Manuscript Compiler 0.2.0 is a substantial workflow and reliability update focused on making book compilation clearer, safer, and more repeatable.
The release refines the Manuscript → Contents → Create file workflow, expands Saved Compilation management, separates configuration saving from output-file saving, improves structure review, removes structural Scene headings from manuscript output, and strengthens consistency across all supported export formats.
Highlights
- Refined three-stage manuscript workflow
- Reusable Saved Compilations with search, switching, management, and safe deletion
- Clear save-before-create choices for new and changed setups
- Host save, download, or share flow for generated output destinations
- Reliable removal of leading structural Scene headings from manuscript body text
- Better Contents review and correction of inclusion, role, and order
- Repeatable DOCX, ODT, EPUB, HTML, Markdown, and XML output creation
- Format-specific Formatting and Advanced formatting controls
- Updated README and User Guide walk-through
Saved Compilations
Saved Compilations store a reusable manuscript setup without storing manuscript prose. Users can save changes, create another setup with Save as…, reopen saved setups, switch between them, manage them from settings, and delete obsolete configurations without changing source notes or generated files.
Safer output creation
Configuration saving and output-file creation are distinct. New compilations can be created without saving or saved first with Save and create. Changed Saved Compilations can save changes before creating. Generated files use the host save, download, or share flow, and the Create file workspace remains available for another copy or another format.
Structure and Scene handling
The compiler recognises Front matter, Transparent container, Part, Chapter, Scene, Back matter, and Exclude roles. Contents is authoritative for inclusion, role, and order.
Leading structural Scene headings are not emitted as manuscript body text. Scene names remain available for organisation, while later authored headings in Scene content remain intact.
Export formats and formatting
Supported formats: DOCX, ODT, EPUB, HTML, Markdown, and XML.
Depending on the format, Manuscript Compiler provides document styles, paragraph indentation, Scene breaks, title pages, tables of contents, chapter page breaks, title/author overrides, typography, page size, structural heading styles, custom Scene breaks, and filename templates.