Fountain Mode

n.b.: This manual is a work in progress with many parts still missing. Please consult the help functions within Emacs for current documentation.

Fountain Mode is a scriptwriting (both screenplays and stageplays) program for GNU Emacs version 24.4 or later. The Fountain markup format is a plain-text format designed to be easily readable and editable, portable and future-proof, and to look as much like a script as possible.

This is the Fountain Mode Manual updated for version 3.4.

The upstream Fountain Mode repository is located at https://github.com/rnkn/fountain-mode

Installation: Getting started.
Script Elements: The constituent parts of Fountain.
Outlining: Organize your script in pieces.
Navigation: Fly through your script with ease.
Syntax Highlighting: Differentiate all the elements with colors.
Element Aligning: WYSIWYG visual indentation of script elements.
Text Emphasis: Bold, italic and underline.
Autocompletion: Completion of frequently used text.
Do What I Mean: Traditional TAB-style autocompletion.
Scene Numbering: Adding numbers to a script scenes.
Pagination: Counting a navigating script pages.
Exporting: Sharing your great writing!
Indexes

--- The Detailed Node Listing ---

Installation

Script Elements

Metadata: Key-value info at the top of your script
Section Headings: Outline your script with # prefix headings
Scene Headings: Lines beginning with INT, EXT, etc.
Characters: Names are in UPPERCASE
Dialogue: Text following character elements
Parenthetics: Text inside (parens) within dialogue
Transitions: Uppercase lines ending in TO:
Notes: Text within [[ double brackets ]]
Synopses: Lines beginning with =
Center Text: > Lines surrounded by greater/less than <
Comments: C-style multi-line comments (aka boneyard)

Autocompletion

Indexes