[scribus] vertical align effect, in TextFrame?

[Dean]

On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 10:26 -0400, Pankaj Mittal wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:28:54 -0400
> > From: Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>
> > Subject: Re: [scribus] vertical align effect, in TextFrame?
> > To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
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> > Pankaj Mittal wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Using scripter, I am creating a TextFrame. I am also able to 
> >> align_center the text horizontally. But I am not able to find any api, 
> >> which can center align the text vertically.
> >>
> >> How can acheive the vertical align effect, in TextFrame, using 
> >> Scripter? Please advise.
> > Actually, you can't even do this in the main GUI. If you think about it, 
> > it is a much trickier operation than centering on a line, which is why 
> > it hasn't been implemented yet.
> > 
> > Greg
> > 
> Thanks. Are there any creative ways to work around this limitation?
> 
Could you have the script calculate the depth of text subtract from
depth of text box and add appropriate number of lines to start of text?