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screenplay : A filetype plugin to enable easy screenplay writing

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created by
Alex Lance
 
script type
ftplugin
 
description
Vim plugin to assist in writing screenplays compatible with
the trelby plaintext screenplay format.


For plaintext screenplays that actually look like screenplays.


Features
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* The tab button and the backspace button have been modified to go
   backwards and forwards in helpful chunks

* Good margins for ACTION and DIALOG

* Control-p will format a paragraph from under the cursor
    downwards, relative to the (textwidth) margin

* Tab complete character names
  
* Hitting enter after DIALOG should align for a new character name
 
install details
* Drop this screenplay.vim file in your ${VIMRUNTIME}/ftplugin/ directory
* ensure your instance of vim has these options enabled:
  :filetype on
  :filetype plugin on
  :au BufRead,BufNewFile *.screenplay    set filetype=screenplay
* Ensure the suffix of the file you are editing is .screenplay and away you
  go!
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
screenplay.vim 0.9 2014-08-20 7.0 Alex Lance Updated it to work more harmoniously with trelby's plaintext format
screenplay.vim 0.8 2007-03-29 7.0 Alex Lance Initial upload
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