2013-05-24T00:41:59-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9767&Focus=290835#Comment_290835 2011-04-16T05:24:54-07:00 2013-05-24T00:41:59-07:00 acacian http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9725

I recently added this macro to my toolbar and thought Warren and other OpenOffice users might appreciate it, if previously unaware: ...

It displays a live word count, and if you type in a target number of words, it will show your progress as a green meter.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9767&Focus=290846#Comment_290846 2011-04-16T07:11:20-07:00 2013-05-24T00:41:59-07:00 kperkins http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=456

It works in LibreOffice also, but it's kinda buggy. (ie. not updating word count for some reason: closing it, and reopening worked. Progress meter not showing, all the time.)

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9767&Focus=290850#Comment_290850 2011-04-16T07:36:49-07:00 2013-05-24T00:41:59-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2

That would DEFINITELY drive me insane. I'm fine with just checking word count from the menu command whenever I'm ready.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9767&Focus=290871#Comment_290871 2011-04-16T11:03:01-07:00 2013-05-24T00:41:59-07:00 government spy http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088

I didn't know anybody else had watched Studio 60...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9767&Focus=290874#Comment_290874 2011-04-16T11:15:27-07:00 2013-05-24T00:41:59-07:00 MikiM http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9223

I just have to trust that the good people at Mulholland Books will catch me when I get confused and give my New York City police detective rocket pants and a ray gun. It is on Netflix ...

I just have to trust that the good people at Mulholland Books will catch me when I get confused and give my New York City police detective rocket pants and a ray gun.
It is on Netflix streaming.

I think I could get on board with the progress meter part of this.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9767&Focus=290901#Comment_290901 2011-04-16T17:55:38-07:00 2011-04-16T18:03:12-07:00 acacian http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9725

@Warren The person who wrote it is apparently going to implement a realtime character count/progress meter. ^_^ Now if only we can get a numeric percentage display that can be fine-tuned by the ...

The person who wrote it is apparently going to implement a realtime character count/progress meter. ^_^ Now if only we can get a numeric percentage display that can be fine-tuned by the decimal point...

+ You could always combine it with a timer to limit your sessions to minute/hourly blocks through timeboxing. (Not that everyone hasn't heard of timeboxing by now, but it's still quite useful with the right balance of flow and calculation.)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9767&Focus=290911#Comment_290911 2011-04-16T20:54:56-07:00 2011-04-16T20:55:25-07:00 Alan Tyson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299

At the risk of driving myself insane within a week, I've downloaded this and have started using it for my novel, with the tentative goal of 200,000 words. Several times, I've looked up at it and, I ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9767&Focus=290977#Comment_290977 2011-04-17T11:16:41-07:00 2013-05-24T00:41:59-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2

Timeboxing is madness. The job, and the flow, last as long as they last.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9767&Focus=323276#Comment_323276 2012-02-03T09:35:21-08:00 2013-05-24T00:41:59-07:00 acacian http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9725

Update: Flaws of the realtime death bar: I have experienced the occasional crash with a document once it climbed past the 20,000 word mark, when using it in a non-realtime way, i.e. just clicking the ...