Am Donnerstag, 6. M?rz 2008 19:44:41 schrieb Michal Blazejczyk: > Alexander Haensch wrote: > > (...) > > > > The most importent thing is the File format. It would be > > a catastrophy if i cannot open a old Article with a newer > > version. > > > > Is there a guarantee of using old scribus files in new > > versions? > > Hi, > > Just a comment on this particular topic. I haven't had > problems *opening* my old files with newer versions of > Scribus. However, they often don't *look* the same in > newer versions. For example, at some point the default > distance between text and the edges of text frames was > changed which made all my text frames misalign. > Sometimes it can be something even smaller, a minor > rendering change of some sort, and suddenly your text > doesn't end where it was ending a month earlier. > > I use Scribus to publish a magazine, and the precise > layout of text is important for me. For the reasons > described above, I very rarely open old Scribus files > in newer versions - I just know they won't look the > same. >
One means to improve the situation is to upload those files with a bug report and a description of what has changed, so that the issues can be fixed. Cheers Christoph
