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Scrivener is great...I've used it on Mac, iOS and PC. But the proprietary file format and requirement to use Dropbox for syncing killed it for me. I could live
by themadturk 4y ago
Scrivener is great...I've used it on Mac, iOS and PC. But the proprietary file format and requirement to use Dropbox for syncing killed it for me. I could live with the proprietary format since it works on every platform I use, but I use Dropbox for literally nothing else anymore.
- messe 4y agoTo be fair, the proprietary format is very transparent. It's a folder with a bunch of (IMO very readable and self-explanatory) XML with your writing stored as a RTF files further down the folder hierarchy. If I ever wanted to abandon scrivener, I think I could whip up a python script to convert it to a folder of markdown or LaTeX files per section pretty quickly. I have no concerns about losing my data to bit rot or the software no longer functioning on future computers. As for DropBox, yeah... that sucks; it's the only thing I use DropBox for nowadays too.
- themadturk 4y agoAh, I'd actually forgotten the RTF files at the bottom of the folder hierarchy.