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#81
Beginner Talk / Re: Precisely adjusting contou...
Last post by MrB - February 27, 2025, 09:13:25 PM
If it's just expanding an image frame you need, click on the Edit shape button on Properties Palette. Select edit Contour line. Then click the enlarge button (by size or %). Ensure your text is set to flow around the Contour line.

Here's some examples:
https://explore.psl.eu/en/tools-and-training/tutorials/scribus-2-tools-text
#82
Beginner Talk / Re: Precisely adjusting contou...
Last post by kenerling - February 27, 2025, 11:20:45 AM
Thanks for your quick response, tim_occ.

I didn't mention in my original post that I'm speaking of adding padding around an image frame (or any other type of frame, I'd think) inserted into a flow of text. Although that might not change anything...

Again, thanks in any case, and cheers.

#83
Beginner Talk / Re: Precisely adjusting contou...
Last post by nitramr - February 27, 2025, 10:31:49 AM
Quote⇒ How does one constrain those modifications to only the vertical (top, bottom) or horizontal (left, right) axis? And, for that matter, to only any one side?

That is not possible in 1.6.x
Scribus has only a very basic vector path editing functionality. For more advanced operations, it is recommended to use a vector editing software, like Inkscape.

For Scribus 1.7.x there is a planned reimplementation of the node editing functionality.
https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17364

But it is still pending, and doesn't touch the scale functionality.

You could describe which behavior you expect, and we can check if we can do something.
#84
Beginner Talk / Precisely adjusting contour li...
Last post by kenerling - February 27, 2025, 09:55:51 AM
Hi all,

"Stock" Windows 10 Home, Scribus 1.6.2.

At Properties > Shape > Edit > (verify that "Move nodes" is pressed and check "Edit Contour Line"), there are the choices of "Enlarge/Shrink the size of the path by shown %" and "Enlarge/Reduce the size of the path by shown value."

Both apply the indicated modification to all sides of the contour line: top, bottom, left, right.

⇒ How does one constrain those modifications to only the vertical (top, bottom) or horizontal (left, right) axis? And, for that matter, to only any one side?

There surely has to be some combination of modifier keys to do that, yes?

While experimenting with modifier keys, I did discover that one can control-click to lock a node to its two attached neighbors, but moving "by hand" in this manner lacks precision... EDIT: And I'll add that I know that any one node can be selected and moved using the X-Pos and Y-Pos boxes, but that's a bit laborious.

Thanks in advance and cheers to all.
#85
MacOS / Re: Scribus 1.6.3_1 on Ventura...
Last post by Knarfy - February 26, 2025, 10:47:28 PM
Oh so this is it. Well, I will upgrade to 14 at a time, but not now.
BTW, 1.6.2 works, with some annoying UI bugs I can cope with.
#86
MacOS / Re: Scribus 1.6.3_1 on Ventura...
Last post by MrB - February 26, 2025, 08:41:36 PM
Scribus is built for macOS 11.. but it seems the Qt library is built for 14. Not sure how I can work around that.
#87
MacOS / Re: Scribus 1.6.3_1 on Ventura...
Last post by Knarfy - February 26, 2025, 08:40:55 PM
yes I did read this. I also read that the minimum version supported should be MacOS 13 Ventura: https://www.scribus.net/downloads/

And this topic also: https://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,5848.0.html
And this bug: https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17409

Why I post here is that the normally fixed version doesn't work for me on Ventura.
#88
MacOS / Re: Scribus 1.6.3_1 on Ventura...
Last post by Nermander - February 26, 2025, 05:52:46 PM
Did you read the error message? It says "built for macOS 14.0 which is newer than running OS".
#89
MacOS / Re: What release for an old Ma...
Last post by veronique - February 25, 2025, 10:33:19 PM
Thank you, I had downloaded 1.5.5 release.
just see now if I can recover fully my idml files. I do not find the gabarits and my pages seem in disorder.
#90
Free discussion / Vietnamese Graphic Design
Last post by AdmFubar - February 25, 2025, 09:46:14 PM
Thought this would be of interest here...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43149266