Yes. I like this idea. Add my vote to the list.
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> wrote: > > This might eventually become a feature request, but first it may be need some > refining. > > I would like to propose for consideration having a repository of sorts (maybe > as part of Scrapbook or a separate feature) that contains a list of Styles > (Paragraph, Character, and maybe even Line), that can be saved like items are > saved in Scrapbook and can then be used generically in Scribus. > > While there is the capability already to import a style from another > document, it seems that styles are more important than having to remember the > name of a file in which a particular style resides, then having to choose > from a list. Yes, one can certainly create a "dummy" document that simply > contains a large number of styles, but it seems like these sorts of things > never happen despite best intentions. > > Humans are creatures of habit, and I can certainly envision having a > (somewhat) short list of styles, which I might choose from for a particular > purpose, yet in an individual document tweak a bit for very specific use. If > all I might want to change is font size or line spacing, having the rest > importable in an easy way helps my workflow considerably. > > Secondarily, I think this then leads to consideration of some kind of tabular > display of the particular features of a given style, showing me font, size, > linespacing, other tweaks so I have something to see whether the A, B, or C > choice of very similar styles is the one I'm looking for. > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus -- StevenD So you want it fast, good, and cheap. Choose any two. A bad day at the beach is better than a good day at work.
