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#91
Beginner Talk / Re: Images not loading
Last post by Nickpanes - December 24, 2024, 01:44:46 PM
I have a similar problem with a new computer.  I file that still loads on my old computer fails to load on the new one which has loads of memory.  Am I right in assuming that all I need to do is ensure the .sla is in a folder which also contains the images folder?  In other words the positioning is relative to each other, not necessarily located in an identical address on the computer.  I have tried working with a reduced size set of images and with the image file absent completely but Scribus crashes when loading the book.  the cover, a separate .sla, loads fine.
#92
Installation and Setup / Re: Change the colour of the p...
Last post by Nermander - December 22, 2024, 05:50:55 PM
That is called the "Scratch space" and under Preferences->Display you can change the size of it as well as the colour (under Colours tab).
#93
Installation and Setup / Change the colour of the page/...
Last post by Monkey Sausage - December 22, 2024, 05:42:08 PM
Hi,
I have just installed Scribus and I'm excited to learn how to use it, mostly for Zines.
I have enabled a dark theme but I'm still getting a bright grey page layout colour. Sorry my terminology is way off but I don't know what to call it.

I've attached an image to illustrate the are I want to change the colour.



https://imgur.com/a/OK5Vlt6

Is this even possible?
#94
Text and Typography / Re: Odt import - Paragraph sty...
Last post by jirib - December 21, 2024, 02:56:23 PM
I can confirm it: the import makes the text to literally _look_ well but the link between original paragraph/character styles is lost.

This is bad for two things:

1. one cannot update the text via styles since all styles are default one (both for paragraph and characters)

2. the language defined for styles (ie. in Scribus only character styles have language value) are lost; this impacts spell check
#95
User Interface / Re: Indigo UI: Canvas Frames a...
Last post by AdmFubar - December 18, 2024, 05:11:58 PM
I think the most use tables would have would be handling speadsheet data. Perhaps getting some assistance from the open document foundation for updating tables in scribus? I'm sure they would be interested in assisting.
#96
User Interface / Re: Indigo UI: Canvas Frames a...
Last post by a.l.e - December 17, 2024, 10:31:36 PM
nice to see this.

like AdmFubar, the first thing i noticed is that there is no way to rotate the items on canvas.
i'm not sure that pressing R should be necessary. but it still might be the best solution for scribus.

the second point, is about the item names. even if they can be disabled, i really wonder what's the use for them.

somehow, i'd like to see a real use case for that, before implementing that widget.
personally, i believe that seeing the name in the outline palette is more than enough.


concerning the tables, i think that we really need to have a workshop on how they should work!*

for the images: do we want to have a button in the middle for loading the image?
for the text frames, it's less straightforward, since one might rather want to start typing...
we could have multiple buttons: lorem ipsum, load text, start typing...
only when it's empty.

LTR will be a challenge. it probably needs to be a document, frame, paragraph and character setting!

finally, being able to edit the bezier nodes "on canvas" would be terrific. on the other side, i'm not sure about all the gradients definition on canvas (but i rarely use them, so i cannot really judge).

* btw, if you're free at the end of may, it would be amazing to meet you at the next LGM:

https://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2025/

it's not that far for you : - )
#97
User Interface / Re: Indigo UI: Canvas Frames a...
Last post by AdmFubar - December 17, 2024, 09:17:46 PM
needs one addition, a handle for rotating the object.
#98
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Content Properties not tra...
Last post by a.l.e - December 17, 2024, 05:50:18 PM
i guess that for what scribus is concerned, it would be better to create a "scripts" toolbar, with one button for each script you want to launch.

working in a similar way as the new "Script > Scripts..." menu entry in scribus 1.7.

i would use the same preferences settings for detecting the directories with the script and place some sort of manifest in there, that defines the script one wants to attach to a directory.

the alternative, would be a more complex preferences dialog, where one could add and define each button...
#99
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Content Properties not tra...
Last post by abi - December 17, 2024, 10:26:27 AM
To give a quick background - we have written a script in Python where we have a menu created using which we have following functions
1. Open - a file (which will read folder structure and load data)
2. Create - which will create a new file in a folder structure and file has to be created based on an existing template
3. Save - which saves and also exports into different formats and meta data files
4. Load Content - this runs an API connecting to a CMS and loads text and media files which gets added to the open file

What we have figured out is - if this menu is running while the page is open, the Content Properties are not showing. But if we close that menu which is running in background and then try to load content properties it opens.

Now we are thinking of docking the menu so it stops running from the background and only loads when we want to perform some function.

Any ideas on how we can dock the menu will be helpful

Thanks
#100
User Interface / Indigo UI: Canvas Frames and G...
Last post by tim_occ - December 16, 2024, 10:07:55 PM
Here are some ideas about the object frame features.

The purple color is just a placeholder color for selected frames, and can still be changed in the preferences.

Do you miss something?