[scribus] Removing line breaks from text

Craig Bradney cbradney at scribus.info
Mon Jul 21 17:17:57 UTC 2014


On 21/07/2014 7:12 pm, Kunda Loves Scribus wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Chris Bannister <
> cbannister at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 06:06:31PM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
>>> I am trying to convert a text file to scribus.  The file is formatted
>> with hard line breaks,
>>> and an empty line between paragraphs:
>>>
>>> line 1<cr>
>>> line 2<cr>
>>>
>>> line 3<cr>
>>> line 4<cr>
>>>
>>> I want to transform this to two paragraphs:
>>>
>>> line 1 line 2
>>>
>>> line 3 line 4
>>>
>>> Is that possible in Scribus?  Or do I have to manually remove the line
>> breaks?
>>>
>>> (trying to convert a LaTeX document to scribus)
>>
>> I would think that is the job tailor made for your editor.
>> Sorry, as I don't use Apple, I can't help you further.
>>
>> ... ah hang on, good news!
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_(text_editor)
>> "... Also, Vim is shipped with every copy of Apple OS X"
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3983406/delete-newline-in-vim
>>
>> Honestly, I cant recommend vim highly enough.
>>
>> A google search using the terms 'beginniners guide to vim'
>> brings up plenty of help for the beginner.
>>
> 
> It would be cool if Scribus has a script repository with swiss-army knife
> script that did some common functions like this.
> 
> Just dreaming out loud,
>

This is a basic regex issue, not a Scribus one.

Craig




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