lostplot:manual:writer_linking
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| - | ====== MarkDown and Fountain ====== | + | ====== Jumping between document locations ====== |
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| - | ==== What are MarkDown and Fountain? ==== | + | |
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| - | MarkDown and Fountain are standard text enhancement systems utilising tags which can be embedded into normal raw text which: | + | |
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| - | * Informs processors using stylesheets on how to present text in a particular manner, based upon the provided tags, but | + | |
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| - | * Provides tags which are for the most part unobtrusive to the reader of the raw text, and can get a sense of meaning from them even without applied styles. | + | |
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| - | **__MarkDown__** is a more general standard intended originally to ease the way in which documents could be formatted in the internet era but without the need to learn the intricacies of HTML and CSS. It is MarkDown, enhanced with custom **//LostPlot//** tags which is mainly used within the **//LostPlot//** application. | + | |
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| - | **__Fountain__** is a syntax dedicated screenwriting and is used only when **//LostPlot//** is in a screenwriting mode. Fountain includes standard scriptwriting instructions such as the type of paragraph being written (an Action, Scene, Dialog etc), information on transitions and such like. As these tags are not useful in the conventional authoring process and may actually be misinterpreted for text intended to be conventional, they only become enabled within a screenwriting project. | + | |
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| - | ==== Jumping between document locations ==== | + | |
| For the purposes of development, it is often useful (to the author) to link events in one location in the __Document__ pane to another, even if that other location is technically in another __Index Card__. | For the purposes of development, it is often useful (to the author) to link events in one location in the __Document__ pane to another, even if that other location is technically in another __Index Card__. | ||
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| In order to do this, we can create a hyperlink (see adding Emphasis) to another, named internal location. | In order to do this, we can create a hyperlink (see adding Emphasis) to another, named internal location. | ||
| - | To create a target location: | + | === To create a target location: === |
| * Go to the position in the target Index Card required and enter a //unique// word or phrase that identifies this location. The text will not appear visually in the document pane. | * Go to the position in the target Index Card required and enter a //unique// word or phrase that identifies this location. The text will not appear visually in the document pane. | ||
| * Select the unique word or phrase and select the [Jump Target] option from the [Emphasis] menu. This will wrap the text in the @@ symbol, indicating that it is now a target. | * Select the unique word or phrase and select the [Jump Target] option from the [Emphasis] menu. This will wrap the text in the @@ symbol, indicating that it is now a target. | ||
| - | To create the hyperlink to the target: | + | === To create the hyperlink to the target: === |
| * Go to the original location where you want the hyperlink to reside. | * Go to the original location where you want the hyperlink to reside. | ||
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| * Select the text, then the [Hyperlink] option from the [Emphasis] menu. This will wrap the text in a normal hyperlink tags - replace the link part of the tag with a hash (#) followed by the text used for the target. | * Select the text, then the [Hyperlink] option from the [Emphasis] menu. This will wrap the text in a normal hyperlink tags - replace the link part of the tag with a hash (#) followed by the text used for the target. | ||
| - | For example: | + | ---- |
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| + | ===== For example: ===== | ||
| We have written an historical text referring to the **Harrowing Of The North**. We want the initial mention of this phrase to link to a note in an appendix card at the end of the document. | We have written an historical text referring to the **Harrowing Of The North**. We want the initial mention of this phrase to link to a note in an appendix card at the end of the document. | ||
| - | Step 1 - Create the note in the appendix card | + | === Step 1 - Create the note in the appendix card === |
| - | > # The Harrowing Of The North @@harrowing@@ | + | > //# The Harrowing Of The North **@@harrowing@@**// |
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| + | > //The Harrowing of The North took place during the reign of William...// | ||
| Note that we have added the jump target to the end of the Header line, as all headers tags must be at the beginning of the line. | Note that we have added the jump target to the end of the Header line, as all headers tags must be at the beginning of the line. | ||
| - | Step 2 - Make the initial mention into a hypertext link | + | === Step 2 - Make the initial mention into a hypertext link === |
| - | > While Jennifer drove around North Yorkshire and Durham, she occasionally heard the term [The Harrowing of The North](#harrowing), which she had not encountered before... | + | > //While Jennifer drove around North Yorkshire and Durham, she occasionally heard the term **[The Harrowing of The North](#harrowing)**, which she had not encountered before...// |
| - | The term The Harrowing of The North will not jump to the appendix text when clicked. | + | The term The Harrowing of The North will now jump to the appendix text when clicked. |
| - | //Note: If experimenting with this technique, ensure that your hyperlink and jump target are some distance apart in your document. If the two would naturally appear on the __Document__ pane on the same visible page in any case, no apparent movement will take place.// | + | //Note: If experimenting with this technique, ensure that your hyperlink and jump target are some distance apart in your document. If the two would naturally appear on the __Document__ pane on the same visible page in any case, no apparent movement will take place. A distinct, **obvious** jump to another location will only take place if the jump target is not currently displayed in the browser.// |
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