[Scribus] really slow text editing

[Craig Bradney]

On Thursday 30 September 2004 19:55, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, igzebedze wrote:
> > /I have a reasonable machine (P4 1.8Ghz, 256Mb ram) but Scribus is
> > /terrifically
> > /slow when I type into a text box. There is a few seconds delay between
> > each /keystroke and the letters appearing on screen.
> >
> > you should use story editor instead of typing in the text directly.
>
> Is that the only solution?
>
> Do any scribus developers or users consider it a bug to not be able to
> type a headline or other text in a text box without it being too slow?
>

Well, plenty of us can type in a headline in a text box. I even typed in my 
recent editorial direct into the canvas frame.. 

It is considered a "problem" shall we say. For plenty of uses, it does work 
just fine. It will be faster in 1.3 for sure.

Craig