Category Archives: StoryBox

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StoryBox 0.6.74

For those of you running 0.5.73, and you like to split your documents, update to this one quickly. There is the slight potential for some data loss if you split a document but don’t view that document right away on 0.5.73. It requires StoryBox to crash, instead of closing correctly, but why risk it?
 
As a bonus, thesaurus functionality has been added to the right click menu of normal mode documents.
 
 
If you haven’t yet bought your copy of StoryBox, and you want the $25 price, you will need to purchase before the end of September. Early in October, StoryBox will reach version 1.0, and the price will increase at that time to $35. You get all of the versions up to 1.0, plus all of the versions up to, but not including 2.0.
Software, StoryBox

StoryBox 0.5.73

I added the ability to split and merge documents, as well as select multiple documents in the File Drawer. The features are available from appropriate context menus.

To merge, select two or more documents in the File Drawer, right click on one of them, and select Merge Documents. The documents will be merged up into the first document. The other documents will be put into the trash.

To split, put the cursor where you want to split, right click and select split. If you select some text, you have the option of turning that text into the title of the new document (the text will be removed from the actual document).

http://www.storyboxsoftware.com/download.htm

Software, StoryBox

StoryBox 0.5.72 – Emergency Bug Fix

Turns out one of the “fixes” in 0.5.71 still had a small problem with it that could be damaging to some data when using the single document mode. When creating a new document while the parent document was selected (ie – creating a scene in a chapter via the file drawer right click menu) or by double clicking a scene in the outline view, the parent document (chapter) would have it’s title replaced by the title of the scene. It would also replace notes, synopsis, and potentially tags.

Update to 0.5.72 immediately, especially if you use single document mode.

http://www.storyboxsoftware.com/download.htm

Incidentally, I found this while writing in the car while Wendy drove us to a wedding on Saturday. Beautiful wedding – annoying bug that I couldn’t fix until this morning.

Software, StoryBox

StoryBox 0.5.71

As I’ve said before, the writing is going great. I don’t know if I’m writing great, but there are far more words than there were three weeks ago, and that’s a good sign.
 
But a man only has so much time, and with the recent addition of two to three hours of writing, StoryBox progress is a bit slower. Of course, I’ve made some changes lately that I thought were easy changes, and when I go try to use StoryBox, I find I screwed something up. Like the other day when I made a change when using the single document mode so that it would remember where in the document you were when you switch between documents. That worked great. Unfortunately, when I went to write that evening, it wouldn’t allow me to type into any of the documents.
 
So, here’s the general plan regarding StoryBox updates, though I reserve the right to deviate from this plan at any time. For the foreseeable future, StoryBox will be on a weekly release schedule, most likely on Saturdays, though sometimes it may slip to Sundays. I’ll break from this, of course, if someone has a problem that can’t wait a week.
 
The writing is good news for StoryBox in other ways. I’ve got new features I want to add that were never on my initial list. And I’m working out kinks in new features before you’re seeing them.
 
As for today’s release, you’ll notice that the build number has jumped a bit. You didn’t miss anything. Since I’m making builds for myself during the week, I have to increment that build number. This build was focused on making certain things smoother, and easier to use. There aren’t any really huge features added, just bug fixes and some streamlining.
 
 
Software, StoryBox

Unofficial StoryBox Test Build

There is a test build of StoryBox that I hope solves a crash issue for users of non-US keyboards. The crash happens when typing certain characters into some fields, like the synopsis and the notes. I don’t have one of these keyboards, so I can’t actually test my fix. If you are having this issue, could you please download this test build and let me know if it solves your problem?
 
 
And if you’re not experiencing that crash, could you please try it out anyway? The fix required updating the libraries I’m using for some of the UI, and I’d like to know of any bugs  that could have been introduced during the update before I call it “official”.