This sounds interesting but could you give us the reasons for this (the three targets)?
Spontaneously, for producing a SLA file you still need a GUI Scribus, so what's the point? Best regards, Staffan Melin libregraphicsproduction.com On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:49 AM, ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote: > Dear Scribus community, > > During the last year, I've been (re)thinking about my contributions to > the Scribus community. And I tried to find my way around free software > and publishing. > > At the beginning of July, at this year's "Recontres mondiales du > logiciel libre" in Brussels, I've been enlightened (ehm ehm) and finally > found a way, I consider worth to try out: > > I'm launching an experimental project around Scribus, a place where I > -- and possibly other people -- can try new ideas and new concepts. > (That hopefully will then make their way into the main Scribus) > > > To begin with, here some of the ideas I'd like to realize are: > > - Create a sla to pdf engine that correctly works from the command line. > - Make it easy to compile Scribus on Windows. > - Make Scribus visible, in places where (future) programmers are. > > > In my plans, the first step will be the following one: > > Pick chunks of Scribus code, reassemble them, rewrite things, remove > things, have fun, add new features... and produce a "command line only" > Scribus that can be used to convert .SLA into .PDF on a server. > > And I'm looking for people wanting to participate, contribute code, > ideas, and use cases. > > > Personally, for the main discussion on this experimental project, I > prefer not to use this mailing list nor the Scribus bug report system. > Mainly in order to avoid confusion among people who are here just to > get some support for Scribus. > But also in order to make it easier discussing features and processes > that may have no chance to ever get into the Scribus main code. > > > I've created mailing list you can join at > > http://lists.impagina.org/mailman/listinfo/list > > > And a GitHub repository you can fork (and where you can fill tickets) > > https://github.com/impagina/core > > > Both are still empty but they won't stay that way for a long time! > > > Finally, I will try to blog about it in somehow regular intervals... > Let's see if I manage it! And I will keep this list up to date on the > progresses of the experiments. > > > I wish you all a wonderful day! > a.l.e > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net -- Staffan Melin Oscillator - ord bild form Kryssd?cket 1 SE-413 27 G?TEBORG SVERIGE/SWEDEN www.oscillator.se staffan.melin at oscillator.se +46 (0)70-4876 250
