aeon2yw

yWriter is a free word processor written by Australian author and programmer Simon Haynes. yWriter’s strengths are structuring novels and controlling the progress during the writing process. With the aeon2yw Python script, you can convert a novel outline created with Aeon Timeline 2 into a new yWriter project.

The application is ready for internationalization with GNU gettext. A German localization is provided.

Features

Create a new yWriter project from a timeline

• The release comes with a template for Aeon Timeline 2 that provides characters, locations and items, as well as yWriter’s scene properties such as description and notes.
• Events assigned to the Narrative arc are considered scenes.
• The aeon2yw Python script converts Aeon’s .aeonzip project file into a new yWriter project.
• Scene date, time, and duration are imported, if the year is between 100 and 9999.
• Scene characters, locations, items, relationships, descriptions, notes, and tags are imported.

Update an existing yWriter project from a timeline

• Update scene date, time, duration, description, tags, and relationships.
• Missing scenes, characters, locations, and items are created.
• Scenes are marked “unused” if the associated event is deleted in Aeon.

Update an existing timeline from a yWriter project

• Update event date, time, duration, description, tags, and relationships.
• Entity types “Arc”, “Character”, “Location”, and “Item”, and a Narrative arc are created, if missing.
• Event properties “Description” and “Notes” are created, if missing.
• Missing events, characters, locations, and items are created.
• “Narrative” events are removed if the associated scene is deleted in yWriter.

Create a new timeline from a yWriter project

• Just update an empty timeline from a yWriter project.

Requirements

• Windows.
• Python version 3.6+.
• yWriter.
• Aeon Timeline 2. Note: There is now a separate converter for Aeon Timeline 3.

Download and install

Download the latest release (version 3.4.2)

• Extract the “aeon2yw_v3.4.2” folder from the downloaded zipfile “aeon2yw_v3.4.2.zip”.
• Move into this new folder and launch setup.pyw. This installs the script for the local user.
• Create a shortcut on the desktop when asked.
• Open “README.md” for further instructions.

Note for Linux users

Please make sure that your Python3 installation has the tkinter module. On Ubuntu, for example, it is not available out of the box and must be installed via a separate package.

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Changelog

Usage

• Instructions for use
• Tutorial

See also

There is a plugin for the novelyst application.

Credits

• The icons are made using the free Pusab font by Ryoichi Tsunekawa, Flat-it.
• Frederik Lundh published the xml pretty print algorithm.

License

aeon2yw is distributed under the MIT License.