files VS novelWriter

This feature is rarely seen in Linux file managers. I would recommend the CLI file manager ranger. If you need a GUI tool, you should have a look at pantheon files, the file manager of ElementaryOS.

There's Pantheon Files, but it doesn't come anywere close to having as many features as MacOS's file manager. It's a pity that the Dolphin Miller plugin was discontinued. :c

I think that on elementary OS the Files app is already used as a base for the native file chooser. You could follow it as an example. All its code is on GitHub: https://github.com/elementary/files Specifically check out the filechooser-portal directory.

I very like Elementary but I can't use it because of one bug: https://github.com/elementary/files/issues/1884 It is really important for me.

Please read subreddit rules! Issue reports are offtopic in this subreddit. Please report issues on GitHub https://github.com/elementary/files

There is already a PR waiting to solve this bug. I hope they release an update soon.

ElementaryOS file browser has that https://github.com/elementary/files

thanks!, is reported https://github.com/elementary/files/issues/1929

Never buy the book, start writing the book, https://novelwriter.io/ ;)

novelwriter.io

https://novelwriter.io/ is free and open source (I haven't used it, only know about it).

novelWriter for books is like building a dungeon in D&D I might add. All it needs is a map editor ;)

Novelwriter almost hits the sweet spot, but misses some features and is written in python, which makes some features hard to implement due to the nature of the programming language.

Try this software. It may well help you to write better -> novelWriter.

Alternatively, if you want Scrivener-like and are happy with open source projects, novelWriter scratches some of the same itch and is (a) free and (b) available on Linux, Windows, and macOS: it has a similar project-oriented interface to Scrivener, can export projects in HTML, Open Document, Markdown, Plain Text, or PDF, supports tagging and metadata, and uses Markdown for authoring. It's much less hot on importing foreign files (it's really an authoring tool) but is implemented in Python, uses XML/Json for internal files/metadata/configuration, and in use feels like an early version of Scrivener 1.x (which is really what your students want, but Lit'n'Latte discontinued it about a decade ago and you can no longer buy it).

MSWord is surprising to hear. I would've thought some specific tools like Vellum. There are free and open source tools as well, like https://novelwriter.io/