screenplay screenplay is a filetype plugin for Vim to enable easy screenplay writing.
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screenplay is a filetype plugin for Vim to enable easy screenplay writing. screenplay is a filetype plugin for Vim to enable easy screenplay writing.The definition of a well formatted screenplay (as I understand it) goessomething like:< 15 spaces > SCENE/ACTION/DESCRIPTIONS (max 54 chars before wrapping)< 37 spaces > CHARACTER NAME< 25 spaces > DIALOG (max 35 chars before wrapping)It might look like: EXT. CITY STREET - DAY Rain pouring down. Newspaper KID on street. A man stops to listen. KID (shouting) Extra! Extra! Child labour used to sell newspapers!All text is just a tab away from being indented correctly.The tab button and the backspace button have been modified to go backwards and forwards in helpful chunks. Action == 16 spaces == 1 tab Dialog == 26 spaces == 2 tabs Speaker == 38 spaces == 3 tabsThe textwidth (tw) variable switches from 68 to 60, when moving from ACTION to DIALOG. This ensures good margins.Control-p will re-format a paragraph from under the cursor downwards, relative to the (textwidth) margin.When you tab three times to type in a character name for DIALOG, and you type the first letter of the characters name and then tab again, then you will be presented with a choice to autocomplete that characters name. (provided you've typed that characters name above a DIALOG at least once before).Hitting enter after DIALOG should align for a new character name Hitting enter twice after DIALOG should align for new ACTION block INSTALLATION:Drop this screenplay.vim file in your ${VIMRUNTIME}/ftplugin/ directoryensure your instance of vim has these options enabled: :filetype on :filetype plugin on :au BufRead,BufNewFile *.screenplay set filetype=screenplayEnsure the suffix of the file you are editing is .screenplay and away you go!

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