[scribus] BUG: open 1.4.n file in 1.5.svn loses contour line and text reflows.

[JLuc]

Oups. The correct link is :
See http://bugs.scribus.net/search.php?tag_string=layout

JL

Le 07/04/2014 18:19, JLuc a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> As for me, the 1.5 is great,
> and i manage well with the fewer and fewer issues it has,
> but there are still some layout bugs in the 1.5.
> Since all layout bugs will lead to layout change, when fixed...
> it looks like a good idea to fix as many of these layout issues first,
> before releasing "official unstable 1.5".
>
> I took of survey of the bug reports and marked
> the layout bug that could trigger issues as raised in that thread
> with the "layout" keyword (so : only when the fix could change a layout).
> I did not include color or image related issues.
 > I found 24 of them,
> but some of them are old and could have been fixed in 1.4 or 1.5.
> (who wants to test the older one ?)
>
> JL
>
> Le 07/04/2014 14:57, Gregory Pittman a écrit :
>> On 04/07/2014 08:13 AM, Peter Nermander wrote:
>>>> I did not notice the change at first, as I had *assumed* the two versions
>>>> of
>>>> the same program would not behave differently, and sent the file to the
>>>>
>>> That's not a very good assumption to do. What if an older version of a
>>> program has a bug affecting how the final result looks? Should the
>>> developers leave that bug in place to make sure older documents don't
>>> change? I think it's better they fix the bug, even if it means it will
>>> "break" a lot of older documents.
>>>
>>>
>> Sometimes, it's not necessarily a bug, per se, but what we have seen is some alteration or tweaking of how text frames
>> handle text, which can affect how much text fits into a frame and perhaps line breaks.
>>
>> This having been said, it might be conceivable to adjust various settings in Advanced Settings, such as word tracking to
>> try to compensate.
>>
>> There is some news coming out of LGM, which should be seen more officially soon, that there are now plans to come out
>> with an "official unstable" 1.5.0 in a couple of months or so, which will allow more users to have access to it,
>> especially those who do not compile Scribus. As the designation implies, it will be understood that not all features in
>> 1.5.0 will be fully operational and free from bugs, but it will allow more widespread access to things like export to
>> PDFX-1a. With some caution, it may allow some to do their primary work in 1.5.0 to avoid problems as described here.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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