Gregory Pittman schrieb: > Maciej Hanski wrote: > >> I am fully aware of the major obstacles: the current file format being a >> moving target, the new file format obviously far away from being stable, >> without any visible progress: http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=111 >> On the other hand, there would not be much need for XSL transformations >> to the new file format until the 1.4 branch gets stable, and we are >> probably talking of two years or so, judging by the roadmap and the >> current progress. In the meantime, and probably some time after that, >> 1.3.3.* branch will be _the_ Scribus version meant for production, and >> there seems to exist real demand among Scribus users for such imports >> right now. >> So, it would make some sense to me, if an ambitious programmer started >> to do some preliminary work on such XSL stylesheets. >> >> > > I would agree with Maciej here -- there is value now of beginning a > "proof of concept" project, perhaps limited (for example) to text and > image frames, that would show an initial approach which could then be > critiqued and tested by many users. > > > OK, I think I can start something in that direction. But, before that, we should finish the manual :-)
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