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Project management and collaborative software stuff

Started by BarefootGaijin, January 03, 2014, 03:03:23 AM

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BarefootGaijin

January 03, 2014, 03:03:23 AM
Quick pop quiz:

Is there an easy to use web-based solution for collaborative document editing?

Example: Author puts up document. Team members download, check, look, make suggestions and re-upload. Author can then merge suggestions or edit to an updated document based on the content of what the team sent back?

A bit like Github for writing stuff, but not code.
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Rincewind1

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January 03, 2014, 03:39:02 AM
Google documents.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

BarefootGaijin

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January 03, 2014, 04:34:36 AM
Doesn't really help if I say I fucking hate google docs, does it?
I play these games to be entertained... I don't want to see games about rape, sodomy and drug addiction... I can get all that at home.

Rincewind1

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January 03, 2014, 05:11:19 AM
Quote from: BarefootGaijin;720459Doesn't really help if I say I fucking hate google docs, does it?

Then just use Github? Or perhaps a wiki? LordVreeg could perhaps say a few words how PBworks works out for him.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

BarefootGaijin

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January 06, 2014, 01:53:57 AM
I've just discovered Scrivener. It is a thing of beauty.

Not only is is good for writing, but organising campaigns! Lordy.
I play these games to be entertained... I don't want to see games about rape, sodomy and drug addiction... I can get all that at home.

Panzerkraken

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January 06, 2014, 07:58:32 AM Last Edit: January 06, 2014, 08:02:34 AM by Panzerkraken
Sharepoint works well, or if everyone involved has it, you can have others make all their edits and then update a central document with Microsoft Office (2010 or later) and reissue the updated document.

edit:  wow, scrivener looks pretty neat though.

edit2:  Oh look, the Linux version is in free beta. /download
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BarefootGaijin

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January 06, 2014, 08:38:34 AM
Quote from: Panzerkraken;721193Sharepoint works well, or if everyone involved has it, you can have others make all their edits and then update a central document with Microsoft Office (2010 or later) and reissue the updated document.

edit:  wow, scrivener looks pretty neat though.

edit2:  Oh look, the Linux version is in free beta. /download

Apparently the Linux beta isn't as "feature-rich" as the other versions, BUT the windows version apparently plays well with Wine.

I went through a lot of the tutorial for it today. So many times I just stopped and went "THAT IS SO HANDY!" and imagined using it for RPG purposes as well as writing.
I play these games to be entertained... I don't want to see games about rape, sodomy and drug addiction... I can get all that at home.

smiorgan

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January 06, 2014, 11:31:08 AM
Quote from: BarefootGaijin;721201Apparently the Linux beta isn't as "feature-rich" as the other versions, BUT the windows version apparently plays well with Wine.

I went through a lot of the tutorial for it today. So many times I just stopped and went "THAT IS SO HANDY!" and imagined using it for RPG purposes as well as writing.

Last time I tried the Linux version it was the same as the Windows version. Both were Scrivener 1.0 "plus features" whereas the Mac version is 2.0.

I have tried to love Scrivener and I don't. I prefer seeing my outline seperate from my writing content. It's not so good for tracking document versions, either. But my wife likes it for her thesis; it is good for gathering non-fiction projects.
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