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#81
Beginner Talk / Text distances in Style editor
Last post by LeXa - October 19, 2025, 04:27:53 AM
Hello,
Discovering Scribus, I'm working on a photography calendar.

I'm using the calendar wizard script to generate pages, so each 'day box' is a text frame. Associated with a style. Very powerful to change style on the whole document.
I'm trying to apply a margin on the number of the day in the top left but with a margin as the example below.

https://pasteboard.co/kgQFqAYvwYyH.png

But I can't find this option, 'Text distances', in the style editor. I don't want to have to replicate that on each  (many) Text frame...

Someone know how to proceed or a workaround ?

Cheers,

#82
User Interface / Re: Issues with the v1.7.1.svn...
Last post by AdmFubar - October 19, 2025, 12:16:43 AM
can you use a flatpack, appimage, or snap version?
#83
Linux / Re: Book creation with scribus
Last post by a.l.e - October 18, 2025, 08:55:25 PM
Interesting project!

First (a short one): In Scribus, the table are bad. Not sure you really want to support them in your framework.

Second (something slightly longer):

Currently, none of the actions typical for the text frames are available for the content of table cells.

As far as I can tell, the cells cannot be accessed by a name, and I'm not sure that it would be a good idea to implement that.

Also, I've tested setTextColor() and it refuses to apply when the selection is a table cell.

But there might be a simple way out:

  • Add a Scripter function to select a cell by it's "coordinates" (row and column).
  • Tweak all the text related to accept also table cells as targets.

I've created a ticket for this:
https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17655

No promise it will be added soon, but it might be an easy task.

Third:

I did not download the script, just had a look at the screenshots and documentation and it looks like an interesting work!

I will try to find some time for a deeper review and for trying it out...

Just one first thing: since you call it a prototype, you might rather target Scribus 1.7 instead of 1.6... 
#84
Showcase / Re: Our New Comic 175 pages St...
Last post by a.l.e - October 18, 2025, 08:14:20 PM
Sadly, the one with the frame break and the formatting is a known issue:

https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=16523

... I'm not sure it's something I know how to fix...
#85
User Interface / Re: Issues with the v1.7.1.svn...
Last post by a.l.e - October 18, 2025, 06:19:10 PM
Wayland?

P.S.: If it's the case you might need to run Scribus with XWayland...
#86
Features / Re: Adding a floating context ...
Last post by a.l.e - October 18, 2025, 06:18:35 PM
At the beginning of this year, I've added tickets for two related proposals that Martin did:

Create a context aware toolbar
https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17365

Create a customizable toolbar
https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17366

I guess that they go in the same direction as the Quick Access bar
#87
User Interface / Issues with the v1.7.1.svn UI
Last post by amair - October 18, 2025, 05:42:02 PM
Hi!

I have been "forced" ;) to use v1.7.x as Gentoo dropped the latest 1.6 from the repository and made 1.7.1.svn (dated 20250929) the only Scribus release in their repository. I hope it's stable enough for my upcoming project starting next week ...

While I'm quite pleased by the new UI there are some issues I consider a bug or need some improvement.

A) scribus-sidebar-missing-background.jpg
The new non-permanent sidebars have no background color set.

B) scribus-sidebar-usability.jpg
1+2) Drop-down if the foreground or background color is clicked. It's *very* hard to recognize that drop-down (1: no border or alternate background color) and its close button (2: x).
3+4) The minimum width isn't set wide enough. Button is cut (3) and there's a scrollbar at the bottom (4).

Regards,
Andreas
#88
Showcase / Re: Our New Comic 175 pages St...
Last post by AdmFubar - October 18, 2025, 04:36:06 PM
have you looked at openclipart.org? not sure if they have an api to use. You might be able to prod them to add one.
#89
Features / Adding a floating context awar...
Last post by Solara Maris - October 18, 2025, 03:50:33 PM
[This post has been split in here from Our New Comic 175 pages Strip Book created in Scribus!]

Firstly, why I believe QuarkXPress was an amazing software.


Many years ago (years 2000) I was an enthusiastic professional workin in deluxe printing industry. We were using now defunct QuarkXpress (QXP) before we reluctantly migrated to Adobe Indesign due to cost issues.

Back in those days QuarkXPress was the big giant in DTP industry with closer to none competitors. They failed due to their imense arrogance towards users.

Features I loved immensely at QXP (which to me is the King of Ergonomics) were

(1) the bare bone robust stability and maturity (which I love at Scribus as well), (2) ergonomics, formidable straighforward easy working with (3) advanced printing concepts as trapping, overpprinting and knockout.

See this picture to understand knockout and overprinting

trapping-knockout-overprint.jpg
trapping-knockout-overprint.png



Other solid rock features: (4)duplicate tool, (5)precise XYZ move with exact shifts. It allowed me to build complicated DTP templates in a fraction of time compared with packed featured softwares like CorelDraw, Adobe Illustrator or InDesign.

(6) QXP was able to handle and leverage huge projects or many meters in size with the computing power of the year 2000. The 300dpi rule for bitmap was still a must back those days.


Therefore I am detailing below two of the ergonomics feature I would love to see in Scribus:

Quick Access bar (In-Context bar), watch the 1 min video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_BEAsfz--Q


I have other great ideas I could input if someone is interested in understanding implementing them.


Just let me know




#90
Showcase / Re: Our New Comic 175 pages St...
Last post by Solara Maris - October 18, 2025, 03:29:07 PM
Quote from: a.l.e on October 18, 2025, 02:47:39 PMLet's start from the end: I will try to create a script for getting images from Wikimedia.

Wonderful. Sadly I was not able to find a free clipart store with an API available and with free content  (it is understandable since there are no incentives).

Quote from: a.l.e on October 18, 2025, 02:47:39 PMSecond: I plan to work on extending the Style search to also be a tool for applying typographic formatting.
The current idea is that typing one of the keys used for the typographic shortcuts (the arrows, <, >, ...) will start applying that formatting (no more applying of styles until the next time the shift-esc is pressed. Typing any other key will start searching for styles (and no access anymore to the typographic formatting).
By doing this, we could use all the best keys for applying the formatting, without having to fear about the shortcuts being already used for other things.


Here is the ticket for it: https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17634


The explanation and the ticket both looks like a great plan. To me one of the most useful Scribus features for editors. I only partially can parse it (since never used Style Search yet) but I am willingly ready to be a early tester. I will start practicing it. We moved to Scribus 1.7 since yesterday.

Quote from: a.l.e on October 18, 2025, 02:47:39 PMFinally (for now), concerning the wrapping, on top of the work Martin already did, which is still in "review" (https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=1096), I guess that you could also go "the other way round":
you can create a clip path in Gimp (or any other image editor of your choice), use an image format that supports it, and let Scribus use it (it's the last button in the text flow options).
Would that work for you?
Here is the ticket for it: https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17634

It sounds great, I know the trick from using Adobe Suite in the past. However unless you are working for professional magazines this feature is used lesser in books and comic strips. I would lower the priority for this feature and raise the ergonomics and focus on main features as I will describe in the next comment.

So far. So good!