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#51
Beginner Talk / Re: Replace LF LF with CR from...
Last post by a.l.e - March 03, 2026, 07:29:42 PM
Can you please post a demo .sla file with the "wrong" text in one frame and the "right" one in another?

It does not need to be long. A few paragraphs of "Lorem Ipsum" might be enough.

That would help to understand what exactly you need and check if the proposed solution matches your wishes.
#52
Text and Typography / Re: Picking the ideal text imp...
Last post by Lynn - March 03, 2026, 01:58:40 AM
Did some more testing today after a friend was unable to replicate the locally-assigned-bold issue I was having on html import. I loaded the same 3 html files about 5 times each in Scribus 1.6.1, 1.6.4 and 1.7.2 in new files, cleared files and my template.

I think, and I'm still not sure if there's other circumstances where this happens, that the problem arises specifically if you import the text twice because you messed up your substitution font. The sequence of events:
  • You import the html text but see that the bold text is assigned to the wrong font, because you forgot to set the correct substitution font
  • You then clear out the text frame and change the substitution font. You don't delete all the imported html styles
  • When you import the html again, the importer sees that the preset h1, h2 etc. styles use the wrong font. Rather than change the font in those styles, it manually applies the new substitution font on top of every instance of those styles

I don't remember making that mistake last week when I was testing, but I am pretty forgetful so it's not unlikely. It looks like the lesson is to always close the file without saving if you mess up the import and load it into a fresh file.
#53
Beginner Talk / Replace LF LF with CR from a c...
Last post by celine - March 02, 2026, 10:16:52 AM
I need some help to substitute search and replace characters LF LF to CR ? to have correct paragraphs jutifieds.

The script :
https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Clean-up_the_imported_text_based_on_the_Slovak_typographic_rules

with a line :(u'\u000a'+u'\u000a'+r'+',u'\u000d')

doesn't work and it's a pity because scribus uses RTL very well !

Thank you if you have an answer
#54
Linux / Re: Scribus 1.7.2 Imported Col...
Last post by utnik - March 02, 2026, 12:07:13 AM
if you press 'delete unused' in 'colors and fills' without an open file, you will end up with black, white and registration only. (you need to select a color before 'delete unused' is clickable...)

to solve the problem you need to select a palette (or create a custom one) – again without an open file. if you change the palette when a document is open, your fix will just be for this single file.

utnik
#55
Linux / Re: Scribus 1.7.2 Imported Col...
Last post by a.l.e - March 01, 2026, 08:45:02 PM
I did a small test and could not notice anything wrong.

Would you mind giving a bit more details?
  • How did you create the list of colors?
  • Would you mind sharing a list of colors that can be used to reproduce the issue?
  • What are the steps you are doing before you get to the three only colors?
#56
Linux / Re: Scribus 1.7.2 Imported Col...
Last post by AdmFubar - March 01, 2026, 08:40:24 PM
Scribus' new document loads a default template that has just the those few colors. The solution would be to create your default document with the color palette  you want, save and copy it to the default document, or!, make a new template and save it in the templates and load that instead.
#57
General Discussion / Re: Insert Pages... causes all...
Last post by AdmFubar - March 01, 2026, 08:36:26 PM
What is weird the poly is as wide as the scratch space.. however i noticed there doesn't seem to be any limit on the scratch space. You can set the scratch space for a document, but scribus doesnt seem to pay attention to it.
#58
Linux / Scribus 1.7.2 Imported Colors ...
Last post by Portreve - March 01, 2026, 07:09:25 PM
I've just noticed and did some further testing, but when I import my existing Scribus-generated list of colors, they are brought in, I press OK, they're there, but then when I create a new document, the colors are all missing. In fact, I wind up with three options for both text and object coloring: "none", "black", and "white".

Using the same data file, I am successful in importing these colors in 1.6.x.
#59
General Discussion / Re: Insert Pages... causes all...
Last post by Riquez - March 01, 2026, 03:24:06 PM
Quote from: AdmFubar on February 28, 2026, 08:20:38 PMIt is the polygon that is causing the issue. I reloaded the page, selected the polygon from the outline window, deleted it and added pages. Pages inserted as they should.

Well done!! You've earned your detective badge for sure  8)
That fixes it for me too.

Actually when I double-clicked on the polygon in the outline window it froze scribus & I had to force quit.
But just removing it fixed the issue.

Thank you for your help. Very good to be aware of that for future ref.

I think that polygon accidentally got dragged too far - 12 billion pixels too far!



#60
General Discussion / Re: Insert Pages... causes all...
Last post by AdmFubar - February 28, 2026, 08:20:38 PM
Found them!  There is a weird zoom/scaling issue from inserting the pages.  Zoom out to around 5 to 6% you will seem them..

There is also a polygon as a free object in this document. However it cannot me seen. (see the outline window) This might be the source of the issue.

How old is the drive holding your document? it might have been caused by the disk going bad from age.
I need to inspect the .sla and see if there is anything that jumps out that would indicate a damage.

checked the file, compared it to one i created. It is the polygon that is causing the issue. I reloaded the page, selected the polygon from the outline window, deleted it and added pages. Pages inserted as they should.