> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. M?rz 2017 um 11:05 Uhr
> Von: "Craig Bradney" <cbradney at scribus.info>
> An: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
> Betreff: Re: [scribus] Quick route to story editor.
>
> 
> 
> > On 16 Mar 2017, at 09:58, Christoph Sch?fer <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 15. M?rz 2017 um 17:50 Uhr
> >> Von: "scrib at wexfordpress.com" <scrib at wexfordpress.com>
> >> An: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
> >> Betreff: Re: [scribus] Quick route to story editor.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> ----------------------------------------
> >> From: "Craig Bradney" <cbradney at scribus.info>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 12:19 PM
> >> To: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [scribus] Quick route to story editor.   
> >> 
> >>> On 15 Mar 2017, at 10:03, ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> hi john
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> I know that at least one of the developers doesn't like the story 
> >> editor
> >>> 
> >>> could you name him so that we can fire him?
> >> 
> >> You raised the ticket Ale :)
> >> 
> >> ALE was critical of the Story Editor before. I am used to it and like its 
> >> features. I didn't want to deal with
> >> massive changes both for my own comfort and for the accuracy of what I put 
> >> in a book I am writing.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> no, not eliminating.
> >>> but replacing it with something that can show the formatting as tags (but 
> >> no wysiwyg)
> >> 
> >> Maybe. That's your idea...
> >> 
> >> I hope that something gets settled well in advance of the release of 
> >> 1.6.0. TeX  style
> >> tags like "\bi{foo}" to print the word foo in bold italics could be 
> >> added.
> >> 
> >> In general additions don't do much harm. Deletions tend to obsolete 
> >> existing skills and old documents.
> >> 
> >> John C.
> > 
> > 
> > I'm absolutely with John here (cf. 
> > https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=14673). Removing this CM item is 
> > simply removing a feature and disturbing many workflows or editing habits.
> > 
> > I also agree with ale that the SE needs to be replaced with something 
> > better, but since we have no one to accomplish this task at the moment, 
> > what's the point of removing a CM entry? I just re-created a photobook 
> > originally created with a dedicated photobook software, and you can believe 
> > me that the SE, even in its current form, saved a lot of time.
> > 
> > Moreover, I'm asking myself what brain-dead train of thought lies behind 
> > the request to remove the entry. Many users (including myself) would like 
> > to see a better SE. A rational approach would be to write a new SE and then 
> > replace the current one. Instead, access to the SE has been made more 
> > complicated without a replacement being available. This reminds me of the 
> > madness currently going on in Washington and Westminster.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> Fair enough, I'll revert the change.
> 
> Why is control T so hard to press though?
> 
> Craig
> 


Thanks a lot for restoring the access to the SE via the CM, Craig!

Ctrl+T isn't hard to press, but that wasn't and isn't part of the debate.


Christoph

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