> My problem is that I need 'intelligent' outlining. Ie. > > header a > child b > child b > child c > child c > child b > header a Not to flog the dead horse, but this is exactly why supporting docbook is so needful. That, and about 50 other reasons that deal with workflow.
Actually, it doesn't have to be docbook, it just needs to be semantic, and tagged. We need to be able to have an xml-tagged flat text file that, when updated, the scribus text frames can be updated to the new version of the text. Scribus (or a script in Scribus) needs to be able to import the text and assign the correct styles based on the tag info surrounding the text. It should be able to determine the tag's id and update the appropriate text frame. Really, that's all that's needed- the whole docbook format doesn't need to be implemented, but the style editor needs to be able to have external ids and/or classes assigned to them, so that text can be imported and automatically styled. And, the text frame should be capable of storing external id's so that the importer knows where to stick the text. Not just one id, either: it should be able to concatenate different id's from the xml file. That way, the designer can design and the writer can write. I know, I should quit my whining and just start programming. ;) > I currently would like to put together a magazine. However the problem that I > am having > is that some of my images of quite large 1360px by 1280px and I would like > for those > actually have a page to themselves, but I do know what custom sizes to make > this and > other pages so that there no excessive paper showing behind the image. How > do I > customize the page for the image. Or rather convert pts to pixels? If you read back through the last two weeks of message traffic, this was covered, but here's the short version: Scribus doesn't care about anything but pixels. The size hints in the image file are just that: hints. Open the properties dialog for the image frame (press F2). In the properties box, click on "Image." Toggle the radio button that says, "Adjust Image to Frame Size." Now the picture scales with the image frame. Alternately you can futz with the free-scale parameters. This could be more handy if your frame isn't rectangular. I pretty much just leave the properties window open all the time. Enjoy! -- ------------------------------ Key ID: 0x54D1D809
