I also think Story Editor is a key function. It is not only about copying/pasting text, but it is about editing afterwards. It is very convenient to edit. You don't have to zoom in/out to edit very small captions for example. Or in my latest work, I had text upside/down, so Story Editor is perfect for that. Although it misses a lot of features present in the Properties palette, so a lot of stuff is impossible to do directly in there, i.e. applying a character style (absolutely necessary!). please don't kill it! st?phanie
On 06/03/2011 04:29 PM, John Culleton wrote: > On Thursday, June 02, 2011 08:38:53 pm Joe Zeff wrote: >> On 06/02/2011 05:30 PM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote: >>> Possibly a good idea, but I have a question. What does one gain from >>> importing from an open source format that makes it better than a simpler >>> copy and paste, if one doesn't import styles? >> If you're importing a file that somebody sent you there's no need to >> wait for it to open up in whatever word processor you'd use to edit it. >> If you're importing multiple files the time adds up rapidly. And, >> even if it's only one file it's less steps you have to take. For that >> matter, why do you find copy and paste better? > > Does copy and paste make each line a new paragraph? > > I agree that abolition of the story editor is a terrible idea. Some prefer to > key directly in the frame but the existence of the story editor does not > handicap them. Some of us prefer the story editor and "grew up" using it for > Scribus. > > I should mention that the story editor in 1.4.0 displays the green check mark > icon for "save and exit" on the icon bar but 1.5.0 hides this often used > function in a menu. I would prefer to have the green icon checkmark displayed. > Also I liked the convenience of an exit to the style editor directly from the > story editor. The reasons given for abolishing this exit seem unpersuasive. > How hard is it to make an exit to another function? > > Is someone trying to kill the story editor little by little? If so that is a > serious mistake. -- St?phanie Vilayphiou http://stdin.fr/ +32 (0)4 89 00 88 59
