A Python script for creating new novelibre projects from Scapple diagrams
- Notes with a shadow are converted to sections in one single chapter.
- Notes with a "cloud" border without shadow are converted to element notes.
- Notes with a square border are converted to tags.
- Notes with colored text are converted to characters, locations, items, plot lines, or plot points.
- Connections between sections and characters/locations/items/plot lines/plot points are considered.
- If a novelibre project already exists, Character/Location/Item/Plot line XML files are generated instead.
- The scap_novx release includes a sample Scapple file with note styles to import.
- Python version 3.6+.
- Scapple 1.x.
Download the latest release scap_novx_v5.3.0.pyzw
- Launch scap_novx_v5.3.0.pyzw by double-clicking (Windows/Linux desktop),
- or execute
python scap_novx_v5.3.0.pyzw(Windows), resp.python3 scap_novx_v5.3.0.pyzw(Linux) on the command line.
Many web browsers recognize the download as an executable file and offer to open it immediately. This starts the installation.
However, depending on your security settings, your browser may initially refuse to download the executable file. In this case, your confirmation or an additional action is required. If this is not possible, you have the option of downloading the zip file.
The package is also available in zip format: scap_novx_v5.3.0.zip
- Extract the scap_novx_v5.3.0 folder from the downloaded zipfile "scap_novx_v5.3.0.zip".
- Move into this new folder and launch setup.pyw by double-clicking (Windows/Linux desktop),
- or execute
python setup.pyw(Windows), resp.python3 setup.pyw(Linux) on the command line.
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.
See the online manual
This is Open Source software, and scap_novx is licensed under GPLv3. See the GNU General Public License website for more details, or consult the LICENSE file.