On Thursday 15 October 2009 12:12:44 John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:43:49 -0400 > > John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> dijo: > > On Wednesday 14 October 2009 17:31:17 John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > Using 1.3.5 RC3 on Ubuntu. > > > > > > I am trying to enter a barcode, specifically 978-1-878572-25-7. > > > Have I misunderstood the user interface? > > > > Are you sure the check digit is OK? > > Yes, the check digit is fine. > > The list was down for a while or I would have posted the solution right > away. > > It turns out that you *cannot* enter the check digit. The script > automatically generates the check digit (and adds the initial 978). If > you enter the check digit the script interprets your code as incorrect, > then goes back to the default code and creates the barcode according to > the default. > > The user interface needs a bit of tweaking here. The above information > should be displayed in the window so users will know they have to leave > off the check digit and the initial 978. > > Also, I see a potential for a massive and expensive error happening. I > entered my code and the script created the barcode for the default code > without warning me that it was not using my code. If I had not noticed > that the numbers under the barcode were not my numbers I might have > placed the barcode on the document, thinking it was correct. What if I > didn't discover it was incorrect until after a bookstore returned the > first shipment of books? > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus
adding the initial 978 is a bad idea. We will see 979 prefixes in the not too distant future. If you enter a 10 digit ISBN the resulting 13 digit barcode and number underneath will have a different check digit. Did you enter only 10 digits? 10 digit ISBNS are obsolete now. -- John Culleton "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
