[scribus] scribus Digest, Vol 41, Issue 35

Thu Aug 18 19:04:48 UTC 2011

Text flow around picture problem solved! Thanks. I just found out why I had 
this problem, I did not have a in the layers  the text surrounds frame box 
selected. It seems to be selected by default because when I followed the 
instructions given by John Culleton it worked but not when I tried the 
advise in my current work.

Ystävällisin terveisin
Matti Huomanen
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>   1. Re:  Text flows around frame problem (john at wexfordpress.com)
>   2. Re:  Text flows around frame problem (Gregory Pittman)
>   3. Re:  Importing Styles (Gregory Pittman)
>   4. Re:  Importing Styles (Fred Zimmerman)
>   5. Re:  Lack of Style Overrides (Mike Sleger)
>   6. Re:  Importing Styles (Gregory Pittman)
>   7. Re:  Text flows around frame problem (a.l.e)
>   8.  Scribus Repositories (Ian "Witty" Whitfield)
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> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:56:31 -0400
> From: john at wexfordpress.com
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Text flows around frame problem
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> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:40:20 +0300
> "Matti Huomanen" <matti.huomanen at iki.fi> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> I'm using version 1.3.9 and 1.4 as test bed. My OS is Windows XP 32
>> bit. I've used previous versions of Scribus earlier but with these
>> versions I just cannot find a way to make text flow around picture
>> frame. I've looked online manuals
>>
>> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Working_with_image_frames#Text_Flows_Around_Frame
>>
>> but I cannot get the text flow around picture frame. There is no
>> effect no matter which selection I choose.
>>
>> What to try next?
>>
>>
>> Yst?v?llisin terveisin
>> Matti Huomanen
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> In theory at least:
> Put the text frame on layer x.
> Create layer Y over layer x.
> Make Layer Y active.
> Put graphic on layer y,
> Right click on graphic.
> Select Properties
> Select Shape
> Select Use Frame Shape
>
> ---
> John Culleton
> Wexfordpress
> "Create Book Covers with Scribus"
> http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
> Done
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> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:20:54 -0400
> From: Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com>
> To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Text flows around frame problem
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> On 08/17/2011 04:56 PM, john at wexfordpress.com wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:40:20 +0300
>> "Matti Huomanen"<matti.huomanen at iki.fi>  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm using version 1.3.9 and 1.4 as test bed. My OS is Windows XP 32
>>> bit. I've used previous versions of Scribus earlier but with these
>>> versions I just cannot find a way to make text flow around picture
>>> frame. I've looked online manuals
>>>
>>> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Working_with_image_frames#Text_Flows_Around_Frame
>>>
>>> but I cannot get the text flow around picture frame. There is no
>>> effect no matter which selection I choose.
>>>
>>> What to try next?
>>>
>>>
>>> Yst?v?llisin terveisin
>>> Matti Huomanen
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>> In theory at least:
>> Put the text frame on layer x.
>> Create layer Y over layer x.
>> Make Layer Y active.
>> Put graphic on layer y,
>> Right click on graphic.
>> Select Properties
>> Select Shape
>> Select Use Frame Shape
>
> You don't really need another layer, just that the image frame must be
> on a level higher than the text frame.
>
> Also, note that the Text Flows Around Frame is a property of your image
> frame, the the text frame that has flowing text.
>
> Greg
>
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> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:28:16 -0400
> From: Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com>
> To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Importing Styles
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> On 08/17/2011 10:59 AM, a.l.e wrote:
>> hi fred,
>>
>>> Am I correct that the Scripter does not yet support an "Import Styles
>>> from File" command?
>>
>> please add a request in the bug tracker...
>>
>
> In the meantime, you can always import styles prior to running some 
> script.
>
> You might also open a document, in which case its styles would be
> included, even if it were otherwise blank.
>
> Finally, there are commands to create paragraph and character styles
> from within your script.
>
> Greg
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:04:49 -0400
> From: Fred Zimmerman <wfz at nimblebooks.com>
> To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Importing Styles
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> Yes, but these are all a bit away from the push-button experience that one
> would want.
>
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 17:28, Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> On 08/17/2011 10:59 AM, a.l.e wrote:
>>
>>> hi fred,
>>>
>>>  Am I correct that the Scripter does not yet support an "Import Styles
>>>> from File" command?
>>>>
>>>
>>> please add a request in the bug tracker...
>>>
>>>
>> In the meantime, you can always import styles prior to running some 
>> script.
>>
>> You might also open a document, in which case its styles would be 
>> included,
