
About devul
Have you ever felt the urge to write fiction?
And have you proceeded with that urge, trying to express yourself in a word processor?
And when you’re there, staring at your words, have you felt the distraction of your own words? Changing this and that, fixing spelling errors, grammars, the structure of paragraphs, dialogue and so on?
Then you know how annoying editing can be. It simply never ends!
Manipulating your text while typing takes away the flow of creative writing. It’s like a nagging road block slowing you down all the time.
Imagine if you could write with the flow intact, not being distracted by what you see?
In other words, what if you could remove the distraction of editing while you type? What if you simply could not see nor change the words you type, forcing you to focus on typing instead of editing?
That is what devul does for you: It promotes typing, and hinders editing.
That does not mean you will not edit your text. Any text needs editing. It just means editing will come later, after you have fininshed the flow part of your creative writing.
Or, put another way:
Type Now, Edit Later.
Screenshots (devul as seen in Ubuntu)

devul on Ubuntu, before starting to write

devul on Ubuntu, when writing
Installing devul
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Quick manual

Need more?
- Read about the background of Devul
- Read all my blog posts in category Devul
- Read what maloki has written about Devul
- Want to try out devul, but not ready to download/install? Try webdevul!
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Pingback by devul page added « Voice Steam December 4, 2010 @ 09:40Nice little summary, very “to the point”. It’s tricky to describe devul, the premise “Writing a text without seeing the result” seems pretty counter-intuitive at first glance. The best way to “get” the devul idea is to simply download it and use it, it’s only six megs.
PS I refuse to capitalize the name, I’ve grown up with Unix systems where capital letters in command names is punishable by flogging.
Comment by David Weizades December 6, 2010 @ 12:15Thanks DW!
I’m quite ambivalent about “Devul” or “devul”. I agree about small caps in the *nix world – a capital D would be a curse! – but at the same time, a small “devul” looks wrong on Windows.
Maybe I should simply use “devul” as a brand, and choose the “localized Devul” on Windows distribution .zip/.exe?
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Pingback by devul: Installer for Windows « Voice Steam December 11, 2010 @ 18:34[...] .. devul [...]
Pingback by devul: “Powered by devul”-banner « Voice Steam December 18, 2010 @ 10:56[...] home page [Page] I wrote a “home page” for devul, collecting download-links and basic information about [...]
Pingback by maloki » Blog Archive » Flattring Holiday Cheer January 30, 2011 @ 16:40What’s the best free editor to write blog posts?…
How you write, and what kind of editor you need, largely depend on who you are. I myself tend to get stuck, with stupid things like editing too much. A friend of mine created an editor where you can’t edit. This can be ideal for first drafts, to get a…
Trackback by Quora February 2, 2011 @ 20:20[...] Ett verktyg för att skriva utan att distraheras av att redigera, som jag och min kära vän Olof Bjarnason utvecklade under [...]
Pingback by maloki » Blog Archive » Webcoast – För oss som gillar webben! February 23, 2011 @ 04:05[...] .. devul [...]
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