On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 23:32, Steve Herrick wrote: > Quoting Peter Linnell <scribusdocs at atlantictechsolutions.com>: > > > See my comments in-line - based on current cvs.. > > Is there a feature list for the current CVS? I don't recall seeing one.
We don't keep a specs list like stable, but the cvs change logs are updated daily with much more detail than before and are one click from the front page at http://scribus.net > > > There is a > > new crash handler to protect documents. It works well and saves an > > .emergencgy file. > > Good to know. I still get the occasional crash. It works well. I have rarely has corruption issues with files - so this is a belt and suspenders approach to encourage people to migrate to latest releases, which truly are less crash prone. > > > > What's really missing : > > > - Drop caps > > > > Can be done manually. An example is in the docs. > > Yes, but should it have to be? I thought this was a wish list. With that in > mind, I'd like to ask > that the drop caps function also include raised caps and outdented caps > options. And the body > text should wrap to the shape of the dropped letter. Hey, it's a wish list! > > > > - Multicolumn in a text box (but I think this is fixed) - Done > > Yay! Go team! That alone is worth upgrading to 1.1.5. It is an 1.1.5 is making some strides in stability. I am back to my pre-1.0 RC days - beating on the code all I can ;) The docs are suffering accordingly. :( > > Here's my list, and I confess I haven't checked the wish list in so long I > can't remember where > it is, nor have I tried 1.1.5cvs. That said, here's what I still hope for. > > - Widow/orphan control > - Spellczeck > - Article-based (not frame-based) statistics, maybe even document statistics > - A way to select all linked text > - Drop shadows > - 0.1-point as the *default* adjustment rate in linespacing and kerning > (maybe a preference?) > - Double-click to select a word, triple-click to select a line > - Also, I notice that when I edit using the story editor, all my kerning goes > away. This is a pain. > > Steve > Noted. Cheers, Peter
