> ----- Original Message ----- > Subject: Re: [Scribus] Success story and question. > From: Eilert <eilert-sprachen at t-online.de> > To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > Date: 08-02-2007 11:48 > > > Jan Schrewe schrieb: > > Kite Lau schrieb am Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2007: > >> ? 2007-02-07?? 19:14 +0100?Jan Schrewe??? > >> > >>> Yes, the details are exactly what I am looking for. The Problem is > >>> that the > >>> position of the textframes is absolute. So in order to generate the > >>> "master > >>> file" with 500 pages I need to know how calculate the position and I > >>> didn't > >>> find anything in the documentation of the sla file. > >> You make this master file within Scribus. Why you need to know the > >> position? > > > > Yes, you are right. I just found out that it is possible to copy a page > > n-times. > > > > Thank you all. > > > > Jan > > > Hi Jan, > > maybe this helps you: > > I experimented a bit with an empty document of 1 page and 1 text frame, > saved it, looked at it, then added 1 page, 1 text frame, another text > frame, and I found it's relatively easy to change contents etc. > > In the file, you will find <PAGE ... NUM="0" ...> for the first page, > NUM="1" for the second and so on. They all stand below each other. It > was easy to copy them and add a number to get more pages. > > Then there are page objects <PAGEOBJECT ...> several lines until > </PAGEOBJECT> > > In my case, there were <ITEXT ... CH="This is the text" ... > containing > the text of the text frame. They are within each page object definition. > > In the <PAGEOBJECT-definition there is one item, rather at the end of > it, called e. g. OwnPage="1" for the second page. But when I altered it, > the object didn't appear on another page, I don't know why. This would > be necessary to add more page objects with text frames for each page. In > my case, Scribus wouldn't accept alterations here and just leave the > frame at its place or (in case of a newly added page object) show it at > the last page before more pages were added manually. > > But it seems to be possible, though. I guess such an approach will be > easier to handle than having Scribus produce additional copies of the > first page, then saving, closing, adding the texts from the database, > then reloading and making pdf of it. >
FWIW, this frame creation process isn't necessary in 1.3.4cvs. New doc, set page count to 500. Insert->Frame - Set type to text - Set position and size - Set it to put a frame on all pages - Click ok. Regards Craig
