Ian Greig's Comments
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As a writer of posts that use conventional headings, paragraphs and sentences, presumably I am a 'longform' writer. And, yes, I would very much like to take my workflow in Tana to this stage rather than having to always move to a different environment.
The Tana philosophy focuses on resolving problems. Well, here is a problem. Tana makes bullets. However, pretty much everything published, whether online or in print, is in paragraphs and sentences.
Bullets are for agendas and PowerPoints (and bullets are out of favour for PowerPoint decks these days).
So a writing environment that only produces bullets is... producing something that can't be used without conversion.(1) A capable export converter to produce clean text would help (easy solution)
(2) A view mode that produces Markdown headings, paragraphs and sentences — which can be shared/exported -- would be great. A proper solution.OK, more than an afternoon's work BUT it would be transformative for Tana and open up its appeal to a larger and broader community, especially writer types.
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Ian Greig
Nov 8, 2023 I will have to switch to another app for actual writing for the same reasons. Most of my writing is to length — or in scripts, spoken time — constraints. The Obsidian edge of pane real-time view of...Writing in a PKM app without a word-count feels like flying an aircraft without an altimeter.
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I will have to switch to another app for actual writing for the same reasons. Most of my writing is to length — or in scripts, spoken time — constraints.
The Obsidian edge of pane real-time view of word and character count, which also shows the metrics of a specific selection, is as good as it gets. Worth imitating.
It has to be top priority. I’m watching and waiting at the moment and unable to use Tana as it does not produce what I create!
It makes beautiful stacks of bricks and timber but cannot build them into a house!
I am hopeful that this will be remedied soon so that I can join a paid plan.