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#1
Beginner Talk / Re: I want to layout a book
Last post by ama - Today at 06:19:32 AM
no images
but some longer quotes
the text is about finished, waits for some orthographic checks

All I need now is the layout.
#2
Beginner Talk / Re: I want to layout a book
Last post by AdmFubar - Today at 04:50:51 AM
Quote from: ama on April 08, 2026, 11:07:23 PMHi!

I am new here. I installed Scribus and am shocked. Nothing works as I want it.

Long ago I worked with several DTP programs, AMI pro being one of them. But Scribus is weirder than Word, and I do hate Word.

So, what I want to do: take a text and have it flow over the pages of the book automatically.

To see how Scribus works, I took an .sla file from someone and looked at the text in that file. As far as I can see, there are no hidden commands. I do hate Word for invisible commands. I DO!

But the .sla file is overloaded with a HUGE cloud of nonsense. So, working in that file is something for later, when I know how the commands work.

How can I START with the whole thing? I have no idea how many pages I need for the text. So the minimum is 4 pages:

  cover front
  page2  page3
  cover back

How can I make that?

How can I insert text, so that it will flow?

How can I add more pages, so that the whole text (more than 50 pages) will be handled correctly?

I use Scribus 1.5.8, english, on Linux. Something else can not be installed, because the insane operating system installer deletes other versions, even if newer. That is one of the reasons, why I say that programmers are idiots. Since I am a programmer, I am allowed to say that...

Thank you in advance
ama
Ami Pro was an early word processor, not DTP  software. you may have to unlearn a few concepts for using Scribus. 

Scribus is for final assembly of of a document. 

Is your book going to have images in it? If so, are all the images ready? Is all the text written? Is this a novel, or something instructional?
#3
Windows / Re: Not showing my directories
Last post by AdmFubar - Today at 04:43:57 AM
You might want to consider saving your working files locally. There are usually issues when dealing with remote files and the of services line one drive. It will save you headaches later.
#4
Windows / Re: Not showing my directories
Last post by graybeard76 - Today at 02:32:01 AM
I finally figured it out.  It was OneDrive messing me up.  I almost immediately regretted trying it out when I did last year. Now I think I am stuck with it.
Anyway, with the version I have of Scribus, version 1.6.5 (Windows 10), is does not have a window that allows you to paste a path into for opening or saving files.  It only shows "My computer" and my main users directory on the left.  I was going straight to \documents, when I had to go to \OneDrive\documents to find my files.

#5
Beginner Talk / I want to layout a book
Last post by ama - April 08, 2026, 11:07:23 PM
Hi!

I am new here. I installed Scribus and am shocked. Nothing works as I want it.

Long ago I worked with several DTP programs, AMI pro being one of them. But Scribus is weirder than Word, and I do hate Word.

So, what I want to do: take a text and have it flow over the pages of the book automatically.

To see how Scribus works, I took an .sla file from someone and looked at the text in that file. As far as I can see, there are no hidden commands. I do hate Word for invisible commands. I DO!

But the .sla file is overloaded with a HUGE cloud of nonsense. So, working in that file is something for later, when I know how the commands work.

How can I START with the whole thing? I have no idea how many pages I need for the text. So the minimum is 4 pages:

  cover front
  page2  page3
  cover back

How can I make that?

How can I insert text, so that it will flow?

How can I add more pages, so that the whole text (more than 50 pages) will be handled correctly?

I use Scribus 1.5.8, english, on Linux. Something else can not be installed, because the insane operating system installer deletes other versions, even if newer. That is one of the reasons, why I say that programmers are idiots. Since I am a programmer, I am allowed to say that...

Thank you in advance
ama
#6
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Get or Set Image Rotation
Last post by MrB - April 08, 2026, 09:10:06 PM
I've just added the two functions to 1.6.6.svn and 1.7.3.svn for you.
https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17790
#7
Scripts and Plugins / Get or Set Image Rotation
Last post by BS69 - April 08, 2026, 04:17:55 PM
Hi, I can't find the script commands to Get or Set the rotation value of an image inside its frame. Ther's nothing about that in the API documentation : https://impagina.org/scribus-scripter-api/image-frame/

#8
Beginner Talk / Re: Can Text Frame resize base...
Last post by utnik - April 08, 2026, 03:28:35 PM
Quote from: IanicM on April 08, 2026, 01:54:02 PM...sometimes it works, sometimes is fails. I could be due so the characters? Fonts?... I don't know

afaik it works as long as the last line contains at least one descender. otherwise 'adjust frame height to text' cuts the last line of text.

utnik
#9
Beginner Talk / Re: Can Text Frame resize base...
Last post by IanicM - April 08, 2026, 01:54:02 PM
(sorry for the delay)

The Adjust Frame Height command cut off the extra return.

I added a few extra return lines to see how it would behave and simply pressing my quickkey, the Framing goes through each one, one by one, eliminating the extra space, and ultimatly also cuts off the text.

So, sometimes it works, sometimes is fails. I could be due so the characters? Fonts?... I don't know.

All that to say, it's a bit buggy. If someone tries to fix this, I'd be happy to test it out.
#10
Windows / Re: Not showing my directories
Last post by AdmFubar - April 08, 2026, 02:20:35 AM
how about a screen shot?