[scribus] Cut and paste into the story editor

Gregory Pittman gpittman at iglou.com
Mon Jul 28 21:11:33 CEST 2008


David Goodenough wrote:
> I have been using Scribus for a while now, to produce a four page sheet
> of diary entries, useful addresses, and train and bus timetables for a 
> quarterly village news.  In general it works really well.
>
> I have however one niggle, which has been going on for a while and I seem
> to recall was due to be fixed in some (then) future release, and I would be 
> really happy if happened sooner rather than later.
>
> It is cut and paste to and from the story editor from external programs
> (other KDE apps such as KMail, or KWrite).  I am sure that a long while ago
> it used to work, but now it just seems to ignore the keys.  They are defined
> and it does not matter whether I use the keys or the menu entries, nothing
> happens.
>
> I am using the main line scribus, not the development version.  Last time
> I tried the development version it had other problems with the story editor
> and I decided to hold of using it for a while.  If those problems are fixed 
> then if this cut and paste issue is fixed I will move.  I am by the way a 
> Debian (unstable) user.
>   
Not quite sure I know what you mean.
You might check this to see if it's helpful:

http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_Video_Tutorials#Three_ways_to_apply_styles

Greg





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