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#71
User Interface / Re: Automatic Dark/Light theme...
Last post by tim_occ - January 27, 2025, 08:58:44 AM
There is no setting yet.
#72
Languages, Translation and Localisation / Outline ?
Last post by StephanP - January 27, 2025, 08:24:31 AM
@MrB Testing 1.7.0.svn I ran into something that has been here for a long time, but it suddenly struck me as a translation issue.

The word "Outline" in Scribus can have multiple meanings:
  • The outline of a text (books, chapters, paragraphs, sections, ...)
  • Fonts in outlined format, say "contour"

I find it hard to distinguish these two quite different meanings when I'm doing the translations in Transifex.

  • Is there a way to recognize these in Transifex?
  • Can these be marked differently?
  • Or could two seperate lists be provided?
#73
User Interface / Automatic Dark/Light theme?
Last post by StephanP - January 27, 2025, 08:12:18 AM
Upon installing v1.7.0.svn I noticed that it automatically matches the Dark/Light theme setting of the OS, Windows 11 in my case.
I was not able to find the setting to overrule this Dark/Light theming.
Where can I find this?
#74
User Interface / Displaying the chains of frame...
Last post by a.l.e - January 26, 2025, 01:50:30 PM
A few days ago I've created a ticket for the linking tool:

show the linking arrows for the newly created linked text frames

During the weekend, I've spent some time with the Scribus code, and tried to tweak the code to achieve the result I asked for.
I'm not there, but I have made some progress.

While hacking around, I've tried different combinations of what is being shown and how the tool behaves in different situations.
Personally, I have the feeling that Scribus does often not behave in a predictable way, but I have hard time sketching a better overall behavior.
This might also be related to the fact that I'm using the tool in contrived testing setups.

Here a description of the current feature:

  • If no text frame is active, the linking tool is disabled.
  • If there is a selection, but it contains non text frames, the tool is disabled.
  • If there are at least two text frames selected (and no other type of items in the selection), the frames get linked, in the order they have been selected and the tool deactivated. If the frames are empty, there is no visual feedback.
  • (If multiple text frames are linked at once, each individual action is recorded as an undo step... which is not really correct, but I guess that we can live with it)
  • If a single (unlinked) text frame is selected, after having activated the linking tool one can click on a "free" text frame and get it to be linked. The newly created link is (very) shortly saved and, if there is no text in the frame, there is no real visual feedback that the action was successful.
  • If a single text frame with incoming links is selected, activating the linking tool shows the existing chains for the selected item and clicking on a "free" text frame adds it at the end of the current chain.
  • If a single text frame with outgoing links is selected, activating the linking tool shows the existing chain for the selected item and clicking on any text frame will trigger a pop up stating that the item is already linked.
  • If a single text frame is selected, activate the linking tool, and the target is a frame that is already in a chain, a pop up asks if the new item should be inserted before or after the target item.

... I hope that i caught all finesses of the tool...

Here my thoughts about the current state:

  • It's complex.
  • When "Show text chains" is disabled and linking frames in an "empty" layout (the text frames being empty), the user does not get any real feedback if the linking action has correctly been executed.
  • Starting the linking action is not as intuitive as it could be: the user should be able to activate the linking tool before doing any specific action (currently, they need to first select the target frame in the existing chain or a "free" text frame, before activating the tool)
  • There is no straight forward way to see the existing chains in the document (ctrl+/ -> "chain" -> ENTER -> ctrl+/ -> "chain" -> ENTER" ... or selecting a "random" text frame and then press "n" two times)
  • The arrows are a bit ugly... (ticket created: https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=17386)

All this having been said, there are already a few behaviors that I'd like to see changed:

  • The linking tool should always be enabled.
  • If the linking tool gets enabled with an existing selection, the selected items should be linked to each other, in the order of selection (if some items are not text frames, they should be ignored)
  • Selecting multiple items at once should create a selection in ltr / rtl order, not in the order of creation of the items (ctrl-a, area selection; new ticket created)
  • There should be a way to see the existing chains without switching the view options.

But for the further details, I still haven't found a sound behavior that would be fitting in every case.

Does anybody have further thoughts that could help improve the linking tool?
#75
Features / Re: Node based automation like...
Last post by a.l.e - January 26, 2025, 12:10:21 PM
Let me rephrase a bit my question : - )

  • Who is the target for a visual programming environment?
  • What tasks would the target person want to achieve?
  • Can we create a visual programming environment that is pleasant to use for the target persons and for their tasks?

Personally, I suggested that power users who can't program (like utnik) could be part of the target population.

Let's see if we can find out more and make some progress in this quest : - )
#76
Features / Re: Node based automation like...
Last post by Nermander - January 26, 2025, 11:50:37 AM
The advantage I guess is that you don't need to remember command names and syntax, but it also makes some things a bit more difficult to accomplish.
#77
Announcements and Forum Rules / Re: Scribus 1.7.0 Released
Last post by a.l.e - January 26, 2025, 09:06:48 AM
wonderful!
#78
Announcements and Forum Rules / Re: Scribus 1.7.0 Released
Last post by utnik - January 26, 2025, 06:20:22 AM
great! – thanks!
#79
Announcements and Forum Rules / Scribus 1.7.0 Released
Last post by MrB - January 25, 2025, 11:33:49 PM
Hi

We released Scribus 1.7.0 today, 25/1/25.
https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-7-0-released/

Download checksums in a similar story at https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.7.0_Release

thanks
Craig

#80
Features / Re: Node based automation like...
Last post by utnik - January 25, 2025, 10:14:53 PM
hi ale

Quote from: a.l.e on January 25, 2025, 06:10:19 PM
  • i'd like to hear from scribus power users, who can't program at all (like utnik), if they think they would use such a system and, if yes,  what are the task they might want to automate.
i'm not sure if i'd use it. but i might play with it to find out...

what i would really like to have is a way to store and select presets for different tasks. i usually deal with document templates for similar jobs. but sometimes i need different .pdf files from the same .sla document. my individual set of output profiles would help here.

utnik