Hi, I am new to this newslist, and I have been using Scribus for about 6 months now to create the reference sheet (diary, useful phone numbers/email/URLs, and train and bus timetables) for my local village. I come from a word processing background, not a DTP background so please forgive me if I ask things that are taboo in the DTP world. Although I write Java all the time I am not a Python programmer.
1) I use frames to isolate different items (for instance all the diary dates for a given organisation), and it would be useful if there was a script that would take a frame and adjust its size so that it was exactly the right vertical height to fit the text that was in it. 2) In my general diary section I have lines with a date, a time and a description. The date and time are at the left hand of the frame, and the description is right justified, rather like a table of context or index. How do I put in something to guide the eye from one side to the other, in a WP I would typically use a "." fill for the tab. 3) How do I put a right tab on the right margin of the frame, so that if I change the width of the frame the right tab adjusts automatically. In the WPs I have used some of them had an implicit tab on the right margin which was right justifiy. 4) It would be really useful to have a key combination which brought up the story editor. I am generally working on a laptop without a mouse (my desk is too cluttered to provide room for a mouse) so I use the touchpad and it keeps thinking I have selected frames that I have passed over to get to the icon on the toolbar. Apart from this niggles (and I suppose I may find more later), Scribus took a little time to get used to (I guess the WP -> DTP transition) but seems to do what I want, it is a pleasure to use. Thanks in advance David
