On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 07:53:20 -0500 Mary Moore <tennesseelady21 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Fredrik, > > I have completed 3 novels and 2 children's > books using scribus. I generally add one > chapter at a time to one scribus file. I like > to do one chapter at a time so that if there > are any formatting issues I can fix them by > chapter, rather than the whole book. I have had > no problem with adding my chapters into one > file. For my covers I use Gimp. > > You are welcome to visit my website > www.thenorthpolepress.com to look at the books > I have published. > > Good Luck, > Mary > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 6:39 AM, Fredrik Jonson > <fredrik at jonson.org> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I've just begun editing a book in scribus, > > and I have a few questions. > > > > The book will have a soft cover and contain > > about 250 pages, mostly text. There will be a > > few images, probably greyscale inline in the > > text chaptes, and a separate color image > > section in the middle or end of the book. > > > > Each chapter is 10 - 30 pages. I've seen > > advice on the list that some people > > keep each chapter in a separate scribus > > document for performance reasons. But is that > > really necessary? If I use contemporary > > hardware, does scribus still have a hard time > > with < 300 pages mostly text? > > > > I'd like to use footnotes in each chapter, > > and afaiu it is available in 1.5, > > which isn't released yet. I'm on 1.4.4 on > > Ubuntu. What is your advice? Should I try to > > install 1.5, and if so, what is the best way > > to do that on Ubuntu 14.04? (I don't mind a > > few bugs, so the fact that it isn't released > > yet doesn't scare me too much. Beta quality > > is definitively ok, pre-alpha, perhaps not so > > much. But I'm willing to give it a go. :) > > What are the alternatives if I'm stuck on > > 1.4.4. Any examples of manual footnote > > handling, etc? > > > > In the best of worlds, I'd like to > > automatically import footnotes from ODT > > libreoffice documents. That'd be awesome. :) > > > > Is there any way to automatically add text > > frames that fills the page margin > > when you add pages? Right now I'm > > copy/pasting a blank text frame as I go when > > I add pages, but that's a bit tedious and > > error prone. > > > > The search/replace in the story editor is > > great. I get scripts that have titles > > prefixed with H1, H2, etc, so it is easy to > > map that to the styles I've edited and remove > > the prefix from the text in one go. Now, as a > > I have many chapters, I wonder if I can > > script that, rather than do it manually? Does > > the python script api contain any functions > > similar to the story editor search/replace. I > > like that the script language in scribus is > > python btw, yay! > > > > Is there any way to remove the "Default > > character style" and "Default paragraph > > style"? I just want the styles I'm actually > > using, to reduce editing mistakes. > > > > BTW, the style editor is a bit funky, it > > doesn't always update when values are > > changed, and sometimes values like selected > > font, and style inheritance seems to get lost > > while editing and switching between tabs. But > > I guess these are known bugs for 1.4.4? > > > > Oh, and in general, what is the common way to > > work with cover pages? Do I maintain that as > > a separate document? > > > > Guess that's it for now. Thanks for a great > > piece of software, and thanks in advance for > > any comments. > > > > -- > > Fredrik Jonson > > > > > > ___ > > Scribus Mailing List: > > scribus at lists.scribus.net Edit your options > > or unsubscribe: > > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > See also: http://wiki.scribus.net > > http://forums.scribus.net > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20150115/9dec30ca/attachment.html> > ___ Scribus Mailing List: > scribus at lists.scribus.net Edit your options or > unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > Gimp is a useful tool but with the new script for the layout: softcover_inch.py available from my website http://www.wexfordpress.com and the ability of Scribus to work in CMYK and produce PDF X/1-2:2001 format I prefer to layout the cover in Scribus and use Gimp for manipulation of photos and/or some special type effects. Cover page should be a single pdf with the three panels arranged left to right: back, spine, front, and a trim allowance of 0.125 inches or its metric equivalent. The new script mentioned above takes care of all that. Try it, you might like it :<) -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!
