> > That's exactly what Adobe has done with InCopy, so apparantly there is > some need for an application like that. InCopy even allows simultanous > edits in different text flows within one document. Their trick is to > split the main document into parts which basically are individal XML > files. >
I just had a very quick look at InCopy and it certainly seems very powerful. I think there is more potential to make what has been discussed so far VERY powerful... If there was opportunity to upload the "sla file" (I say file but mean the whole archive) to a website, The website could then 'roughly' render the layout (1 page at a time) - just sufficient you could pick which sections of text you might want to edit... - then an online editor could allow that to be edited and saved back. Comments added for things that can't be easily edited online - eg align this with that? While I've seen discussion before (GSC 2007 i think) about people trying to get scribus to populate CMS - I don't *think* I've seen anything about reverse population... i.e. an online editing method that can allow someone to edit online and create an updated SLA? Uses: - Any publishing business - can say to the client that the files are uploaded to site X (secure) if they wish to make textual changes. That sounds imensley smart! - Online document creation... ...you could have some 'standard' business cards online - let the user edit it online and send the resulting sla to a workflow for printing... all automated... Advantages over what was already discussed... - Client free: no need to install OOo, Scribus etc - just a basic web browser - Server side: so the scribus geek runs the files etc...
