I quite like being able to 'tweak' in preview mode. I think the issue is as much because it is slow to switch between preview and non-preview as it is about the cluttered screen.
Nicki On 26 Nov 2012, at 14:45, a.l.e wrote: > hi, > > yesterday, franz has done a change to the preview mode that, in my eyes, > should first be discussed by the scribus users. > > """ > r17909 by fschmid - First committ to make the "Preview Mode" look more like > in other Applications > > First committ to make the "Preview Mode" look more like in other Applications > - No more editing possible. > - PDF Links linking to the same document are working now when activated. > > > http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus-commit/2012-November/005391.html > """ > > on the one side it is certainly useful to have a way to test the pdf forms in > scribus, but -- on the other side -- i'm not sure that disabling the editing > in preview mode is a change that will please everybody. > > > some issues i'm aware of: > > - switching the preview mode on and off can be very slow (so people may want > to stay in preview mode while doing visual tweaks). > > - the canvas can be very cluttered, and one may want to switch to the preview > mode to do further changes without being disturbed by guides, invisible frame > borders & co. > > - we already have other links that work in the edit mode (footnotes) and will > have more of them in the future (TOC, references, ...): shouldn't pdf links > work just like the other references? > > > i would be interested in hearing what the scribus users think: do you need > the editing capabilities while being in preview mode? > > ciao > a.l.e > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20121126/b242a4d7/attachment.html> > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net
