[scribus] external text files, was: Using SVN for Scribus sla files

[avox]

Calum Polwart-2 wrote:
> 
> Sorry this was intended to be a straightforward question about sharing a
> file via SVN etc rather than a huge discussion on the future file
> structuring of SLA files... but since its started ;-)
> 
> avox wrote:
>> 
>> In the long run it should be possible to have for both, images and text,
>> the
>> four possibilities:
>> - inline
>> - external file
>> - database/server connection (eg. to a CMS)
>> - render process (as with imageframes in 1.3.5.svn)
> 
> OK that makes sense ;-)
> 
> If I create inline (text) could it also then have a default option to
> make that into an external file.  As I was explaining I'll add a caption
> to a photo - but if someone wants to edit that it'd be far easier they
> have the XML files and edit them to suit.  The only problem I see is
> with naming...
> 
> Oh and would the database be two way?  So if I edited the text in
> scribus it'd re-edit it on the website?  That's be cool! (Dreaming!)
> 
> 

Yes, the ultimate goal is to have round-trip editing for external text.



>> 
>> The inline option for images would probably be limited to small images (x
>> KB). Please note that the preferred way to combine .sla and images is to
>> use
>> "Collect for output" -- that way also font files and
>> ICC profiles get included.
> 
> Yeh thats what I was thinking - collect for output and then share the
> collected output via SVN
> 
>> 
>> The first step will be to make an option to store text in an external XML
>> file, expect something like:
>> 
>> <scribustext>
>> <p class="Defaultstyle">
>> Hello World!
>> </p>
>> </scribustext>
>> 
>> This might already happen in 1.3.6.
> 
> Now you see I know nothing about XML - but what I see there is potential
> for <table> - go on tell me that could happen too... then I'll come and
> have your babies or something...
> 
> 
Yes, but not in 1.3.6. We have to rewrite the layout algirithm to include
table layout.
So you've time to have someone else's baby before you see that in Scribus
:-)



>>  In that version it should be
>> possible to edit the external files with a suitable XML editor (
> 
> Does such an animal exist?  On the few occasions I've had to edit XML
> I've always resorted to plain text editor.  I guess my less enlightened
> colleagues might expect some WYSIWYG type windows front end...?
> 

Well, Microsoft claims that Word can edit XML files with custom schemas.
I've no
experience with that or with proper XML Editors, but I'm sure there are a
few
propriary ones which would do the job. Maybe someone else has links to an
opensource XML editor?

/Andreas
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