Hello! I'm not sure if you take suggestions when it comes to something like themes, but if you are, do you think you could add a Pesterchum theme from Homestuck? I think with the way it's set up in HS (a messaging program the characters use within the world they're in), it would be a very fun theme to have since (if you wanted to & if you are able to of course) it would look like you're messaging someone about the things you're writing while still being stimulating!
Regardless, thank you so much for making this program in the first place, it's saved me so many times when writing stuff for school! :-]
That's a really cool idea! However, I don't think I'd be comfortable making a theme for public use that's based on someone else's work. However, I recently made a video tutorial on how to make your own themes so feel free to make one for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsyHcmEndd1Ue4EjqwfSnMMOhduuxIZvQ
Could you please add in import option that can quickly load the files I've exported? It's a little thing, but I don't like manually opening the files and copying them back into stimuwrite when I want to write more...
Hiya just wanted too say this has made it easier and more fun for me too write. Thank you for making this. I do wanna ask if you will ever make a way too make custom themes. I want too import my own typing sound effects and ambience. It would help me enjoy it even more. Again thanks for making something like this. Keep up the great work :>
Hi Marley, I've been meaning to make a custom themes video tutorial for awhile, and your comment pushed me to put it together some tutorial videos this weekend. There will probably be one more video added to this series, but hopefully this is enough to help you make your own theme.
I was working on porting it to mobile platforms but hit some serious roadblocks and will have to rebuild the mobile version from scratch. So I do eventually plan to port to android and iOS, but I have no timeline at the moment.
Hi! This program has been so so helpful for me, thank you so much for all your hard work.
Apologies if this has already been answered, but I (unfortunately) write in British English and was wondering if there are any plans to support the differing punctuation rules? Eg. a way to change the smart curly quotes to include single quotations/apostrophe and 'replace double hyphen with em dash' to the en dash? If this is a feature already then OOPS! My bad!
i know this isnt intended to fully replace a writing program entirely, but would it ever be possible to add options to format text? bold, italics, indents, line spacing, etc etc. totally get if thats not in the spirit of the program but it'd be nice to have!
If you go into Options > Advanced Settings there is an option to turn on "Export as html using markdown syntax" which gives you the ability to include bold, italics, underline, and strike through in your exported file when using markdown syntax. Click the question mark by the toggle for more detailed info and instructions. I don't intend to add any additional formatting options, sorry about that. I may add visual customization for line spacing in the future, but it won't affect the output of the document.
When I enter fullscreen mode, some themes don't fill the screen and the main part of the app doesn't fill the screen properly. I'm not sure if this is a bug or if it's to do with my monitor having an outdated aspect ratio, but I do remember older versions of the program not having this issue. I also have 'expand to window' selected in the options and I've tried reinstalling it. Does this seem like a problem with my monitor or will it need to be patched out?
I'm sorry for the trouble. In order for those themes to appear with the panel background image lined up with your monitor, Display Customizations > Expand Background to Window actually has to be turned off. The themes were designed before the option to expand the background existed, so when it's on it causes them to not look ideal visually. This is something I need to remedy in a future update of the program and the affected themes, especially since this option is on by default, and I appreciate you bringing it to my attention.
thank you for this wonderful program! it's awesome :] would you please consider adding the atkinson hyperlegible font? I believe that it is available under the SIL open font license. it's my favorite font to use when writing and it would be wonderful if it was available in stimuwrite ^--^
I updated to the newest version but when I go to add my themes and add-ons I get "Error 342: The theme or addon already exists." But when I go to Manage Themes & Addons there's nothing there. What am I doing wrong?
This has seriously changed my LIFE, thank you so much for this wonderful program!
In the next update, would it be possible to add Comic Sans as a font option? Its helpful to those with dyslexia in a similar way to OpenDyslexic, and also personally helps me to take my writing a lot less seriously for a first draft :) Thank you for the hard work you do!
I'm so glad it's been so helpful!! The app has a font named Playpen Sans which is an open source font very similar to Comic Sans. I don't currently have plans to add Comic Sans due to the licensing cost. I hope Playpen Sans meets your needs!
Hi! First of all I wanted to thank you for creating this app because it is helping me so much to write more and above all to have fun while doing it. However I had a request: would it be possible in the future to add a way to justify the text? It makes everything look neater and allows me to get less distracted. Apart from that, beautiful and very useful app!
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I would love this even more if it had a spellchecker. Also for some reason I'm getting constant crashing even though my pc is very beefy :(
}OMG same, I'm using it rn and I'm missing already the Word red lines to let me know of my mistakes lmao
Hmm that crashing is not normal, sorry you've been experiencing that. Please email me so we can resolve the issue: stimuwrite@eveharms.com
Unfortunately including a spellchecker is pretty unlikely, but I will consider it.
Hello! I'm not sure if you take suggestions when it comes to something like themes, but if you are, do you think you could add a Pesterchum theme from Homestuck? I think with the way it's set up in HS (a messaging program the characters use within the world they're in), it would be a very fun theme to have since (if you wanted to & if you are able to of course) it would look like you're messaging someone about the things you're writing while still being stimulating!
