On Sunday 01 May 2005 18:06, Gregory Pittman wrote: > Rainer Heilke wrote: > > Gregory Pittman wrote: > >> I'm not sure about the UK, but I know in the US, typists/word > >> processors usually put two spaces between sentences, and this is > >> perhaps where Scribus has a problem. Since we're in such a habit of > >> typing two spaces between sentences, Scribus needs to allow for this. > > > > Just to clarify a touch, the "two space" habit is a hold-over from > > typewriters and when computers only had fixed-width fonts. Whenever > > you have proportional fonts, this is considered unacceptable (at least > > it is here in Canada). Not to criticize, but I'm surprised anyone does > > this any more. > > Well, like so many other standards, I'd have to say on a practical > level, there isn't any standard in the US, aside from > publishing/printing. You occasionally see typewriters dusted off and > used. The default behavior of Word and Wordperfect, for example (when > they're working "right"), is to allow you to use one or two spaces > between sentences, fixed or proportional font, but trim anything more > than two down to two. > (I wonder of the Canadian situation might be an agreement between French > and English.) > > The other thing to consider is that text may be imported from a variety > of new and old sources, and like Latex, I think it would be good for > Scribus to adapt. I wouldn't think the coding for this would be so > difficult. The chore of going through a lot of imported text and > manually "fixing" this is substantial and subject to errors. > > Whether it's a "bug" or not is a philosophical question, I think. I > should think that a space at the beginning of a line of text should > always be explicit.
Try a search and replace before or after your import for " " with " ". Whether or not there is an issue on wrapping, you dont want them in the middle of your lines either. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20050501/4f1db095/attachment.pgp
