Magic Page wrote: > Gregory Pittman wrote: > >> As I continue to fiddle around with Scribus on various projects, a >> feature that occurs to me would be very useful would be some kind of >> auto-sizing of text boxes. >> >> I would envision these possible capabilities: >> >> 1. Making a text box of a certain size, then having Scribus adjust the >> font size so that the text fits inside the box. >> >> 2. Making a text box, locking the width (or height) and font size, >> then having Scribus adjust the height (or width) to fit in the text. >> >> 3. Extension of No.2 -- if text will not fit for a given page size, >> then a new page and/or text box is created using the locked parameters >> of the first box (size, font size, XY coordinates of the upper left >> corner). >> >> I realize this is a lot easier to envision than code for, but I find >> myself doing a lot of manual tweaking of the various parameters just >> to accomplish this, especially when I want to draw a border line and >> have a nice balanced border around the text. >> >> Gregory Pittman >> Louisville >> -------------- > > > Gregory, > > I could envision more complaints about something like you have suggested > than compliments. Why? Because of the lack of control afforded to the > user. > > Patrick
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear -- what I was suggesting was an option, much like the ways you can resize an image to fit a box. Especially in Scribus, which is designed to import text rather than easily enter/edit it. Think about the ways you can use the auto-sizing features for images -- they are very useful. It seems that there is a large interest in people who make newsletters. Simple layouts might work easily with templates; complex, I'm not so sure. Another thought would be whether scripts might accomplish something like this, but I don't know Python. Gregory Pittman Louisville
