[scribus] Set Indent from API

[Matt Miller]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021, at 13:13, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> On 3/26/21 2:21 PM, Matt Miller wrote:
> > I'm looking to set a paragraph's first line indent from the API.  I see I can set that for a paragraph style, but not directly at the paragraph level.  I understand that not everything is available from the API, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing something here.
> > 
> 
> From Scripter, this is how you manage first line indents. Even outside 
> of Scripter, the settings for indentation are in a particular paragraph 
> style.

Okay, I see that now.  Thanks.

I saw the “Tabulators” dialog under the “Columns and Text Distances” area of the Text Properties panel and since it resembled the “Tabs and  Indentation” area of the paragraph style editor, I imagined that the indentation settings were there, too.

> So you create the paragraph style then apply it with 
> setParagraphStyle(). An advantage is that you can change your mind 
> later and edit the applied style, and it will be updated wherever that 
> style is used.
> 
> Greg
> 
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