I was noticing that ".sla" files are quite small compared with PDF files, so I decided to look at them, and see that they are a markup type of file.
The question I have in that regard is that, as I understand the contents, a scribus .sla file is mainly a set of instructions, which then uses outside data, such as fonts and images, to create what you see on the screen? Which of course means that sending someone an .sla file without the associated images and without knowing that they also have the correct fonts would not display properly -- this, I suppose, one of the reasons to convert to PDF? Does scribus crash if it can't find the image files? A rhetorical question, since I tried it out and happily report that not only did it not crash, the graphics box showed the name of the file it couldn't find -- nice. So, getting back to my original question on a practical level -- let's say two people were collaborating on a file, sending it back and forth. If they have the fonts and images, is that all they need in addition to the .sla file? Are there (so far) any problems with them having two different versions of Scribus (e.g. 1.0 and 1.1.3)? Greg Pittman
