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#1
User Interface / Re: IndigoUI: Page Panel
Last post by a.l.e - Today at 08:48:04 AM
perfect!
#2
User Interface / Re: IndigoUI: Page Panel
Last post by tim_occ - June 09, 2023, 12:22:05 AM
Hi a.l.e

Quoteas far i can tell, the page panel gets useful, when there are lot of pages and -- then -- i guess i would prefer to have the preview to be a/ as small as possible b/ showing as many pages as possible.

Page size can be adjusted, currently you can toggle between 3 sizes (small, medium and large). The screenshot shows medium size.

Quotei'm also eager to see how the palette looks when the layout is horizontal

In a previous version, the page blocks had a floating layout based on palette width. I plan to bring it back.

Quoteit will be simpler to use an alternative interaction, like "select and apply".
Good point, I will think about it.


Quoteit should probably also be possible to select multiple pages at once
I also thought about it and planned it as an update later.

Thank you for your feedback. BTW: I read some of your tickets in Mantis bug tracker before I started to implement the new widget.
#3
Text and Typography / Re: display font size in milli...
Last post by a.l.e - June 08, 2023, 11:21:42 AM
no, but you can set the font size in mm (it will be converted in pt)
#4
Text and Typography / display font size in millimetr...
Last post by rokuku - June 08, 2023, 10:55:36 AM
hello. is it possible to have the font size displayed in millimetres
?

thanks
#5
Free discussion / Re: I wonder if improving cont...
Last post by MrB - June 07, 2023, 09:36:21 PM
Gitlab and Github are not located in the EU, which we find unfortunate due to software patent law issues.
So we'd have to self-host git, which we can, but time available is spent on code. We're preparing 1.6.0, as well as spending a good amount of time on 1.7.0 (indigo ui integration with the author, and at the moment, working out podofo 0.10.0 compatibility).
SVN is super easy... you only need 2-3 commands, but yes, its less well known these days.
As for chat, we use IRC... but could consider other things. I started to set up Discord, but got distracted by code instead. Someone to maintain those other things would be great for the project too!
#6
Free discussion / Re: I wonder if improving cont...
Last post by AdmFubar - June 07, 2023, 08:47:57 PM
Adobe prolly feels threatened from from the project when their stock tanked last year. Trying to spread a lil fear that the high quality  free competitor is dead. I've seen this type of hype done before against other types of free software. Dont get taken in by marketing from the competition.
#7
Free discussion / Re: I wonder if improving cont...
Last post by a.l.e - June 07, 2023, 06:24:28 PM
hi nathan

i can only agree with the core message in your post.

i just want to add some additional information:

- there is a gitlab mirror of the scribus code (https://gitlab.com/scribus/scribus)
- there is a github mirror of the scribus code (https://github.com/scribusproject/scribus)
- both can easily be found with a search engine.
- if a community grows around them, the gitlab mirror could be used for reviewing patches (but you should not expect reviews from the team for now)
- you can join the irc channel with the irc to matrix bridge (works in element)
- there is a (mostly dormant; not official) scribus matrix channel

voilà, if people want to do things there are ways... of course, it needs somebody crazy enough to start the fire : - ) (without burning their fingers...)
#8
Free discussion / Re: Provocative question: Bett...
Last post by NathanUp - June 07, 2023, 04:56:12 PM
I'm not sure what you mean by "into modern shape." Scribus is light-years ahead in terms of professional features for desktop publishing / typesetting. Styles, text-flow UX, master pages, color management, press-ready PDF output, et cetera. Yes, the UX needs a little love, performance and vector support could be improved, but it is absolutely suitable for professional work at this very moment.

Inkscape is designed to be an SVG editor, implementing the SVG spec in its output, so if a certain feature isn't in that spec, it either can't be implemented in Inkscape, or it has to be somehow hacked into an SVG file in a way that both preserves editability in Inkscape, and renders correctly in any other application that displays SVGs. The SVG spec is not designed to be a document format; it's designed to be a vector graphics format for the web. Scribus, on the other hand, outputs XML for working files, allowing infinite flexibility for current and future features without being chained to any other specification, let alone one like SVG, which has such a narrow use case. Of course, I'm not saying it couldn't be done; I am saying that it would be difficult and would likely not be feature complete compared to Scribus unless / until the SVG spec adapted, or Inkscape abandoned the format, which seems unlikely.

Inkscape is a stunning vector editor, but it really isn't suited to do Scribus' job, nor is it likely to be in future. Also, it uses GTK - gross.
#9
Free discussion / I wonder if improving contribu...
Last post by NathanUp - June 07, 2023, 04:34:58 PM
Reading this interview from LibreArts with some of the Inkscape team has me thinking - they mention that switching comms to RocketChat (although I personally prefer Matrix, which a lot of KDE projects use) and moving to GitLab were major factors in attracting and retaining new contributors. I do web development, but I have no idea how to use SVN - I have a feeling that there are people who would like to contribute but are just too intimidated by the old-school workflow and comms. Switching to a more publicly accessible and user-friendly communication platform would also likely quell some of the incessant "is Scribus dead?" posts all over the internet as people could see that things are happening more easily.

I only mention this because I love Scribus; it's a tremendously important part of the FLOSS graphic design landscape, and I'm so scared that it will disappear if either of the contributors can no longer work on the project.
#10
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Script para Índice remissi...
Last post by a.l.e - June 07, 2023, 08:37:44 AM
hi lucas

i'm the author of https://github.com/aoloe/scribus-script-repository/tree/master/table-of-contents , a python script for creating a table of content based on the document styles.

i would be interested in working on a script for creating an index.

would it possible for you to share with me a .sla (i only need the .sla not the images or the fonts) that i can use as the sample?
i think that it would help, to have a real life example and being able to iterate with you to improve the result.