I'm looking at using Scribus 1.1.6 on my SuSE 8.2 system (nothing special added beyond the SuSE-provided updates) but am having a few problems.
Basically, Scribus seems to run quite slowly when editing text. It's fairly easy to see simply entering text - the display lags behind the keyboard entry and the CPU usage increases, up to 100% if the lag gets serious (i.e. I enter lots of text by e.g. pasting lots). Does anyone know how to deal with this? (I'm the one who BandiPat was talking about a few days ago - we were discussing this on the SuSE list and he mentioned that he had raised it here.) Also, there is an odd issue with font placing, best illustrated by a screenshot (http://www.xl-cambridge.com/egc/screenie-11:42.png). Essentially, the text seems to be placed further to the right than Scribus expects. The screenshot shows that the wrapping around an object is uneven (wider space on the right than the left) but it also shows in cursor placement (harder to get in a screenie!). That is, the cursor appears further to the left than it ought to - it grazes the right-hand side of characters but is far to the left (e.g. it appears about halfway across a space between words when after the the space and flush against the previous word when before the space). Does anyone know how I might solve this problem? Also, one question about how to use Scribus - how do I alter the wrap settings for an object (i.e. which sides of an object text flows round, and what offset is used)? I've looked in the docs and couldn't find it, and there are no obvious (to me) menu entries or dialogs. Thanks, John -- John Pettigrew XL Cambridge - contract and freelance editing Biology specialist Molecular biology, genetics, biotechnology john at xl-cambridge.com http://www.xl-cambridge.com/ PGP public key available -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20040405/55c62f79/attachment.pgp