Regardless, thank you so much for making this program in the first place, it's saved me so many times when writing stuff for school! :-]
That's a really cool idea! However, I don't think I'd be comfortable making a theme for public use that's based on someone else's work. However, I recently made a video tutorial on how to make your own themes so feel free to make one for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsyHcmEndd1Ue4EjqwfSnMMOhduuxIZvQ
Could you please add in import option that can quickly load the files I've exported? It's a little thing, but I don't like manually opening the files and copying them back into stimuwrite when I want to write more...
"Opening" files is a bit against the philosophy of the app, but I will look into options. Thanks!
Hiya just wanted too say this has made it easier and more fun for me too write. Thank you for making this. I do wanna ask if you will ever make a way too make custom themes. I want too import my own typing sound effects and ambience. It would help me enjoy it even more. Again thanks for making something like this. Keep up the great work :>
Hi Marley, I've been meaning to make a custom themes video tutorial for awhile, and your comment pushed me to put it together some tutorial videos this weekend. There will probably be one more video added to this series, but hopefully this is enough to help you make your own theme.
Full playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsyHcmEndd1Ue4EjqwfSnMMOhduuxIZvQ
Currently there's no way to add custom typing sound effects and soundscapes, but I will consider it for future versions.
Hey, are there any plans to port this app to Android phones? I understand if there are no plans.
I was working on porting it to mobile platforms but hit some serious roadblocks and will have to rebuild the mobile version from scratch. So I do eventually plan to port to android and iOS, but I have no timeline at the moment.
Okay thanks for the response! I'll be patient for the android port!
Hi! This program has been so so helpful for me, thank you so much for all your hard work.
Apologies if this has already been answered, but I (unfortunately) write in British English and was wondering if there are any plans to support the differing punctuation rules? Eg. a way to change the smart curly quotes to include single quotations/apostrophe and 'replace double hyphen with em dash' to the en dash? If this is a feature already then OOPS! My bad!
Thanks so much for the feedback! I will implement this option in a future version.
i know this isnt intended to fully replace a writing program entirely, but would it ever be possible to add options to format text? bold, italics, indents, line spacing, etc etc. totally get if thats not in the spirit of the program but it'd be nice to have!
If you go into Options > Advanced Settings there is an option to turn on "Export as html using markdown syntax" which gives you the ability to include bold, italics, underline, and strike through in your exported file when using markdown syntax. Click the question mark by the toggle for more detailed info and instructions. I don't intend to add any additional formatting options, sorry about that. I may add visual customization for line spacing in the future, but it won't affect the output of the document.
no worries and thanks about the tip! i appreciate what you've done here regardless! 👍
When I enter fullscreen mode, some themes don't fill the screen and the main part of the app doesn't fill the screen properly. I'm not sure if this is a bug or if it's to do with my monitor having an outdated aspect ratio, but I do remember older versions of the program not having this issue. I also have 'expand to window' selected in the options and I've tried reinstalling it. Does this seem like a problem with my monitor or will it need to be patched out?
I'm sorry for the trouble. In order for those themes to appear with the panel background image lined up with your monitor, Display Customizations > Expand Background to Window actually has to be turned off. The themes were designed before the option to expand the background existed, so when it's on it causes them to not look ideal visually. This is something I need to remedy in a future update of the program and the affected themes, especially since this option is on by default, and I appreciate you bringing it to my attention.
thank you for this wonderful program! it's awesome :] would you please consider adding the atkinson hyperlegible font? I believe that it is available under the SIL open font license. it's my favorite font to use when writing and it would be wonderful if it was available in stimuwrite ^--^
Nice font, I will definitely consider it for a future version :)
yay!!!
I updated to the newest version but when I go to add my themes and add-ons I get "Error 342: The theme or addon already exists." But when I go to Manage Themes & Addons there's nothing there. What am I doing wrong?
Sorry about the error! I’m not sure exactly what happened, but give this a try.
1. Navigate to the StimuWrite user data folder in your computer ( you may have to unhide hidden files and folders)
Windows: %APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\StimuWrite\
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Godot/app_userdata/StimuWrite/
Linux: ~/.local/share/godot/app_userdata/StimuWrite/
2. Delete the addons folder
3. Delete stimuwrite.cfg
4. Restart the program
You shouldn’t need to reinstall any themes or addons when updating the program in the future. Let me know if you have any more issues.
That worked! Thank you so much!!!
This has seriously changed my LIFE, thank you so much for this wonderful program!
In the next update, would it be possible to add Comic Sans as a font option? Its helpful to those with dyslexia in a similar way to OpenDyslexic, and also personally helps me to take my writing a lot less seriously for a first draft :) Thank you for the hard work you do!
I'm so glad it's been so helpful!! The app has a font named Playpen Sans which is an open source font very similar to Comic Sans. I don't currently have plans to add Comic Sans due to the licensing cost. I hope Playpen Sans meets your needs!
Hi! First of all I wanted to thank you for creating this app because it is helping me so much to write more and above all to have fun while doing it. However I had a request: would it be possible in the future to add a way to justify the text? It makes everything look neater and allows me to get less distracted. Apart from that, beautiful and very useful app!
I'm so glad it's helping. I will consider adding text justification :)
Thank you so much, it would be awsome!
Hey can anyone help me with what program I use to open this? I'm on Linux Mint.
Okay, I figured it out, you just go to properties and allow it to run as a program. Not sure why the "user friendly" LinuxOS is so stupid.