On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 12:44, John Pettigrew wrote: > 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.)
Check compiler settings, libart, qt, gcc, versions. What hardware? > 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). Please place a bug on bugs.scribus.net and upload the screenshot. > Does anyone know how I might solve this problem? Possibly have to wait. Will see what Franz says for it. > 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. No options as yet other than on or off. For offsets, at this point, place a larger frame than the object and give the image an offset within the frame, or place an empty, slightly larger frame underneath the one with the object. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20040405/ae76b4da/attachment.pgp
