[Scribus] [+] Re: Bug or Feature ? Broken Images

[Julian Robbins]

Gregory Pittman wrote:
> Julian Robbins wrote:
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>> Gregory Pittman wrote:
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>>> Julian Robbins wrote:
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>>>> Hi
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>>>> 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
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>>>> then open another Scribus file that is in a different directory, ie
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>>>> /datasheets-old/product2
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>>>> 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?
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>>> 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
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>> 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 ...
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>> 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 ...
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> 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.
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> Greg
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No I'm not moving the .sla file at all. That's the point.

The images themselves get lost due the paths being changed due to being 
the second scribus file opened in one instance of Scribus

Its not the easiest thing to describe I must admit ;-)

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Kind regards

Julian Robbins