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n.b.: This manual is a work in progress and does not represent complete documentation.
Fountain is a markup format for writing scripts (both screenplays and stageplays) in plain text. It is designed to be easily readable and editable, and to look as much like a script as possible.
This is the Fountain Mode Manual updated for version 3.2.
| • Installation | Getting started. | |
| • Script Elements | ||
| • Outlining | ||
| • 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 | ||
| • Autocompletion | ||
| • Do What I Mean | Traditional TAB-style autocompletion | |
| • Scene Numbering | ||
| • Pagination | ||
| • Exporting | Sharing your great writing! | |
| • Indexes | ||
— The Detailed Node Listing — Installation | ||
|---|---|---|
| • Advanced Installation | For the pros. | |
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) | |
Indexes | ||
| • Index of Commands | ||
| • Index of Variables | ||
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