On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 20:48, Fred Albrecht wrote: > Craig Bradney wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 16:56, Fred Albrecht wrote: > > >>What is "Insert special" supposed to do ? When I select that menu item > >>nothing happens. > > > > > > Be in text editing mode when editing within a frame, or within the Story > > Editor. Then it will activate and work. Minor menu item issue.. will be > > fixed. > > Ah, right, got it. > > Only works when editing a frame though. Since the Story Editor window is > modal, I can't access the menu to get to the "Insert special" item.
Sorry, Im always thinking in CVS mode as I only ever run/develop on CVS. In CVS there is a menu item for Insert Special in Story Editor. > >>I started scribus from a terminal to see if anything went to STDERR but > >>it doesn't seem to complain about anything. > >> > >>Oh, there is this when Scribus starts : > >> > >>Loading required GL library /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.so.1.2 > >>Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix> > >>Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix> > >>Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>] > >>'import site' failed; use -v for traceback > >> > >>maybe it's related ? What is that <prefix> ? Is it something like > >>/usr/lib/scribus/plugins ? How about <exec_prefix> ? The docs don't seem > >>to adress that point... > > > > > > I dont think its related at all.. looks like a python issue, is Python > > found when you build Scribus? > > Actually I installed it from the provided RH RPM (because I was lazy). > > > $PREFIX depends on the distro, can be > > /usr/local or /usr for example. > > I'll set a variable before starting Scribus then if that's all it takes > to make it happy :) > > >>Works fine for me as well inside Scribus. It's in the PDF that it gets > >>screwed up (I tried viewing the PDF in Linux on Windows 98 and on NT 5.1 > >>with acroread versions ranging from 5.8 to 6). The fonts are always > >>fully embedded in the final document btw. > > > > > > Yes, as above.. will chat to Franz about it > > Apparently it seems to be font related, I'm experimenting with this... > > Could someone enlighten me as to what the "unicode" support" means for > Scribus in this context ? Does it mean that if I can get a properly > designed and complete (yeah right) Unicode font, I should be able to > make a document using any character in it ? And a PDF as well ? In CVS at least, you can type in Unicode by F12+the hex code, eg F12+202F. 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/20040501/d2834d65/attachment.pgp
