Jonathan Briggs wrote: > Hello > > I'm currently testing Scribus (1.3.3.4 under Fedora) to see whether we > could use it for our research journals, as a possible replacement for > our existing DTP software, 3B2. Maybe it's a bit unfair to compare > Scribus with a very expensive piece of high-end software, but from what > I've seen of Scribus, it's very impressive. I'm keen on using > open-source software wherever possible, and I think Scribus is a > definite possibility for the near future. I have a few queries and > suggestions, mostly related to the text engine (some of these I think > are on the roadmap, but I'll mention them anyway). Please forgive me if > I've misunderstood anything. > > > Is there a way of going from a given point in a text frame to the story > editor, with the cursor at the corresponding place in the story editor? > At the moment it seem that the cursor is always positioned at the > beginning of the text, and it then takes time to locate the correct > point, especially in a document running to 10 or 20 pages. It would be > great if the story editor cursor would position itself at the same point > in the text as the text-frame cursor. > > You will probably find that for editing the text that using a text editor or word processor will be much more efficient, especially for long documents. > Another suggestion for the story editor. It would be good if all the > hidden structure (control codes, font changes, etc) of the text stream > could be optionally revealed (a bit like the old Wordperfect 'reveal > codes'). Also, it would be great if some sort of non-printable markup > could somehow be embedded in the text, for example to indicate authors' > first names and surnames (eg for later extraction by a script). > There isn't much in the way of "control codes". If you look at an .sla file you will see what I mean. One way to control/reduce complexity is to use paragraph styles, in which case you can see all the features of a given style. Document information can be entered in File > Document Setup > Document info, and this will not print with the document.
Greg
