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+======Trelby======
-Chapter 1.  Trelby
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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.
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-Strengths
+[[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.
-Solid
-    Formats screenplays as you write, with all the common features of a
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-    screenplay authoring application.
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+===== Strengths [Weaknesses] =====
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-GPL
+**Comfortable**
-    An open licensed application that relies on open source technology. Unlike
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-    competitors, it makes no attempt to lock you out of your own data, or to
+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.
-    sell a cloud subscription to you.
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-See Also
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+===== Weaknesses [Strengths] =====
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-Screenwriter
+**Not Closed Source**
-Fountain
-A free word processor for screenplays, Trelby is an application with all the
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-usual features of a screenwriting application, including a character name
+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.
-database, basic scene reporting, PDF exporting, and more.
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+=====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
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 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
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 application.
-Trelby is also Fountain compatible.
+On the other hand, Trelby supports two major platforms, and exports to a number of universal formats (including [[fountain]]).
+Trelby can import Fountain files.
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+**See Also** \\
+[[fountain|Fountain]] \\
+[[screenwriter|Screenwriter-mode]]
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-Trelby is a Python application and can be installed from slackbuilds.org.
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