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-======trelby======
+======Trelby======
-Screenwriing
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+**TL;DR** \\
+Looking for a "normal" screenwriting application that will make you forget you aren't using the one you are used to? Trelby is what you are looking for.
+</WRAP>
+[[http://trelby.org|Trelby]] is a free word processor for screenplays, Trelby is an application with all the usual features of a screenwriting application, including a character name database, basic scene reporting, PDF exporting, and more.
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+===== Strengths [Weaknesses] =====
+</WRAP>
+**Comfortable**
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+Trelby is one of those applications that looks familiar and feels comfortable whether or not you have even opened a screenplay application before. It's exactly what you expect from a screenwriting application; it has all of the essential features and none of the bloat.
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP rightalign>
+===== Weaknesses [Strengths] =====
+</WRAP>
+**Not Closed Source**
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+There are only a few really popular screenwriting applications out there, so some users are very much "married" to the one application they learned in school and will accept //nothing// in substitute. Trelby (or anything else, for that matter) will not please such a user.
+</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
+=====Install=====
+Install Trelby from [[http://slackbuilds.org]].
+===== Usage =====
+Trelby truly is an intuitive application. If you have used a word processor, you will feel at home with Trelby.
+The advantage to using a dedicated screenwriting application is that all
+standard formatting is applied automatically for you, with minimal amounts of
+interaction. Character names are remembered for you and auto-completion
+simplifies concerns, for instance, about whether you called that day player
+"Evil Henchman" or just "Henchman".
+[{{ trelby.jpg?666 | Trelby and an imported screenwriter-mode file. }}]
+Of all the applications in multimedia, screenwriting applications are the least
+likely to require cross-compatibility. Unless you are collaborating with
+another writer, you will probably never send out the project file. Since Trelby
+can export to PDF, it's probably everything you need in a screenwriting
+application.
+On the other hand, Trelby supports two major platforms, and exports to a number of universal formats (including [[fountain]]).
+Trelby can import Fountain files.
+<WRAP tip>
+**See Also** \\
+[[fountain|Fountain]] \\
+[[screenwriter|Screenwriter-mode]]
+</WRAP>
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