On Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:06:56 -0400 wena-parry at talktalk.net wrote: > Erich. > > I haven't heard of "gedit" or "kate", I am assuming that > they are some sort of word processors. So can they import from > MS word and do they format e.g. Italics, bold, underline, that > comes through into Scribus 1.4.1?
No. An editor creates plain text with no layout, hyphenation, or the things you describe above. My favorite editor is gvim, part of the vim package. It is free and runs on all three platforms. I cheat a bit by assigning ragged right justification to the F2 key. But that is just a matter of convenience when keying. I skip a line between paragraphs. I only use word processors to convert customer originated doc files to plain text. In gvim I use the built-in spell checker. Otherwise I use the stand alone spell checker that works on plain ascii text files called ispell. When keying or flowing text into Scribus I do all the layout functions in Scribus. I understand that Scribus can carry over some layout functions from doc files but since I never use word processors any more I don't use doc files for flowing text into Scribus. It should be obvious that I use Linux. Linux has many useful tools for dealing with plain text files, such as a sophisticated sort, a multi-file search program called grep and so forth. I also use some variation of TeX for lengthy book interiors. Right now I am rewriting and expanding the e-book listed below in the Context variation of Tex. It is just easier to handle running heads, TOC, page numbering, footnotes etc. in Context compared to Scribus. OTOH Scribus has simpler ways to select fonts. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