>> even if it were otherwise blank.
>>
>> Finally, there are commands to create paragraph and character styles from
>> within your script.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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> From: Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com>
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> Subject: Re: [scribus] Lack of Style Overrides
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> On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:07 AM, john at wexfordpress.com wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:44:40 -0600
>> Mike Sleger <chappa-ai at q.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I really, really do not not like how only some (but not all) of a
>>> paragraph's style settings can be overridden in the Properties
>>> window.  This means that each and every time I want to modify the
>>> left indent, right indent, tab settings, etc for a specific
>>> paragraph, I need to declare another damned style.  Why can't each
>>> setting in a paragraph's style have a complimentary override option
>>> outside the context of the Styles manager?  What's with this apparent
>>> love affair with styles?  I should have the freedom to format my text
>>> however I please, either with or without a style.  In my opinion, a
>>> style should only need to be defined when a particular text style is
>>> to be repeated in a document.  Otherwise, just format the single
>>> occurrence manually.  (Unless you're in Scribus, then forget it and
>>> resort to defining yet another bloody style...) ___ Scribus Mailing
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>>
>> (Almost) anything you can do with styles can be done on individual
>> paragraphs via the Story Editor.  Just right click on the text frame
>> and select "Edit Text."
>
> Unless I'm blatantly missing something, there is no way to define left 
> indent, right indent, hanging indent, space before a paragraph, space 
> after a paragraph, and text baseline offset from within Story Editor 
> (excluding styles, which is the whole point).  Furthermore, since these 
> settings directly impact the placement of characters in a frame, I should 
> want to see changes to their values immediately (for tuning) rather than 
> manually refresh the contents of a frame from the Story Editor.  Don't get 
> me wrong - styles are great and I do use them.  But there are times when I 
> want to deviate a specific layout feature just once in a document, and 
> it's ridiculous to require defining a whole new style just for that one 
> customization.
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:14:29 -0400
> From: Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com>
> To: Scribus User Mailing List <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Importing Styles
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> On 08/17/2011 07:04 PM, Fred Zimmerman wrote:
>> Yes, but these are all a bit away from the push-button experience that 
>> one
>> would want.
>>
> Hmm. Not sure there is a push-button approach. If you imagine how
> scripter works, you would have to select a file, then select one or more
> styles from the document, so not only do you have the process needed for
> importing as you would in Scribus itself, you have the programming to
> tell Scripter how to make that happen.
>
> Greg
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 08:45:08 +0200
> From: "a.l.e" <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch>
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Text flows around frame problem
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> hi
>
>> >> but I cannot get the text flow around picture frame. There is no
>> >> effect no matter which selection I choose.
>> You don't really need another layer, just that the image frame must
>> be on a level higher than the text frame.
>
> so, the "correct" workflow is:
>
> - create a text frame
> - create an image frame
> - make sure that the image frame is selected
> - activate the properties palette (windows > properties)
> - go to the shape tab of the PP
> - in "text flow around frame" choose something else than disabled
>  ("use frame shape" is a good start).
>
>
> if you already have both the text and image frame:
>
> - select the image frame
> - activate the properties palette (windows > properties)
> - make sure that the image is on top of the text frame.
>  eventually, go to the "xyz" tab and move it to the top with the green 
> arrow
> - go to the shape tab of the PP
> - in "text flow around frame" choose something else than disabled
>  ("use frame shape" is a good start).
>
> ciao
> a.l.e
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:58:59 +0200
> From: "Ian \"Witty\" Whitfield" <editor at federalsaints.net>
> To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
> Subject: [scribus] Scribus Repositories
> Message-ID: <4E4CC643.1030001 at federalsaints.net>
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> Hi All
>
> I'm back into my old problem again!! This seems to happen every time I
> do a rebuild!!
>
> I'm rebuilding my computer here - from scratch - and can not get the
> latest version. The repos that worked before now just give me errors!!
>
> (Question - Why does this always happen!!!???)
>
> Can some kind person give me the latest lines I need to add to Package
> Manager to get the latest version please?
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Ian Whitfield
> Linux Mint 10 KDE
> editor at federalsaints dot net
>
>
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