[scribus] Deleting large image hangs 1.3.5.1 (WORKAROUND)

[John Jason Jordan]

On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:31:32 -0700
John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> dijo:

>This afternoon I will be at a different location reuiring restarting
>the computer. Considering that I don't recall ever having problems
>deleting objects when I ran 1.3.5.1 on Jaunty, I will try deleting
>items with a Karmic live CD. That will at least tell me if it is
>something wrong with my 1.3.5.1 on Fedora. If I have no problems on a
>Karmic live CD, then I will try with a Fedora live CD. Something must
>be wrong; hopefully I can narrow down the source of the problem.

I discovered that cutting to the clipboard (Ctrl-x) worked. That is, it
took 60 seconds to remove the objects, but that beats taking all night.

Still need to figure out what is wrong.