board?/What plain text encoding can be read by the major OSes (Windows, OSX, flavors of linux/*unix) with no formatting problems or save problems?
Essentially, I want to have my plain text files in an encoding that has solid support on the current major OSes and hopefully future OSes to come.
-Which text editor do you prefer that you have personally used and can recommend to other people? [This text editor has to be able to read and save in numerous formats (also encode), plain text and possibly .rtf] This question is VERY related to the above.
Right now I'm using a combo of writeroom and subethaedit for my text/word processing needs. I don't program or code-I write. I find word bloated, and I dislike pages (I am, however, looking into avenir). I like simple things. If any of you have any suggestions for other text editors that would fit the needs of non-strict writing (aka, i dont need footnotes or the like. I dont need many fancy features, just some possible suggestions for some no-nosense writers with some options.)
-How do you organize your text files/documents? Do you put the date in the title for easy sorting? How are they filed (what folder organization do you have for your text files/documents/do you have one at all)?
I have 57 text files, all of which are assorted poems, papers, journal entries, notes, excerpts, etc...and before I write anymore, I'd like to have a better, more efficient way of filing them on my computer. I'd rather not use a database application or anything that has proprietary system functions (akin to database files that can only be read by the application that created them).
Some other things you should know:
-I have a macbook pro, 10.4.11, the [3,1] model, 2.4 ghz 256 vram
-I am a practitioner of my own modified form of the gtd system
-This is my first apple product since an old mac that ran system 7 (that poor computer crashed, then I got a series of windows computers, and when the last one crapped out on me, I installed ubuntu on it. It now serves as my emulation machine. I've also gone through 3 windows laptops. The first one died from a fried mobo, the second I sold, and the third I still have. The third is serving as my dedicated kitchen computer.
...and, incase you were wondering, the macbook pro IS NOT overkill my needs. I like the bigger screen, the backlit keyboard, AND the possibility of playing games if i want to. I like how the potential is there but doesn't get in my way if i don't want to use it.
/question rant
