hi, > I think we should put this into perspective. The Story Editor in > 1.3.8+ is > supposed to work just like it did in 1.3.3.x. If it doesn't, the code will be > fixed. This is probably what you are referring to as "minimal maintainence".
exactly. > We know, however, that to reflect Scribus's new features, like character > styles, the SE needs a rewrite. Moreover, a student is working on a new > implementation of tables, and a new version of the SE will have to handle > them. Finally, there are plans to let the SE work -- optionally -- as an XML > editor for SLA files. This cannot be done in 1.4, unless everyone is ready to > wait several years until we release 1.4. yep, and i hope it won't be in 1.6, either. if we don't want to wait several years until 1.6 gets released. and we don't want. 1.8 is a good target for a rewrite of the story editor. and it will be a very welcome feature once we have it! ciao a.l.e
