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There is _still_ no other word processor I'm aware of that can properly convert to title case. Not to mention Reveal Codes. I... might actually use this, not ju

There is _still_ no other word processor I'm aware of that can properly convert to title case. Not to mention Reveal Codes. I... might actually use this, not just play with it.

tablespoon 4y ago
> There is _still_ no other word processor I'm aware of that can properly convert to title case. Not to mention Reveal Codes. I... might actually use this, not just play with it. Like this? http://aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/help/caps.html http://aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/help/caps.html
- ksenzee 4y ago
  Yep. They're complicated rules to memorize but you can definitely reduce them to an algorithm.
currency 4y ago
I was a computer labs staffer in the early 90s, and for a lot of students our labs were their first exposure to word processors, and man, I hated supporting WordPerfect for DOS. Students couldn't figure out how to apply formatting correctly. Trying to change something's format, they would would reveal codes and delete half of a formatting code pair. I spent so much time explaining why half their paper was now in italics or bold. WYSIWYG works so much better for most people.
- ksenzee 4y ago
  "this sure is a great circular saw" "table knives work so much better for most people"
2b3a51 4y ago
Equation editor and outlines with 'move family' type functionality as well. Those are not exclusive features but interesting for a terminal application.
boffinAudio 4y ago
vim: select your text, press the ~ key until you get the case you want ..
- throw0101c 4y ago
  > until you get the case you want The GP was talking about a particular type of formatting: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_case
  - boffinAudio 4y ago
    : help case To turn one line into title caps, make every first letter of a word uppercase: :s/\v<(.)(\w*)/\u\1\L\2/g
    - vulcan01 4y ago
      That's not title case - you don't capitalize words such as a, the, of, etc. unless they are at the beginning of the title.
      - tablespoon 4y ago
        > That's not title case - you don't capitalize words such as a, the, of, etc. unless they are at the beginning of the title. Exactly. Capitalizing every letter is the lazy, half-ass pseudo title case that I always have to correct. Unfortunately its becoming normalized because many major companies that should know better don't even bother to do it right.
  - tambourine_man 4y ago
    Yeah, I love vim, but that’s not its forte
- amcpu 4y ago
  You could also use the vim :%!python3 your_script.py (where your_script.py does the work to format the text) command that takes the text of the buffer as stdin to the script and replaces the buffer contents with stdout of the script. This can also be combined with visual mode linewise to only replace specific lines of the buffer (must work on entire lines selected).

There is _still_ no other word processor I'm aware of that can properly convert to title case. Not to mention Reveal Codes. I... might actually use this, not just play with it.

tablespoon 4y ago

> There is _still_ no other word processor I'm aware of that can properly convert to title case. Not to mention Reveal Codes. I... might actually use this, not just play with it. Like this? http://aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/help/caps.html http://aitech.ac.jp/~ckelly/midi/help/caps.html

ksenzee 4y ago
Yep. They're complicated rules to memorize but you can definitely reduce them to an algorithm.

currency 4y ago

I was a computer labs staffer in the early 90s, and for a lot of students our labs were their first exposure to word processors, and man, I hated supporting WordPerfect for DOS. Students couldn't figure out how to apply formatting correctly. Trying to change something's format, they would would reveal codes and delete half of a formatting code pair. I spent so much time explaining why half their paper was now in italics or bold. WYSIWYG works so much better for most people.

ksenzee 4y ago
"this sure is a great circular saw" "table knives work so much better for most people"

2b3a51 4y ago

Equation editor and outlines with 'move family' type functionality as well. Those are not exclusive features but interesting for a terminal application.

boffinAudio 4y ago

vim: select your text, press the ~ key until you get the case you want ..

throw0101c 4y ago
> until you get the case you want The GP was talking about a particular type of formatting: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_case
- boffinAudio 4y ago
  : help case To turn one line into title caps, make every first letter of a word uppercase: :s/\v<(.)(\w*)/\u\1\L\2/g
  - vulcan01 4y ago
    That's not title case - you don't capitalize words such as a, the, of, etc. unless they are at the beginning of the title.
    - tablespoon 4y ago
      > That's not title case - you don't capitalize words such as a, the, of, etc. unless they are at the beginning of the title. Exactly. Capitalizing every letter is the lazy, half-ass pseudo title case that I always have to correct. Unfortunately its becoming normalized because many major companies that should know better don't even bother to do it right.
- tambourine_man 4y ago
  Yeah, I love vim, but that’s not its forte
amcpu 4y ago
You could also use the vim :%!python3 your_script.py (where your_script.py does the work to format the text) command that takes the text of the buffer as stdin to the script and replaces the buffer contents with stdout of the script. This can also be combined with visual mode linewise to only replace specific lines of the buffer (must work on entire lines selected).