On Monday 13 December 2010 05:34:29 Gerard Cunningham wrote: > On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 00:10 -0500, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Gerard Cunningham <gerard at faduda.net>wrote: > > > The ability to edit/modify/create paragraph styles has > > > disappeared in version 1.3.9. > > > > > > Previously, right-clicking the left hand column in the text box > > > gave me a menu of available styles, plus an option to > > > create/edit same. Now, I only get the menu of existing styles, > > > and no ability to modify them. I'm on Ubuntu 10.10. > > > > > > Am I missing something, or do I need to tweak a file somewhere > > > to make the edit facility visible? > > > > Try Edit->Styles to do what you used to do while in the Story > > Editor. I understand there is a reason for changing this, but > > the logic is lost on me. > > Perfect, thank you. Shows the dangers of late night work. I went > through the main menus several times searching for what I was > looking for and it never registered. > > > It's a bit like having to make at least two clicks to close or > > update the Text Frame from the Story Editor. I like 1.3.9, but > > there are a few things I miss from 1.3.3.14. Maybe as I get more > > familiar with the finer points of Scribus, I will appreciate > > these changes. The old way worked fine for me. I don't understand how access to the style editor from within the story editor is not desirable. It seems intuitive.
And I agree on the two click thing. Again a retrograde step with no visible logic behind it. When the story editor is "fixed" will the 1.3.9 path through edit- >styles be retained? Or will we have to change work habits yet again? One of the things I do is to write e-books and eventually a p-book on various Open Source programs. Right now I don't know what to write about editing styles. -- John Culleton, typesetting and indexing http://wexfordpress.com book sales http://wexfordpress.net Free barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/
