By: Mr Speaker
24 Mar 2009 7:34am GMT "gnome-terminal –hide-menubar -x vim with fullscreen profile anyone?" This would work great if you don't mind having to turn your head to read a sentence. Vim is unable to have margins on both the left and the right, this doesn't matter when writing code, but is quite frustrating when writing lengthy paragraphs. This is why I use PyRoom for general writing instead of Vi; although I use Vi for all other editing.
By: eric
20 Feb 2009 1:38am GMT PyRoom is now in the Ubuntu repos for Jaunty/9.04!! I am actually pretty impressed based on initial thoughts. I found WriteRoom earlier today, and bummed that it wasn't for Windows. Then I found links on its website to alternatives. Q10 for Windows seems great and better than the other Windows versions, though it is closed source and has not been updated in a while (none the less, a great app!). I installed PyRoom on my Jaunty alpha install from the repos, and also downloaded the .deb for...
By: Elswood
5 Feb 2008 9:14am GMT Okay. I'm a non-geek and would like to try this! Can you step me through installing it? I installed bazaar through Adept. But now I'm lost! Running Kubuntu 7.10 64 bit. Thanks!!!
By: Will
5 Feb 2008 9:14am GMT Dave, thanks for the heads up on this app. Installed from brz and runs great. If you're thinking of contributing, here are a couple of ideas/requests. 1. Toggle word count. 2. Amber/brown theme 3. Toggle spell check (I'm really bad) 4. Autosave which would make it more save for the non geek (target audience). 5. Print draft. I'll be happy to be a tester. Hi Bruno.
By: manny
5 Feb 2008 9:14am GMT gnome-terminal --hide-menubar -x vim with fullscreen profile anyone?