[scribus] Setting Tabs

[ale rimoldi]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:24:39 -0400
Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:

> On 06/11/2018 07:30 AM, ZASKE Martin wrote:
> > On 11.06.2018 11:36, Ralf Mattes wrote:  
> >> Hello list,
> >>
> >> how can I set a (right-aligned) tab exactly to the right side of a
> >> text frame? When I set the tab position to the exact width of the
> >> text frame text actually wraps arround to the next line. What am I
> >> doing wrong?

> > Same here, tried on Scribus 1.5.4 with our normal LTR set-up and our
> > "default" font Charis SIL:
> > 
> > All tabs set via Style Manager for "Default Paragraph Style":
> > 
> > text is 180 mm wide, font-size 16 pt, three tabs at 60, 120 and 180
> > mm, all of them right tabs:
> > 
> > 
> > right tab at 180 mm fail (jumps to next line, unexpected)
> > 
> > right tab at 179.999 mm fail (so not a work-around)
> > 
> > right tab at 179 mm works as expected
> > 
> > No time for more tests today. I will watch this space as the
> > solution will be interesting for us too.  
> 
> From what I can tell, it seems that, for this to work properly, the
> width of the frame needs to be in round numbers in points, i.e., no
> decimals.
> 
> So try this as a workaround - make your frame, then switch page units
> to points, and adjust the width to a round number in points. You can
> either adjust your tab while still in points or switch back to
> millimeters and then adjust. This seems to work for me.

scribus has the "width" variable which gives you the framewidth... but
it seems not to work for tabulators.

i've filled a ticket:

https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=15356

ciao
a.l.e