Gregory Pittman wrote: > John Jason Jordan wrote: >> On Fri, 8 May 2009 09:43:10 +1000 (EST) >> "Owen" <rcook at pcug.org.au> dijo: >> >> >>>> Scribus 1.3.5 Beta April 19 on Ubuntu Jaunty x86_64 >>>> >>>> I have a workbook that I am laying out in side by side pages. The page >>>> numbers are on the outside upper corner of the page. The page numbers >>>> are in a one-line text frame on the left and right master pages. The >>>> frame for the left page is normal left justified. For the frame on the >>>> right side master page the text is right justified in Story Editor. >>>> >>>> This ought to work perfectly, and it almost does. The frame on the >>>> left >>>> master page is fine. The page number on the right master page is not >>>> quite all the way to the right edge of the frame. It is as though >>>> there >>>> is a space between the page number (# marker) and the end of the line. >>>> But there is no space. And the frames are not set to have an inside >>>> offset. >>>> >>>> The frames are 400 points wide, so I tried setting a right tabulator >>>> at >>>> 399 points instead of right justifying the text in the right side >>>> frame. This was even worse, as the page number not only did not go any >>>> closer to the right edge of the frame, but it also jumped up about >>>> three points above the baseline. Weird. >>>> >>>> I can't find any mention of this in the bug tracker. That doesn't mean >>>> it's not a bug - it may mean that it has never been reported or that I >>>> am too stupid to find it. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions? >>>> >> >> >>> Perhaps the space is that reserved for the number? >>> >> >> Good idea. I assume you mean that page 1 would have a space after it if >> there are pages in the document greater than 9. >> But after thinking for a minute I became aware that this could not be >> the source of the problem. The document has 80 pages, and the space >> appears after the "79" on page 79, as well as after the page number on >> all other right side pages. >> >> I did discover additional facts that lead me to believe it is a bug. >> Setting a right tab at the right margin simply does not work because it >> makes the number jump up above the baseline. But I can get it to appear >> perfectly correctly in Master Pages view, either by right justifying >> the frame or by right justifying the text in Story Editor. >> However, I notice that in Story Editor there is a blinking cursor below >> the page number # character, although Story Editor does not actually >> think it is a line because there is no style place on the left side. If >> I backspace from in front of the cursor the cursor then jumps up to the >> line above. So it looks like Scribus thinks there is a space there. If >> I update the frame and exit Story Editor the page number appears at the >> right edge of the frame in Master Pages view. But if I reopen Story >> Editor the cursor is back on the phantom line below the number # >> character. >> >> Furthermore, even though I can get the frame to appear perfectly >> correct in Master Pages view, when I look at a right side page in >> normal view the space is still there. >> >> I think there was a major rewrite of the page numbering feature for >> 1.3.5, which is another reason to suspect a bug. >> I just filed a bug report on it: >> http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=8018 >> > This is the way that page numbering works (for good or bad). If you > set up all the pages to have 3 digits, for example, single digit page > numbers use the leftmost place, and the others will be spaces when > there are no digits. > The workaround for this is to use one Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P for single > digit pages, 2 for 2-digit pages, 3 for 3-digit, and so on, and > actually only on pages where you are right-justifying the number. Craig just corrected me. You only need one Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P for all size numbers. I tried this out and am not finding your described problem.
Greg
