> importing character styles from html and from odt is planned for 1.6. > That's a long way off, huh?
> basically, not a difficult task, but somebody has to do it... > I'm only a poor little ol' perl programmer, (not python/c/whatever), otherwise I'd offer to help. -- Ciao Richard Foley Supporting Naked Activities http://www.naktiv.net/wnbr On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 02:59:56PM +0200, a.l.e wrote: > hi richard, > > > >>Applying character styles to text, alongside an easy way to group > >>images with a text caption, are the two items I most missed while > >>using Scribus 1.4.n Otherwise a pleasant to use and *reliable* piece > >>of software. The paragraph styles seem to be applied like a broad > >>brush stroke, delineated by having a start-tag and an end of > >>paragraph (or start of new one). Very useful, but frustratingly > >>blunt, handling only headers, sub-headers and entire paragraphs. > >> > >>It seems to me the CHARACTER styles is an issue of having start and > >>end tags within a block of text. and part of the problem is being > >>able to identify the end tag. Perhaps a couple of suggestions for the > >>tag styling might help get the ball rolling? > >> > >>Next identical (yuk): ...some \c1character styled text\c1 ... > >> > >> start=\c1 > >> end=\c1 > >> > >>Explicit (yuk): ...some \c1-startcharacter styled text\c1-end ... > >> > >> start=\c1-start > >> end=\c1-end > >> > >>Bracketed (yuk): ...some \c1(character styled text\c1) ... > >> > >> start=\c1( > >> end=\c1) > >> > >>Bracketed enclosed (best?): ...some \c1(character styled text)\c1 ... > >> > >> start=\c1( > >> end=)\c1 > >> > >>XML-like: ...some <\c1>character styled text</\c1> ... > >> > >> start=<\c1> > >> end=</\c1> > >> > >>Other: > >> > >> ...? > >> > >>Also, it would probably be sensible to disallow nested tags, (and > >>definitely disallow cross-over tags, much like HTML). > >> > >>It is clear this is voluntary open-source software - and long may > >>that continue. > >> > >You also have the option of the story editor. Highlight a string > >of text and then adjust ot italics, bold etc. on the fields and > >icons above the text area. > > > >It would probably make sense to adopt a subset of the TeX tags > >(not LaTeX). Then the string of text to be modified could be > >enclosed in {} brackets. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. > > > >In TeX fully nested tags are OK. > > > > importing character styles from html and from odt is planned for 1.6. > > basically, not a difficult task, but somebody has to do it... > > ciao > a.l.e > > ___ > 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
