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Why turn Backspace off?
Some writing exercises (freewriting is one example) and challenges (such as NaNoWriMo) aim at freeing the mind to produce whatever comes up, and discourage editing at the writing stage. For many of us, however, deleting typos or awkward turns of phrase is a reflex that simple willpower cannot turn off. For this reason the web app ilys (which is crowdfunding via Kickstarter) has proved useful for people who want to turn off their inner editor while writing. Since ilys obscures the text that is being written, others turn to apps like Final Deadline or Momentum Writer.
Those who don't trust their content to an app whose stability they're not sure of, or have another application whose interface they like better, may have wished that the writing software of their choice supported disabling backspace and delete. If you're on Windows and install AutoHotKey, you can get that wish with a few lines of code.
( Background on AutoHotKey, plus the actual script )
So there's your BS Off script. Go to town with it!
Some writing exercises (freewriting is one example) and challenges (such as NaNoWriMo) aim at freeing the mind to produce whatever comes up, and discourage editing at the writing stage. For many of us, however, deleting typos or awkward turns of phrase is a reflex that simple willpower cannot turn off. For this reason the web app ilys (which is crowdfunding via Kickstarter) has proved useful for people who want to turn off their inner editor while writing. Since ilys obscures the text that is being written, others turn to apps like Final Deadline or Momentum Writer.
Those who don't trust their content to an app whose stability they're not sure of, or have another application whose interface they like better, may have wished that the writing software of their choice supported disabling backspace and delete. If you're on Windows and install AutoHotKey, you can get that wish with a few lines of code.
( Background on AutoHotKey, plus the actual script )
So there's your BS Off script. Go to town with it!
