<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> john Culleton <John@wexfordpress.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> scribus@lists.scribus.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 17, 2014 2:12:54 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [scribus] Accessing Story Editor in 1.5.0<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:40:47 +0200<br clear="none">Craig Bradney <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:cbradney@scribus.info" href="mailto:cbradney@scribus.info">cbradney@scribus.info</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> >><br clear="none">> >> ciao<br clear="none">> >> a.l.e<br clear="none">> > <br clear="none">> > So there is no way to recreate the facility<br clear="none">> > that existed in earlier versions (to access<br clear="none">> > the Style Editor from the Story Editor as<br clear="none">> > needed)?<br clear="none">> > <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Sure there is. Those who profess to know<br
clear="none">> something about GUI design said we should<br clear="none">> remove it.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Talk to Ale etc..<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Craig<br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">I profess to know how I use Scribus, and I type<br clear="none">text into the Story Editor or modify text flowed<br clear="none">in from another source in the Story Editor. As I<br clear="none">go along I may need to create or modify Styles,<br clear="none">particularly when I flow in text from outside of<br clear="none">Scribus. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">I am very pragmatic about rules, regulations and<br clear="none">"best practices" as defined by others. What works<br clear="none">works. What is convenient for the end user is<br clear="none">convenient. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Providing an exit into the Style<br clear="none">Editor from the Story Editor with
a return <br clear="none">to the Story Editor upon exiting the Style <br clear="none">Editor is to my mind a simple subroutine call<br clear="none">and return. It doesn't handicap anyone, even<br clear="none">A.L.E., who wants to use the program in a <br clear="none">different way.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Please?<br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">John Culleton<br clear="none">Wexford Press<br><br><br clear="none"><br>I would like to say that I agree with John that it<br>was very nice when we could get to the Style<br>Editor from within the Story Editor. It saved <br>keystrokes and seemed to enable a perfectly<br>logical workflow. <br> <br>John has been making this argument for some <br>time now, but I do not recall ever seeing an<br>explanation of why we can not have this access<br>any more. Is there a good reason? Could it be <br>that the GUI design experts got this one wrong?<br><br>Other than that I think Scribus is
an amazing<br>piece of software and I would like to thank<br>the developers for all their hard work.<br><br>Cheers<br>Ole<br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote><div></div> </div></body></html>