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#11
General Discussion / What's the best way to deal wi...
Last post by apastuszak - November 11, 2024, 03:41:01 PM
The built in table feature isn't really working as well as I would like. And just using tabs in a text column isn't working for me either.

The workaround I came up with after Googling was to design the able in Libreoffice Calc, copy and paste it into LibreOffice Draw, export it as an SVG and import that into Scribus. That works well enough, but is kind of a pain to use. You also can't edit the table in Scribus if you find a typo.

Does anyone have a good workflow for doing tables in Scribus?

In a perfect world, I'd love to just feed an app a csv file, pick a table style and have it just create a table for me.
#12
Tutorials, Tips and How-Tos / Re: Here's a SOLUTION to add/r...
Last post by Juliansegovia - November 11, 2024, 02:20:06 PM
Scribus has its internal python scripting facility. Have you tried that development path? The reason I asked is that I am looking for a solution to your same problem but though an approach that will not involve navigating the screen but through Scribus internals. Unfortunately, I'm still searching.

This is quite frustrating for me because bold and italics are supposed to be basic rich text manipulations that merits a very simple keyboard strokes like <Ctrl-B> and <Ctrl-I> as in most richtext editors.

If you have tried the python way and concluded that it's impossible, please let me know so I can abandon the thought.
#13
Scripts and Plugins / Is there a way to delete a par...
Last post by dtribby - November 11, 2024, 07:49:40 AM
I'm testing out Scribus 1.6.2 after having used 1.4.x for years. The main sticking point is all of the extra paragraph styles created when loading text from a file.

I've got a script that will tell me all of the unused paragraph styles whose names begin with the name of the current frame. I would like to delete all of them from the script, but could not find a Scribus function that does that action.

Is there a way to delete a paragraph style from a script?
#14
Free discussion / Re: [SOLVED] Writing a book wi...
Last post by Erik96 - November 08, 2024, 10:22:12 AM
It would be very interesting for persons with similar projects as yours if you could share your thoughts and experiences as you proceed with your book.
BTW: I am starting with a book and I am thinking also at which SW to use.
Until now I used OpenOffice and converted it to other formats. I am also thinking at LateX.
Thank you very much in advance
Erich
#15
Layout Issues / Re: Aligning objects selecting...
Last post by AdmFubar - November 08, 2024, 03:47:29 AM
Thanks for the clarification, I will have to check that. It was late and i was tired when i was testing these options.
#16
PDF Generation / Re: PDF Text Distances not bei...
Last post by MGD4me - November 08, 2024, 03:16:49 AM
Re:  Looking at the Adobe instructions for Acrobat, you only seem to be able to set:
    Alignment: Aligns text left, right, or center.


I found similar information as well, so it looks like I might just have to accept that margins or padding is not an option for me.

Too bad...

Thanks for your help!
#17
PDF Generation / Re: PDF Text Distances not bei...
Last post by Nermander - November 07, 2024, 08:26:23 PM
Looking at the Adobe instructions for Acrobat, you only seem to be able to set:
    Border Color: Choose a color for the field frame or opt for no frame.
    Line Thickness: Determine the thickness of the field frame (Thin, Medium, or Thick).
    Fill Color: Select a background color for the field or keep it transparent.
    Line Style: Alter the appearance of the frame with options like Solid, Dashed, or Underline.
    Font Size: Set the size of entered text or selection markers, with an Auto option for dynamic resizing.
    Text Color: Choose a color for the text or selection marker.
    Font: Select from available fonts on your system (not applicable for non-text displaying fields).
and
    Alignment: Aligns text left, right, or center.
    Default Value: Initial text in the field.
    Multi-line: Allows multiple-line entries.
    Scroll Long Text: Compensates for extended text.
    Allow Rich Text Formatting: Enables text styling.
    Limit Of Characters: Sets character limit.
    Password: Displays entered text as asterisks.
    Comb of characters: Spreads the user-entered text evenly across the width of the text field. If a border color is specified in the Appearance tab, each character entered in the field is separated by lines of that color. This option is available only when no other check box is selected.

https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-form-field-properties.html
#18
Code / Re: The Scribus releases: goin...
Last post by a.l.e - November 07, 2024, 05:55:30 PM
Sadly, no reaction from Craig or Jean.

Personally, after this discussion, I'd really like to see Scribus 7.0 or 7.1 (depending on the number of alpha and beta releases...) to be the next release at the end of this year. Then 8.0svn will start as the next development branch and will be released as 8.0 or 8.1 when it's ready.

Time have changed, and almost no project uses complex version numbers.
No even / odd schema anymore, either.
It does not have to grow to the crazy numbers over hundred of Firefox and Chrome, but there is no risk to have version 50 of Scribus anytime soon...
#19
PDF Generation / Re: PDF Text Distances not bei...
Last post by MGD4me - November 07, 2024, 05:17:02 PM
I kind of suspect the same thing.  :(

I will have a look through some PDF documentation to see if I can do any further editing once Scribus has created my form.

The downside of course, is that each time further changes are made by Scribus, it will necessitate  this post-processing routine.

Thanks.
#20
General Discussion / Re: Description of a sla file ...
Last post by Erik96 - November 07, 2024, 02:36:11 PM
I think this is a very good question. Understanding the XML file of the sla data file can be interesting if you want to "heal" a corrupted data file of scribus.
Also automatic document generation would be possible.
I wonder why for 2 years there is no answer to this interesting question.
Thank you all in advance for any comment.