D. R. Evans wrote: > My suggestions would be: > > 1. Make it a whole lot more obvious how to find that page. (What seems > obvious to me: searching on "gradient" was no help at all, and led me to > believe that the entire topic was absent. Doing it again, I see that > actually it is there... at item #14, behind stuff like GSoC, and well off > the bottom of the initial screen, so although "search" found the "Text > Gradients" article, it's not actually likely that someone would have the > patience to read down the list far enough to discover it.) > There is this page: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Index I'll add some more pointers to it from HowTos and Tips and Tricks. > 2. Detailed comments about the text on that page: > Check again, see if you think it's better: http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Text_Gradients > [what does "one kind of gradient possible for all letters" mean? My natural > reaction is: "well I want to apply only one gradient to each letter. Why > would I ever want to apply more than one gradient to a letter?".] > > "use the gradients in Properties > Colors as desired" sounds fine... except > that the way that the gradient works in Properties | Colours is very > puzzling, and there should be a link to a page that explains exactly what > the little red and blue triangles are, and why I get more of them if I > click, and how to get rid of the additional ones. > I've also added a new, separate page (since this has more use than just your specific need): http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Color_Tab_and_Gradients
It's also worth mentioning that our official Scribus manual is nearing completion, with proceeds from the sale of this printed manual to benefit the Scribus project. Greg
