@Emmacox I was curious and took a look at the options available with Scrivener. Apparently, they don't provide any way to script or to add plugins. So apparently that path is out 😞

However, they do have an option under Edit > Writing Tools > Linugistic Focus... which allows you to find some types of words. But not words from a custom list.

The Scriverner documents are just RTF files. So it should be possible to simply load the files in a separate app and do any kind of search you want. I might look into this if I have some time.

@Emmacox Yep, me too 🙂I mean once I switched to Scrivener, I stopped looking into whether there is any scripting/automation capabilities ....

You've given me the motivation I needed to look into this. So will probably check into it this weekend. Will let you know if I find anything useful.

@Emmacox When I used Word, I had a Word macro which would find all these words (or a specific type of word) when I ran the macro 🙂 I just had to add a new word to the list and I was (mostly) done ...

Haven't actually figured out what to do now that I've switched away from Word.

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How Arthur C. Clarke forwarded my article to Tom Hanks ...

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well, i've been laid off.

gonna sit here for a bit and lick my wounds. and i've got some runway but i'd like to get back into a job pretty quick.

if you're hiring for a linux admin/ops-heavy SRE role, i've been poking computers and networks professionally for a decade. hit me up.

edit: should probably include my linkedin here, at least. resume available upon request, ofc! https://www.linkedin.com/in/selectric/ #fedihire

@sam I considered doing this since I've written several different Fedi clients, but then I run my own instance and I can set how long a post can be and I set it to 8k characters and the feature didn't seem that important.

I know, it doesn't help you. But maybe that's why nobody has added this feature? I know that when I was doing Twitter clients, I did add this feature because it was hard to type long posts otherwise ...

Another periodic reminder that in addition to posting pictures of cats and dogs (and weird dogs), I write books. This is a book about an odd philosophy professor having to save the multiverse with the help of his annoying dopplegangers. There's no cats in this one, but a saber-toothed tiger plays an important role. (Twice.)

Amazon: https://geni.us/AlphaMax
or
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Hi everyone! It’s August which means there is one month til #FallFinishAlong kicks off! Open to crafters/makers/doers of all kinds. Anyone who has projects to finish is welcome. #FiberArts #knitting #crochet #quilting #spinning #CrossStitch #crafting #leathercraft #sewing #writing #pottery #ceramics We will have our most active portion in September and continue into October for anyone who wants to keep going. Hope to see you all there! Find your WIPs now ;)

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Hey folks, I was just laid off from my job I'd worked at for 5 years.

I'm hurt, devastated and most of all scared. But I'm also ready to kick things into gear and bring my talents to another company or team.

I've been a Ruby on Rails dev since 2016 and have loved doing it.

On the side I've built a number of side projects to extend my skills.

If anyone knows of any opportunities I'd love to hear them, please repost or share with folks you know! Thank you.

#ruby #rails

Toss some coins to your writer?

Dragons pull spaceships at faster-than-light speeds in my new space fantasy novella.

🚀 cosy space exploration
🏳️‍🌈 all queer cast
autistic protagonist
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 character-focused story

It's Pay What You Want and the book is fully written and edited. We're now into 'it would be nice to get paid' and stretch goal territory!

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@WedaleBooks Tagging a few relevant hashtags - check out this independent bookshop in the UK. They've left Twitter and are looking to build up more community here!

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Sharing this for two-spirit and Indigiqueer artists. Litmus Press is looking for cover art submissions for the cover of a volume of contemporary Indigenous LGBTQ2SIA+ poetry. You'll need to log into Submittable for the details. It's free to make an account there. https://litmuspress.org/about/submissions/ #TwoSpirit #indigiqueer #Indigequeer #IndigenousMastodon #IndigenousCreatives #illustrator #NativeMastodon

@davemark Yep, it's easier starting on the phone since then you can connect your desktop using the mobile app. Just scan the QR code that it shows on the desktop app (when you install it later) and it connects the two 🙂

I hardly ever use my mobile and so I think I turned off notifications on mobile.

@davemark Are you using on Desktop or mobile? If on Desktop, there are two versions of the app and it always confuses me as to which one is which 🙂

I've been using WhatsApp on desktop for years now since some countries where we lived (like the UAE) use it a lot for businesses and customer support. No issues so far.

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There's sea monsters, flying jellyfish, spaceships, and true love…
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What's better than a SF comedy novel with surly computers, chocolate, and curling (no, the sport)?

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The Cosmic Turkey ebook is free August 4 - 8!

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SO exited for my first sci-fi fantasy novelette "Runner Available" to release this September! 🤓❤️🤖💥

Espionage, Drones, Strong Female Character, Dystopian Future, Action.
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@crcollins I have to confess that I'm not a huge fan of Discord since I prefer forums. The conversations on Discord are harder to keep track of.

Plus, if you are on a Mac, at least for me, the join Discord link does not work unless I have my dekstop client open. But if you need any help with setting it up etc, please feel free to ping me. I'm happy to help 🙂