In a previous message, BandiPat <penguin0601@earthlink.net> wrote:
Sounds like you just don't know your way around Scribus. It's no longer written in Python, but was originally, about 3+ years ago!
OK - I just misunderstood the website description. However, it's definitely slow in handling text here compared with other Qt apps.
Cursor problems were there, but are gone now, again this might be a QT problem on your system.
Not cursor problems of that sort - it just doesn't behave in a standard fashion (e.g. Shift-cursors don't extend/reduce the selection, cursor position and selection position seem to be independent [select text, move cursor with arrow keys and then type something - you replace the selection rather than inserting text at the cursor]). This is running the Scribus 1.1.5 from Packman, so it ought to be a good build. Also, the text positioning seems to be poor here (running within Gnome or KDE) - the cursor isn't positioned correctly WRT character positions, and text overlaps objects lying on top of the frame instead of wrapping round it properly. Oh, and the other thing I couldn't find was wrap control (setting the offset for wrapping round objects and also the wrap method [one side/both sides/neither side etc.]). Have I missed this somewhere? Basically, it is heading in the right direction but isn't anywhere near professional standard yet.
The text could also be a QT problem and the Story Editor (builtin text editor) is probably what you are not finding for text
I've tried that (hate it, BTW - in-place editing is far nicer) and you lose any undo history when leaving the story editor and returning to the main document. In any case, Undo doesn't even pick up all object operations here. For example, I just tried changing the shape of a frame and Undo ignored that.
If you have questions about using it, by all means, join the email list or drop by the IRC channel for further clarification or to increase your knowledge of the program. (irc.freenode.net, #scribus)
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