[Scribus] Re: Object placement

[Craig Bradney]

> > I thought I'd see if calculations can be done in the placement value
> > boxes and therefore typed 210-12.7-58.71 (page width-margin-frame
> > width). The box accepted 210 and the frame disappeared off into the
> > "non-page" area (not sure of correct name) and I have no idea how to get
> > it back. I didnt save the file of course. I guess I could have edited
> > the .sla file myself and adjusted the placement.
> 
> Off the top of my head, the box should really be set to be numerics on
> (with the addition of a .). Not sure if that's really a bug or not, but
> I'll have a look for it tonight when I'm bug chasing.

It'd be great if there was a way to track the objects (ie in the case
frames) and therefore be able to move them even if they have
disappeared, or even see them if they are off the pages.

Also a nice feature would be the textboxes that can do some maths. Nice
feature, esp with the current lack of multicolumn text frames.

> 
> > Questions re text frame linking too. If you have imported a text file
> > and then linked frame to frame to make columns, is it possible to unlink
> > the second (or other) frame and then link the 1st (or previous) frame to
> > a new one? From what I see once the frames are unlinked, the text is
> > unlinked and must be copy and pasted back into the first frame to relink
> > the text, rather than the first frame storing all the text and then
> > having some linked object property where the text flows to when its
> > rendered.
> 
> When you link frames, you're effectively creating a pile of little
> pages. You import and it flows. When you delink the frames, think of it
> as removing the pages. It's not a bug really, but annoying none the
> less.

Makes multicolumn text a bit difficult. You have to really make sure you
get the layout right the first time. In the case where you are changing
the text, ie editing or changes fonts etc, you may need one more or one
less frame and if you lose the link at some point and have to reimport
the text, you have also lost all of the formatting too.

Craig