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Novelist

Novelist

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Tools for writers who are dead set on using vscode for writing
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Novelist

Provides tools for writers who have decided to use vscode. Works with Markdown files.

Features

Formatting

  • Replaces regular quotes with smart quotes
  • Replaces single quotes with curly quotes
  • Replaces three dots (...) with ellipsis (…)
  • Replaces two dashes (--) with em dash (—)

Generate manuscript

![Generate manuscript](screens/commands.png)

  • Merge chapters: merge all chapters from any folder into a single file
  • Generate .docx file: you need to have pandoc installed for this feature to work

Requirements

You need Pandoc to generate .docx files. The rest of the features will work without it.

Extension Settings

  • novelist.manuscriptFolder: the folder containing all your chapters. Will default to ./Manuscript
  • novelist.referencesFolder: the folder containing your .docx reference file. Will default to ./References

Known Issues

Commands only work from a markdown file

Release Notes

1.0.0

Initial release

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