John Beardmore wrote: > The first is the ability to embed images within .sla files. At the > moment, if I move a document, it seems to loose all the links to > pictures as though relative paths were used to locate them. While I > accept the principle that a lot of disk space can be saved by referring > to pictures elsewhere in the file system, this can be a nuisance when > projects are being developed on multiple machines over multiple sites. > For me at least, using the .sla files as a container that includes all a > documents images would be a huge benefit. > > The "answer" to this is to use File > Collect for Output, which will keep everything together. Moving things around is generally not so good an idea anyway, but Collect for Output allows for some collaborative work. I think it would help if Scribus used absolute paths for finding images, but it uses relative ones. > The other thing that would be really great would be checking spelling as > you type.I did some searching in the archives, and I appreciate that a > view has been taken that the normal work flow will be develop a document > in something like Open Office, then import the text to Scribus. While > I'm sure this can work well, and is perceived by some as the > 'ideologically sound' approach, it takes little account of of document > development and rework. > > For myself, I tend to develop documents in the DTP environment, laying > out a 'storyboard' of pictures, then entering text around them, > adjusting the layout as the art and text coalesce. For me, 'spell check > as you type' would be a huge benefit. Even if the purists think I'm > doing it all wrong, it works brilliantly for me ! > This keeps coming up, and I'm pretty sure there is a feature request for this. I wouldn't mind just seeing a possibly misspelled word underlined like some programs do. For those who really need spell checking, entering text with an outside editor for that part, then importing to Scribus is a workaround.
Greg
