[scribus] question about tables: changing properties.

[Sergio Spina]

Thank for your answer,

in the past, i have made a few tries with the table cells decorations
> and i came to the conclusion that it's not worth fighting with it and --
> since in the meantime the tables have not improved -- i've given up
> creating tables in scribus.
> one of the issues was about reliably setting the lines of a cell or
> group of cells.
>

Maybe the better solution (the one that I've succesfully achieved) is the
good old crossing line objects.

ciao

Il giorno mer 3 ott 2018 alle ore 17:44 ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> ha
scritto:

> ciao sergio
>
> > 1) Let me say as friendly as I can: I know my project better than
> > you, and I think that for my project scribus is good enough.
>
> scribus does not offer the tools to manage well a table with 205 rows.
> this seems rather objective to me.
> one of the issues is the one that you mention in your original mail.
>
> > 2) I have a lot of issues. But in the style manager, in the table
> > styles interface, there is nothing but two color commands. The same
> > in the cell style interface, as you can see in the image (scribus
> > 1.5.4 28-04-2018 C--T-F-C1.14.6-64bit GhostScript 9.18).
> > [image: screen01.png]
>
> i was not talking about table styles, about character or paragraph
> styles.
> sorry for not having being more exact.
>
> re-reading your original question, i see that you did not ask about
> change the size of the text, but the thickness of the lines between the
> cell.
>
> in the past, i have made a few tries with the table cells decorations
> and i came to the conclusion that it's not worth fighting with it and --
> since in the meantime the tables have not improved -- i've given up
> creating tables in scribus.
> one of the issues was about reliably setting the lines of a cell or
> group of cells.
> i think it might be possible to achieve what you want, but you have
> discover the exact sequence of manipulation to get there. it's
> probably not trivial.
>
> at the end of the day, there are alternatives for adding tabular text in
> scribus. and i pick one of them, depending on the project at hand.
>
>
> > 3) Thank for you help offer; I know how to write a script with
> > python, but it is not the right tool for my problem.
>
> it might or not, depending on what table/cells functions are available
> in the scripter API.
> I haven't checked.
>
> in any way good luck with the table!
>
> ciao
> a.l..e
>
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