On Saturday 19 April 2008 14:18:11 Asif Lodhi wrote: > Hi, > > I was trying to edit something in a text-frame which was on a > background layer. It didn't occur to me that I had to select the layer > first to edit the text in that text-frame. However, considering it a > problem, I modified the .sla in NotePad. > > However, 1.3.3.11 displayed an error and didn't open the .sla every > single time I saved the modifications to the .sla in the NotePad. I > tried UTF8, ANSI and Unicode formats in the Notepad. Only ANSI worked > but the frame handles were displaying in big block RED boxes instead > of small red squares. > > Though I did recall later that the text-frame was on a background > layer (that's why I was not able to edit it from the foreground > layer!) and made the changes that I wanted, I think it's important to > fix this NotePad related behavior.
You might want to avoid Notepad and use something more robust like J-edit or notepad++ which are more reliable in saving to UTF, which is what Scribus really wants to see > -- > Best regards, > > Asif > ps: Why can't you include help in the Linux version? > Which platform ? what package ? where downloaded from ? Peter
