yWriter is a free word processor written by Australian author and programmer Simon Haynes. FreeMind is a mind mapper software. mm2yw7 is a Python script that exports outlines made with FreeMind to new yWriter projects.

Features

• Converts three levels of the novel structure: Parts, chapters, and scenes.
• Converts a set of main characters.
• Converts a set of minor characters.
• Converts a set of locations.
• Converts a set of items.
• Makes the node label the title of the converted element.
• Makes the node notes the description of the converted element.
• The chapter/scene types can be set by specified icons.
• The icon specifications can be changed with a configuration file.
• A template mindmap is included with the distribution (see the sample folder).

Requirements

• Python version 3.6+.

Download and install

Download the latest release (version 0.4.3)

• Unzip the downloaded zipfile “mm2yw7_v0.4.3.zip” into a new folder.
• 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 usage 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

See the instructions for use

Credits

• Frederik Lundh published the xml pretty print algorithm.

License

mm2yw7 is distributed under the MIT License.