[scribus] Image to frame "spacing"

[Gregory Pittman]

On 01/25/2017 02:58 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> 
>>> You can do this by adjusting the scaling, but there are no measurements
>>> to help you -- you just "eyeball it".
>>
>> Hi, Greg,
>>
>> Sorry for the late reply, other life activities took priority.  LOL
>>
>> Scaling did what I was looking for, and I got things more or less
>> centered.  <G>
>>
>> It would be nice if, in a future version of Scrbus, the ability to
>> automatically center the newly scaled image vertically and horizontally
>> in the frame would be convenient.  Along with next to each edge of the
>> frame.
>>
>>
> 
> Here is something that might help a bit. On the wiki there is a script
> that will place guides at the borders of a frame or object:
> 
> https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Making_Guides_at_an_Object%27s_Borders
> 
> Here is a modification that will create borders inside the borders of a
> frame, to create a space 80% of the original dimensions.

I've added to the wiki page another version, which allows you to choose
the percentage reduction from a dialog.
An example of usage is on the page.

https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Making_Guides_at_an_Object%27s_Borders#setguides2inside.py

Greg