Thanks for the reply - even if I don't like the answer. It's a shame since the "flush right" feature clearly captures design intent and allows the user to modify margins or frame sizes without having to do a bunch of reformatting.
Next question: How do I put this in as a feature request? Jonathan On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:33 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote: > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:32:55 -0500 > Jonathan Kreider <jonathan.kreider at gmail.com> dijo: > > >I've been playing around in Scribus 1.3.5.1. I'm trying to adjust to > >page layout software and concepts from my experience with word > >processors. > > > >I would like to know how to align a portion of a single line of text > >to the left margin and a portion of the same line of text to the right > >margin, like WordPerfect's "flush right" feature. > > > >I know about right tab stops, but they lose my design intent if and > >when I need to adjust the width of the text frame. > > > >Is there a way to attach a right tab to the right edge of the text > >frame in 1.3.5.1 (or any version of Scribus)? > > > >Is there another way to capture the design intent of a portion of a > >line of text left justified and another portion of the same line right > >justified? > > It has been a long time, but I remember that feature from WordPerfect. > It was handy, but Scribus does not have the same feature. In fact, I > don't think any program other than WordPerfect ever had that feature. > > In Scribus the only option is to set a right tab at the right edge of > the frame. If you adjust the width of the frame you will have to adjust > the tab position. > > It should be possible to write a script to automate adjusting the right > tab position to the width of the frame. I am not a programmer, so I > couldn't help. But maybe someone else can. It would be a handy script > to have. > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- Thanks, Jonathan Kreider Kreider Machine Shop Inc. 1886 Mt. Clinton Pike Harrisonburg, VA 22802 540-434-5351 Kreider Four Seasons Equipment, Inc. 1880 Harpine Hwy Harrisonburg, VA 22802 540-801-8873 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20091217/81d85447/attachment.htm>
