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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 GNUÂ 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://git.skeletons.cc/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 | ||
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• Requirements | Do you have what it takes? | |
• 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) | |
Autocompletion | ||
• Character Name Completion | For every time someone speaks. | |
• Scene Heading Completion | Complete times and places. | |
Indexes | ||
• Index of Commands | ||
• Index of Variables | ||
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