[Scribus] Bug or Feature ? Broken Images

[Gregory Pittman]

Julian Robbins wrote:
> Gregory Pittman wrote:
>   
>> Julian Robbins wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I've come across an odd but really annoying bug. I've haven't added it 
>>> to the bug tracker yet, in case there are other tips or ideas, or 
>>> workarounds to get around it.
>>>
>>> A colleague designs files in Scribus 1.3.3.8 on Windows. I use Ubuntu 
>>> Linux 7.04 and Scribus 1.3.3.9 to open up the file. I get a lot of cases 
>>> of broken image links. Images are linked relative from the document 
>>> itself to the image filename.
>>>
>>> This is how to reproduce this, if I open a Scribus file in one 
>>> directory, say
>>>
>>> /datasheets/product1
>>>
>>> then open another Scribus file that is in a different directory, ie
>>>
>>> /datasheets-old/product2
>>>
>>> then images on the second file don't load at all. 'Manage images' shows 
>>> an expected folder directory that is derived from the previously opened 
>>> Scribus file (product1).
>>>
>>> I haven't tested this thoroughly, so I'm not quite sure exactly what the 
>>> problem is, but its confused me for a while.
>>>
>>> Simple workaround is to quit Scribus completely, and open up file 2 on 
>>> its on, then the images all load perfectly.
>>>
>>> Can someone try to replicate this, and see if they get the same 
>>> incorrect behaviour?
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> Not exactly a bug -- what you need to do is select File > Collect for 
>> Output from the menu bar. This brings everything together so that links 
>> to images are correct.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>   
>>     
> Yes, that's fine Greg, but what do you do when you don't have access to 
> the file before the images break? I've got quite intimate with hand 
> editing .sla files to correct the paths (now added as my second Scribus 
> wiki entry ;-) 
> http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Correcting_broken_image_file_paths), 
> before discovering the pattern ...
>
> But it shouldn't give differing actions on whether you open up the file 
> in Scribus first, or after another file has already been opened in 
> Scribus. Breaking on the latter, working fine on the former case ...
>
>   

But there's something missing in your description it seems -- are you 
moving the .sla file? If you move an .sla file, it has lost its 
reference point for finding contents.

Greg