Matt Gushee wrote: > Hi, all-- > > I am attempting to lay out a book using Scribus 1.3.5 (build ID > C-C-T-F-C1.6.4) on Linux, and have encountered a serious problem as > the document grows. > > The book, I suppose, would be considered a large document (about 160 > pages right now), but it is fairly simple: a novel with no > illustrations, so there are just text frames, including the main body, > chapter titles, and page headings; I haven't added a TOC yet. > > Anyway, I have found that beyond a certain point in the document, I > cannot select objects (text frames or pages) with the mouse. Here are > some details I have observed: > > * As far as I can tell, the problem is not related to how long Scribus > has been running or the file has been open. > > * It is very much related to the order that the objects appear in the > document (which is roughly the same as the order in which they were > added to the document). To be specific, right now it takes about 1 > second to select a frame on page 3, where the body text begins. It > gradually gets a little slower up to page 101, where it takes about 3 > seconds--slow, but not intolerably so. From page 102 onward, mouse > clicks have no effect at all, even if I wait several minutes. > > * The above-mentioned threshold appears to be constant from one Scribus > session to the next, though I haven't investigated this thoroughly. > > * I can select objects on any page via the Outline dialog, with > reasonable response time. > > * This was not happening when I first laid out the book. I didn't use > auto text frames, and I was able to insert all the frames with little > trouble. After I had done that, however, I decided to change the page > size and revise the master pages. The trouble started at that time or > a bit afterwards. > > Fortunately, this is a semi-serious project with no deadline, but > since I have gotten a good deal of work done, I'd like to finish it. > > Anyway, is this a known issue? If so, are there any known solutions or > workarounds? I'd appreciate any tips you may have. > Some generic comments: 1.3.5svn is known to be slow, and this will worsen as a project gets quite large, whether images, text and images, or even just text.
Even in earlier versions, it is recommended to break up a large project to smaller ones of no more than (about) 30 pages each. Others may be able to address more specific issues. Greg
