Realm Works Output Formatter

[Exmortis]

Originally Posted by Farling

This tool is trivial compared to my former job writing air traffic control systems :-)

OMG I cant imagine!

[Farling]

Version 2.5 is available

If you don't like the default map pin format, you can now change the format using the new "map pin" dialog window.

If you mess things up, you can restore the default formats for each part of the pin in the same dialog.

[malvernas]

Thanks Farling! I was trying to use the old version that was in the forums and was having issues. this new version solved all my issues!!!!!!

[Farling]

Originally Posted by malvernas

Thanks Farling! I was trying to use the old version that was in the forums and was having issues. this new version solved all my issues!!!!!!

Good to hear :-)

I'm still waiting for suggestions from anybody for any improvements to the formatting.

[Merion]

Well, I tried playing with the css but my experience with css equals zero, so all I managed to change was the fonts and their formatting. Tried to add columns and padding and failed at both. Didn't spend fore than 2h max on it though.

My idea was to make it look more like the page of an official rulebook or supplement.

[Farling]

Originally Posted by Merion

Well, I tried playing with the css but my experience with css equals zero, so all I managed to change was the fonts and their formatting. Tried to add columns and padding and failed at both. Didn't spend fore than 2h max on it though.

My idea was to make it look more like the page of an official rulebook or supplement.

To get the body of each topic into two columns, you can add the following to theme.css

.topicBody {
    column-count: 2;
}
.contents {
   break-inside: avoid;
}

If you want each section within a topic to start in its own multi-column layout, then you could also add the following:

.section1 {
   column-span: all;
}

If you want the text to reduce to a single column if the window is narrow (e.g. being viewed on a phone), then you can use the following extra text (for a minimum column width of 300 pixels):

.topicBody {
    column-count: 2;
    column-width: 300px;
}

[Farling]

V2.6 is available

This release updates the functionality of map pins.

Different map pin shapes are used for pins that link to other topics, and pins that are not linked. (In the future, this will be expanded further to have different pins based on the category of the linked topic - e.g. all links to cities will use one shape; links to dungeons will use a different shape.)

If a map pin is defined without any additional text, and the map pin is linked to another topic, then the text from the first section of the topic is used to populate the pin.

The only text that is used is multi-line text snippets, and both normal contents and GM directions will be used if not present on the pin.

(The summary of linked topics is what I've wanted in RW for a while.)

[Farling]

Version 2.7 is available

This minor update expands on the popup tooltips that were added as part of 2.6.

The expanded tooltip is automatically created for all links within articles, not just map pins.

This allows the first section of each topic to be viewed without having to click on a link.

[Acenoid]

EDIT: deleted text (posted this in the wrong thread)

[lancealittle]

hey Farling, is it ok with you if i put the Output Format tool into the RW Facebook Group files section ? That way peeps in there who aren't fans of forums can find it easier...

Regards, Paul