On 9/26/07, Roger <hovergo at net-tech.com.au> wrote: > But isn't this what Scribus is about, they wouldn't need to be within a plain > text file.
Then you're talking about is a layout file... which would be the existing .sla format. The only variation I could picture to this would be some sort of container file, with text frames existing as standalone files called by the container. > A text editor, to me is for very basic layout, spell check and other raw text > operations, not particularly to refine positioning of text items within a > frame, > Scribus has tools for that purpose. Er, yes, I know. The point is, when you work on a file in Scribus, there are attributes that can't be saved back to plain text. To be able to save back to plain text, you'd have to separate form and content *entirely* (as opposed to mostly), and that would defeat the purpose of DTP. -- Steve Herrick "Don't heap scorn. A little goes a long way." - Aasif Mandvi, The Daily Show
