Articles
Text Editors for Writers: Select and Revise Japanese Prose by Script Type
Text Editors for Writers: Select and Revise Japanese Prose by Script Type A text editor for writers can make J […]
Game Scenario Text Editors: Keep Scene Headings Aligned with Linked Scrolling
Game Scenario Text Editors: Keep Scene Headings Aligned with Linked Scrolling When you compare two versions of […]
Replace on a Mac Text Editor: Preview First, Then Run
Splitting bulk replacement into preview and execution reduces risk, but a preview count alone does not establi […]
In-File Search on a Mac Text Editor: Counting Before You Replace
When you search a manuscript, what you actually need is not "found it" but "how many". Kno […]
Catching Inconsistent Spelling with Highlighting: A Two-Stage Method
To correct inconsistent spelling, do not stop after highlighting one form. First group the forms that refer to […]
Choosing a Font for Long-Form Japanese, and Why the Typeface Is Not the Whole Answer
When your eyes tire after hours of writing, the typeface is not the only cause. Readability comes from the com […]
Highlighting the Selected Word: Catching Repetition You Did Not Notice
When one phrase catches your attention during revision, selecting it and looking for the same text nearby help […]
Fixing Garbled Text: Reopening a File with the Correct Encoding
When you find a garbled manuscript, the first thing to do is not save it. If it is only garbled, the file is i […]
UTF-8 Conversion on Mac: Reading the Red Marking as a List of Places to Fix
When a Shift_JIS manuscript is converted to UTF-8, decoding the source correctly and selecting UTF-8 as the de […]
Recommended Mac Text Editors: Judge by Manuscript Management, Not Editing Speed
Once the number of files grows, judge an editor on two connected questions: can you keep the manuscript and re […]
Converting to UTF-8: The Three Steps and What to Check at Each One
Converting a Shift_JIS or other non-UTF-8 manuscript to UTF-8 has three conceptual stages: decode the source b […]
Automatic Shift_JIS Detection in a Text Editor, and Where It Stops Being Reliable
When you open an old manuscript, you do not choose the encoding — the editor guesses it. That guess is usually […]