[scribus] scribus as pasteup device

[John Beardmore]

John Beardmore wrote:
> Gregory Pittman wrote:
>> Steven Dayton wrote:

>>>>> But AFAIK text is scaled when you hold the Ctrl key while scaling 
>>>>> the box.
>>>>       nope
>>>
>>>  It is the alt key that lets you scale text. And Ctrl-Alt does the same
>>> thing and keep the aspec ration.
>>
>> Not quite.
>> Ctrl + Alt as you say.
>> Shift + Alt for non-proportional
>>
>> The Alt key alone will have you moving the entire Scribus window.
> 
> Really ??
> 
> For me in 1.3.3.12
> 
>     Selecting the text box and dragging it with the mouse moves
>     the text box, (plus sign with arrowheads / NSEW cursor),
> 
>     Alt scales with mouse driven aspect ratio,
>     (diagonal arrow cursor),
> 
>     Ctrl+Alt scales with fixed aspect ratio,
>     (diagonal arrow cursor),
> 
> and
> 
>     Shift+alt constrains the text box to be square,
>     (diagonal arrow cursor).

I suppose I should add that this is under win XP.  I don't suppose that 
would account for any difference ?


Cheers, J/.
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