>Servant wrote: > >>Next, if Scribus can stop redrawing the entire >>file when you input type, and add imposition, it >>will be approaching a usable, real world DTP app! > >While I do see the redraw issue as troublesome, I'm not sure your >approach is entirely helpful. As for imposition, at work I use (many >copies of) a three and a half thousand dollar (AU$) DTP app that >lacks not only imposition, but any decent support for non-latin >text, reliable font handling, opentype, PDF export, etc. > >I'm not going to pretend there aren't issues with Scribus, but the >lack of built-in imposition would not constitute one of them in my >book. A plug-in for simple imposition (for those printing at home) >would be nice, but anybody doing serious printing and imposition >will be using an external tool to impose PDFs anyway - usually a >VERY expensive Acrobat Pro plug-in. Good print-shops should also >have such tools. Support for professional imposition would be >unbelivably cool, but I must say I think the lack is very, very far >from a show-stopper for 99% of users. Imposition is _hard_, >especially to do right. One could argue that the time that would >have to be spent implementing imposition support might be better >spent addressing the redraw issues you mentioned, or making any >number of other improvements.
100% agree. Imposition is another story. Doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't be adressed. Simply, it's something else. :-) > >I stepped up and started working on some of the issues in Scribus >that troubled me, and worked on adding some things I needed. What >I've done has been rather limited so far, but I've done it. I would >be delighted to see if I can help you get started planning and >writing a simple imposition plug-in. I'm on IRC quite a bit, and of >course on the mailing list, so feel free to drop me a line. And there is so much nice work to be done! This message gives me the occasion again to say how I am impressed by the team's reactivity, efficiency, responsiveness and spirit. Louis P.S. If I may add one word on "helpful approach", I'd say there is nothing such an "unreadable text" just because it's a language someone doesn't know. :-)
