hi konstantin, > I suggest a free program for the layout of the printed editions. > > Automation system of modeling AM is a system of automation of > editorial-publishing activity. > > System AM implements the following functions: > > 1) the automated creation, editing and deleting the layout of the > publication and its elements (columns, articles, inserts, > illustrations, etc.) in view of their geometrical dimensions, > relationships and properties (font, number of columns, etc.) as well > as templates of these elements; > > 2) calculation of the necessary for the placement of text and > illustrations of materials of space on the page publications and > information the user of its excess or lack; > > 3) typing and editing text material, with account of a dedicated > place for him on the strip; > > 4) export layout in publishing system; > > 5) print layout and some of its materials. > > The ideology of system of automation of prototyping of "AM" is > rather simple. Users have possibilities to create models or templates > of models, in each of which it is possible to place some set of > elements of the model (materials, objects, etc.). In the course of a > session the user has possibility to keep reached results which can be > again loaded further (are open) in AM system. > > Choice of models (templates of models) for editing and other main > operations are carried out in system by means of the main menu, the > control panel. > > The AM system has the graphic interface, standard for Windows > applications. > > Java technology, on the basis of which the system has been > developed, is a multi-platform and works on Windows, Linux, and Mac > OS. > > URL: http://amj.com.ua/eng/
i can't read a single word of russian, but what google showed me is very interesting and what would you need to create a scribus export plugin? :-) ciao a.l.e
