On 27 Oct 2011 at 17:57, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote: > With all respect due Bob's desires: > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 4:15 PM, a.l.e <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote: > > > hi bob, > > > > > It appears to me that more work needs to > > > be done with Story Editor. > > > > PLEASE do NOT make the Story Editor WYSIWYG. Some of us like the > text based > SE and WYSIWYG slows things down far too much. > > > > > yes, it has to be rewritten with a new concept... > > > > > It would really be nice if Story Editor > > > could display all the edits that were made including Font & Font > Size. > > > > if you need a preview of your text, you really should edit it in > the > > frame itself, without going through the story editor! > > > > and if there is any problem editing in the frame, i guess that > > it's that bug that must be fixed (at least in the long term)! and > not a > > feature to be added to the story editor! > > > > as already stated, the current frame editor has grown out of the > need > > to overcome the slowness of inframe text editing in older versions > of > > scribus. even for the simplest frames. > > > > nowadays, most editing work can be done in the frame itself, so we > need > > a new story editor with a new concept. a new concept to fit the > needs of > > people wanting to work differently than what is possible in the > frame. > > > > ideally, i think that we should build the story editor in a way > that it > > should be possible to create different story editors for > different > > needs... > > > > I love the current SE. It has an annoying feature when it loses > focus and a > couple of other small problems, but I like it pretty well. Doing > almost > everything in paragraphs for the magazine, the SE works great with > paragraph > styles. In fact, I have begun to develop all the styles I need for > an issue > and HATE that every text import wants to bring its own paragraph > styles that > I have to delete from my .sla file. > > > > > > > > Is this the best job Scribus can do in handling First > Line > > > Indent? Do I simply have to manually adjust these as needed? > > > > no. > > > > please post a sample document to the bug tracker, where one can > see > > this effect in action. > > > > First line indent is something I use at every paragraph and it have > work > flawlessly for me since at least 1.3.8. > > > > > > Have others had these Indent, Story Editor and crashing > problems > > > or just me. I must mention I have Windows 7, 64 bit computer. > > > > > > Bob P > > > > > Bob, crashing now and then, but seldom, like less than once per > month when I > work 8-10 hours per day for the month. However, I use Linux and > NOT > Windoze. I do everything I do on a 32 bit processor, so that may > make a > difference. I do all the layout of the rag and all the typesetting. > It's a > 60-80 page, one man show and Scribus works pretty dog gone well. > - > John Ghormley KJ4UFG > Editor, SERA *Repeater Journal* > Walkertown, NC USA > editor at sera.org
I use Windoze, x64. I also like the story editor. I have never had a problem with First Line Indent and the tail being cut off on the "y" in Body Text doesn't bother me. I had a few crashes with RC5 but none so far with RC6. I like to be able to look at an entire article in one place instead of going from frame to the next linked frame. I also find it easier to import articles into SE and set the Styles, etc. there instead of in a frame. Of course, final editing is done in the frame. I do a 8-14 page newsletter where most of the articles are sent to me by members. They arrive in a variety of formats and fonts and I make them fit and make them somewhat uniform. George
