[Scribus] Editing text

[Craig Bradney]

Hi Nik

> Apologies for my continuing posts, but I have just discovered Scribus, and
> am very excited about it.

No apologies required!

> I am running Scribus 1.2 on RedHet 9.0.
>
> I notice that editing text in the "frame contents editor" (as opposed to
> the story editor) gets quite slow near the bottom of a page-sized frame
> whereas the story editor seems not to slow down. Personally, I prefer the
> simplicity of just double-ckicking the text, and writing away. However, the
> lag is disconcerting. Opening the story editor seems an unnecessary
> complication.

Ok, in 1.2 CVS there is (when its next updated, server might be back 
today?!?!), a 15-20% rendering improvement for text. This is very noticeable, 
even on fast machines. This doesnt go all the way to fixing the problem you 
describe, but it does help. The more complete solution will come in 1.3.

> Am I mis-understanding the purpose of each editor? Are there particular
> tasks that the text editor is intended for, and other for which it is not?

Large editing, fast typing, or maybe editing without changing your canvas zoom 
levels? There more I'm sure, cant think right now.

> I intend to convert a number of colleagues to Scribus, and want to have a
> clear idea of how things are done before I do so.

Sure.. ask away, we can give u answers, and let u know what the new features 
or fixes will arrive soon enough.

Craig
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