[scribus] white borders around inserts.

[John Culleton]

On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 19:20:12 -0500
Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:

> On 11/10/2015 04:22 PM, John Culleton wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Nov 2015 20:37:54 -0500
> > Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 11/09/2015 07:19 PM, Gregory Pittman
> >> wrote:
> >>> On 11/09/2015 04:12 PM, John Culleton wrote:
> >>
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there a function called "Text
> >>>> Distances?" If so, where? 
> >>>>
> >>>> A copy of your script would be welcome,
> >>>> since this is a recurring problem. 
> >>>>
> >>
> >> Here is a wiki page I just made up, along
> >> with a possible modification so that you
> >> might enter 4 different values for the text
> >> distances.
> >>
> >> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Setting_Text_Distances_from_a_Script
> >>
> >> Greg
> >>
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> > 
> > Hmm!
> > 1. Does this work on the inserted text or the
> > text around the insert?
> > 
> This works on how much the text in a frame
> fills its own frame.
> 
> > 2. If the latter can I modify this script to
> > handle inserted graphics text frames as well
> > as inserted text frames? 
> > 
> This won't work on image frames. In that case,
> I would recommend using Text Flows Around
> Frame, flowing around the contour line, then
> edit the contour line. Both of these can be
> found in the Shape tab of Properties. Note that
> you can increase the contour line by a
> percentage or absolute distance, and the amount
> of each of these is editable.
> 
> > In my just completed project I had mostly text
> > inserts. In my current one I have almost
> > graphic inserts (screenshots etc.),
> > 
> 
> Scripting this for image frames would be a lot
> of work. If you look at InfoBox.py that comes
> with Scribus, it will import an image to a
> frame set in a column. Once you tell it where
> you want the frame in the column (Y-Pos), it
> then calculates the necessary height of the
> frame for the column width, so that when you
> then setScaleImageToFrame(), the frame is the
> right size.
> 
> To try to do what you're asking, you would then
> need to adjust the scale with setImageScale(),
> then adjust the X-Pos and Y-Pos of the image in
> the frame. All of this requires judgements and
> calculations. If you shrink by a percentage of
> height and width, the horizontal space around
> the image is different than vertically. If you
> make it a set distance all around, then you
> change the relative X and Y scales. Although
> you can set TextFlows from a script and even
> set the flow around a contour line, there is no
> way to adjust the contour line from a script.
> 
> Comparing this with doing it manually in
> Properties, it's not clear to me it's worth the
> scripting work.
> 
> Greg
> 


So for this case, a rectangular graphic frame
inserted in a text column, where do I find the
instructions for setting a clearance of say .125
inch on all four sizes of the image proper?

The version used will be 1.5.1. 

Thanks in advance for your time and trouble.

-- 
John Culleton
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