On Monday 10 October 2005 23:12, Andreas Vox wrote: > David GoodEnough wrote: > > 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. > > Not sure, but I think that's not possible yet.
OK, I will put in an RFE > > > 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. > > Tabs with fill chars are only implemented in 1.3 I look forward to that, it has not reached regular Debian yet. > > > 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. > > Please file an RFE on bugs.scribus.net Will do > > > 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. > > Use Tools -> Keyboard Shortcuts and define a key sequence for "Edit > Text" I obviously missed that one. > > > 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. > > Cool. > So, now, where are the silly questions you promised?? ;-) Well I kind of thought all of them might be, either that or the kind of thing that real DTPers just don't try to do. David > > /Andreas > > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
