Use screenwriter here for free: https://screenwriter.zeitpulse.com/.
To let the editor describes itself: https://screenwriter.zeitpulse.com/#demo
The data is stored in your browsers' local storage and not on any remote server.
Screenwrier imports and exports txt files and also has a native json file format. It's made for keyboard-intensive usage (see keyboard shortcuts below).
Tested in newest Chrome. Firefox works, too. Safari does well - mostly.
tab: change the type of text in the current secion (text, charater for dialog, dialog text, dialog annotation and scene annotation)shift+enter: inserts a new line (line-break)enter: breaks section into parts / inserts new section below if at the end of the section / inserts above if at the beginning of the section⌘/ctrl+backspace: removes section⌘/ctrl+shift+arrow-down: merges this section with next one⌘/ctrl+arrow-up: jumps to previous section⌘/ctrl+arrow-down: jumps to next section⌘/ctrl+shift+U: toggles section between uppercase, lowercases and capitalized⌘/ctrl+shift+N: New Document (clears current without extra warning)⌘/ctrl+shift+R: Reloads document (recommended also as workaround when editor behaves erroneous)⌘/ctrl+shift+S: downloads screenplay as txt or json file⌘/ctrl+shift+A: copy complete screenplay as plain text to clipboardctrl+shift+P: exports file as pdf in print style⌘/ctrl+0: toggles focus mode⌘/ctrl+shift+=: Removes all empty sections (good for cleanup)⌘/ctrl+shift+,: toggles suggestions for character names and scene introductions⌘/ctrl+.: toggles TOC (tabel of content)⌘/ctrl+,: show settings⌘/ctrl+\: toggles version/history recoveryctrl+shift+G: jumps to scene by number (0jumps to beginning of the document, numbers higher than existing scenes to the last scene,eto the end of the document) (this is not implemented in the standalone-app, yet)
- detects the beginning of a new scene; just write the whole line uppercase (meta/ctrl+shift+U)
- auto suggests the next name of the character if you are in a dialog
- exports screenplay as plain-text or json
- imports screenplay from plain-text or json
- auto-saves/downloads screenplay to local file every minute (beware, there is no real 100%-undo implemented - if a section is deleted/changes it may be for good)
- cover page for printing
- editing meta data
- focus mode (inspired by iaWriter)
- dark-mode
You can use very limited markup/markdown:
- starting with
//is a comment, i.e. will not be printed and barely visible on screen - starting with
#,##,###etc. uses headlines, similar to markdown - starting with
#######(h7) will force a page break on printing
- faster cleanup of html/plain-text during text changes
- https://pagedjs.org/posts/2020-04-15-starterkits-for-pagedjs/
$ npm install
$ npm run build
$ npm run watch / $ npm run tauri dev
$ npm run test
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