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Dedicated writing machine 2017-03-04 03:35:26 Post No. 59234714
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So I decided to drop out of life and become a novelist hermit and live off my savings. I am also living life minimally, just a one bedroom apartment with bare essential furnishings.
I have a raspberry PI 3 with a 8GB SD card. I plan to only have network connectivity when I install the programs I need at the start.
Tell me what you think of what I plan to install on my Pi:
OS: FreeBSD
Main Editor: vim
Document converter: pandoc
File manager: noice/ranger
Spell check: aspell
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Second post:
Do you recommend any vim plugins for writing and brainstorming ideas?
I'd like to work in VIM as much as possible as to be as distraction free as possible
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>>59234714
ReStructuredText is probably a good choice
I'm not a novelist but I do write technical documentation. ReST is the perfect compromise between flexibility, readability and ease of use.
I assume you already chose a markup language since you mention pandoc?
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>>59234819
For novel writing I plan to stick to plain text as much as possible.
I do plan to use Markdown when I need to export to a published format.
What makes ReST better than Markdown?
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>>59234714
Get an old Thinkpad. Cheap, hardy, reliable, good keyboards.
You´ll also need a text program. I like Scrivener.
Also remember to set up some sort of automated backup system. There´s nothing more frustrating than losing a bunch of pages.
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>>59234714
wait for GPD pocket, 7 inch laptop would be great for writing
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Get a Chromebook
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>>59237349
Scrivener is nice but I need it to run on Linux
For now I will use Vim
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