On Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:11:56 +1000 Owen <rcook at pcug.org.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Jun 2015 17:01:43 -0400 > John Culleton <John at wexfordpress.com> wrote: > > > Scribus 1.4.6 and other Scribuses tend to > > default to the first available font in > > alphabetic order. In my case this is > > aGaramond italic. I can override this in the > > Style editor, but is there a way to define my > > default font globally, i.e. always there when > > I fire up a new session? > > > > And a related question: how do I eliminate the > > many unneeded fonts and have that deletion > > last through multiple recompiles? All those > > Middle Eastern and Indian etc. fonts are of > > interest to some users but I work exclusively > > in English. I am thinking of a solution where > > Scribus looks in in a directory other > > than /usr/safe/fonts. Scrolling through > > hundreds of fonts over and over when is no > > fun. > > > > > > Sometimes we make mistakes, like install > Docbook, and end up getting 2000+ unwanted > fonts being recognized by Scribus. > > After you have unticked the first hundred and > realize that you have another two hours to go, > you ask, is there a better way? > > SED to the rescue! > > Go to your .scribus directory and run; > > sed 's/<Font\ Use="1"/<Font\ > Use="0"/'scribus150.rc > new_rc_file and then > (after inspection of new_rc_file) move the > new_rc_file to scribus150.rc > > Now you problem has been changed to going > through fonts and selecting maybe the 20 or 30 > you want to use. > > HTH > > > > Owen > > ___ > 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 > I created a script with these contents: sed 's/<Font\ Use="1"/<Font\Use="0"/'scribus150.rc > new_rc_file I ran it in .scribus in my home directory. It blew up with this message: sed: -e expression #1, char 33: unknown option to `s' Character 33 is an = sign. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Book layout, typesetting and Indexing Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
