Wayne Maeda wrote: >On Friday 20 August 2004 03:23 pm, Gregory Pittman wrote: > > > >>Wayne Maeda wrote: >> >> >>>On Friday 20 August 2004 02:49 pm, Gregory Pittman wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Wayne Maeda wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>On Thursday 19 August 2004 04:06 pm, Craig Bradney wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>If you can get it into CSV format, just import it into Scribus. The new >>>>>>text importer has a csv filter. >>>>>> >>>>>>As for DB stuff.. its all planned.. :) Time time time >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>I just imported a CSV file into Scribus. Now I'm trying to format the >>>>>data. How does one do a search and replace on a paragraph (carraige >>>>>return)? What character do I use to represent the CR? I guess I really >>>>>should import the CSV into Open Office first and format it in there. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>In Scribus, carriage returns seem to be Ctrl-E -- that's what emacs >>>>shows me. >>>> >>>>Greg >>>> >>>> >>>How does one enter a Ctrl-E in Scribus' search and replace function? I >>>press the control key and the capital "E" and nothing gets entered in the >>>box. >>> >>> >>So where is the text you're trying to edit? In a text frame? Have you >>tried just using Story Editor? >>What does CR look like in the imported file? >> >> >> >My text is in a text frame. I tried the story editor but it does not have a >search and replace function. There is no CR representation in the file. Same >as if you typed in the text by hand and hit CR. There is no character >representing the CR in the text (I can't see any). But I know it's there >because I just entered it (return key). > > You may well end up editing it with something else, then importing to Scribus. Try Googling CSV for hints -- there is something at the IMF (of all places) that talks about editing CSV files to replace the commas: http://www.imf.org/external/help/csv.htm
Greg
