[Scribus] Scribus Digest, Vol 47, Issue 29

[Niels Weckwarth]

> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:29:16 +0100 (MET)
> From: Niels Weckwarth <niels at weckwarth.de>
> Subject: Re: [Scribus] Facing Pages (or Reader Spread) Feature lost?
> To: scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
> Message-ID: <45AB57C8.7010808 at weckwarth.de>
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>  >>  >> Hi!
>  >> >  >>
>  >> >  >> I'm missing the display-option of "facing pages" in the current
> windows
>  >> >  >> release 1.3.3.7. I'm using an old 1.2.4.1 on unix in parallel 
> where
>  >> > this
>  >> >  >> option exists. The feature is still described in the "Getting 
> started"
>  >> >  >> but is missing in the screenshots. Was it discontinued or is it an
>  >> >  >> platform-dependent feature?
>  >> >  >>
>  >> >  >> Ciao,
>  >> >  >>
>  >> >  >>      Niels
>  >> >
>  >> >  > > I'm missing the display-option of "facing pages" in the current
> windows
>  >> >  > > release 1.3.3.7.
>  >> >
>  >> >  > It's called double sided now.
>  >> >
>  >> > Well, not exactly. I meant the *display option*, formerly 
> available as
>  >> > "Facing Pages". This caused the pages to be displayed 
> "Side-by-Side" so
>  >> > you could scroll horizontally through your file. I my opinion the 
> best
>  >> > solution I've ever seen, especially to view the text-flow in linked
>  >frames.
>  >
>  >It is as has been mentioned, double sided. The functionality is the >same.
> 
> I'm getting two pages side-by-side, so it's not the same. In my old 
> release I'm able to scroll through the whole document horizontally, 
> every single page next to the other. So there is no need to scroll 
> vertically.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> 	Niels
> 

Sorry, I finally figured it out to be *exactly* the same. Fundamental 
misunderstanding on my part.

BTW Does anybody see the vantages of scrolling horizontally instead of 
vertically?


Ciao,

	Niels