2011/8/17 Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com> > On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:07 AM, john at wexfordpress.com wrote: > > > On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:44:40 -0600 > > Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com> wrote: > > > >> I really, really do not not like how only some (but not all) of a > >> paragraph's style settings can be overridden in the Properties > >> window. This means that each and every time I want to modify the > >> left indent, right indent, tab settings, etc for a specific > >> paragraph, I need to declare another damned style. Why can't each > >> setting in a paragraph's style have a complimentary override option > >> outside the context of the Styles manager? What's with this apparent > >> love affair with styles? I should have the freedom to format my text > >> however I please, either with or without a style. In my opinion, a > >> style should only need to be defined when a particular text style is > >> to be repeated in a document. Otherwise, just format the single > >> occurrence manually. (Unless you're in Scribus, then forget it and > >> resort to defining yet another bloody style...) ___ Scribus Mailing > >> List: scribus at lists.scribus.net Edit your options or unsubscribe: > >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus See also: > >> http://wiki.scribus.net http://forums.scribus.net > > > > (Almost) anything you can do with styles can be done on individual > > paragraphs via the Story Editor. Just right click on the text frame > > and select "Edit Text." > > Unless I'm blatantly missing something, there is no way to define left > indent, right indent, hanging indent, space before a paragraph, space after > a paragraph, and text baseline offset from within Story Editor (excluding > styles, which is the whole point). Furthermore, since these settings > directly impact the placement of characters in a frame, I should want to see > changes to their values immediately (for tuning) rather than manually > refresh the contents of a frame from the Story Editor. Don't get me wrong - > styles are great and I do use them. But there are times when I want to > deviate a specific layout feature just once in a document, and it's > ridiculous to require defining a whole new style just for that one > customization. >
Absolutely. There is *no* need to further explain why it is needed that *all* the settings available for Styles be available in the Properties Palette as well. We have a bug filed for this for *years* and it is acknowledged by the team of developers. All we are missing now is workforce and time to address this bug and close it. Louis > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110818/85cecd65/attachment.html>
