On 3/21/16 12:02 PM, Craig Bradney wrote:
>
>> On 21 Mar 2016, at 14:18, Ken Springer <snowshed1 at q.com> wrote:
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>> On 3/21/16 3:16 AM, Craig Bradney wrote:
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>>>
>>>> On 21 Mar 2016, at 09:07, ale rimoldi <ale.comp_06 at xox.ch> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> hey
>>>>
>>>>> On 21/03/16 00:59, Ken Springer wrote:
>>>>>> On 3/1/16 10:50 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
>>>>>> Scribus 1.4.6
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can it do bullets and numbering? Searching Help doesn't seem to come up
>>>>>> with anything.
>>>>>
>>>>> After 2-3 hours of trying to figure this out, I'm throwing in the towel.
>>>>> LOL Going to give1.5.1 a try.
>>>>>
>>>>> FWIW, I found the suggested video to be basically not worth my time. YMMV
>>>>
>>>> fwiw: if you had a hard time figuring out how to get the manual
>>>> bullets/numbering to work, and you are not keen to be patient in front of
>>>> unfinished products, i would not recommend you to download a development
>>>> version of scribus (until you're proficient with the stable one)
>>>>
>>>> in 1.5.1 bullets and numbering are feature that are still being tested and
>>>> at my knowledge they have not been extensively been used in production.
>>>>
>>>> of course, i've been working with 1.5.x for years ... but there were not
>>>> only tears of joy...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> And bullets and numbering were externally developed and due to issues we
>>> almost removed them. We've got concrete plans for 1.5.2 and 1.5.3, at some
>>> point we will have to fix bullets and numbering properly.
>>
>> If I may make a suggestion...
>>
>> Fix the bullets and numbering before you add new features. And anything
>> else you know to be broken.
>>
>> One of the biggest irritants for me with FOSS software is new features are
>> added before existing ones work correctly. Kind of like adding a
>> turbocharger to the engine of a car when you can't keep air in the tires.
>> LOL
>>
>> IMO, making a small program work right is better than a large program with
>> problems.
>>
>> The aforementioned is why I no longer use or recommend Libre Office. Things
>> I wanted to use were broken, but the developers would add something new. I
>> wasn't the only one expressing this view either. :-)
>>
>> When asked about MS Office alternatives, I'll mention LO, but I also tell
>> them why I gave up.
>
> You?re free to give up on Scribus too. We?re free to code it how we like.
Depends on the definition of "give up". :-) If you mean "give up"
because it's harder to do the current project in Scribus? Guilty. If
you mean totally abandon it, not guilty. Scribus worked good on the
previous project I did with it.
> However, we have the same aims in mind that you describe, but it takes time
> with only a few hours a week available. We set our targets based on whats
> achievable to fix certain goals. Bullets and numbering is about last on the
> list.
Just philosophical discussion here for me....
Which takes priority, fixing a goal you "added" first, or adding a new
goal first?
--
Ken
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