[Scribus] PAGEOBJECT not within PAGE elements in .sla ??

[Craig Bradney]

On Wednesday 27 September 2006 22:08, String Larson wrote:
> On Sep 27, 2006, at 2:51 PM, Craig Bradney wrote:
> > On Wednesday 27 September 2006 21:17, String Larson wrote:
> >> On Sep 27, 2006, at 2:20 PM, Craig Bradney wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday 27 September 2006 03:58, String Larson wrote:
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>> I just figured it out a min. before your mail.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Sep 26, 2006, at 8:30 PM, Craig Ringer wrote:
> >>>>> String Larson wrote:
> >>>>>> Within a
> >>>>>> <SCRIBUSUTF8NEW Version="1.3.3.2">
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I get PAGEs and PAGEOBJECTs where the PAGEOBJECTs are not nested
> >>>>>> w/in
> >>>>>> a page.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> IIRC the <PAGEOBJECT/> has an attribute that references its
> >>>>> associated
> >>>>> page. OwnPage, I think.
> >>>
> >>> Page objects are not nested within pages because they do not have
> >>> to exist on
> >>> a page or on only one page.
> >>
> >> That begs the question then, if a PAGEOBJECT exists on more than one
> >> page, how is that relationship described in the .sla file ?
> >> Thanks.
> >
> > I don't remember that it is. The objects are stored with location
> > relative to
> > the canvas, as are pages.
>
> I'm just getting into this object model.
> Is there some doc that describes any of this.

Theres the old document format on docs.scribus.net, however the current 1.3.3 
and 1.3.4 formats are interim formats allowing us to add and change features 
while we move through versions and finally introduce the new format.

>  From what you are telling me, it sounds like the 'canvas' is this
> large area onto which both pages and pageobjects are *drawn*. If a

Yes

> pageobject (aka PageItem) exists on more than one page,  there needs
> to be some mechanism for save/restore in the .sla, no?

Its only oriented on the canvas, and if over a page, it has OwnPage of >0

Craig
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