[scribus] chain frames, "do not" link them

[ZASKE Martin]

Just testing if one can write/talk about chains without using the word
link as Owen had wondered:



In Scribus "chaining of text frames" means connecting them in such a way
that any text which does not fit the first frame will spill over into
the second frame (in that specific chain) and so on.

Scribus text-chains have properties which lets you (for example) run a
cursor through your text and jump to the following text frame in a chain
when you hit the end of a frame.

When done properly, certain text properties can be applied to an entire
chain of text-frames at once (for example changing font-size or applying
a named style).



For a native speaker there should be no problem, to find enough
not-link-words to write about text chains. Like "connecting",
"logically-attaching", "arranging-in-order", "hooking together".

A "link" has indeed these days taken a strong sense of web-link which
takes you to some other location.





I have to add to this discussion that for me as a new user it was
unclear what a "story" versus a "text" was. If I remember correctly, in
Scribus world a story is all the text (i.e. written matter) which
belongs to (or is contained in) one chain of text-frames.




I am always in favour of disambiguating. And naming all text-chaining
issues "chain", "chaining" and using the term "link" and "linking" for
other technologies makes sense to me. You got my +1.

This will also help with localisations or any (machine) translation of
Scribus documentation.




Martin


On 14.12.2018 22:54, Owen wrote:
> 
>> hi
>>
>> i've opened a ticket for renaming all instance of chaining text frames:
>>
>> https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=15507
>>
>> currently, both "chain" and "link" are used, with "link" being more
>> frequent.
>>
>> the main goal is to free the concept of "link" for using it with the
>> clickable links... which is what most people would probably expect...
>>
>> does anybody disagree with this?
>>
>> greg, would you agree to make a patch for it?
>>
>> in the ticket i've listed all places where i've found "link" to be
>> used... excluding the docs.
>> can anybody spot other occurrences?
>>
>> have a wonderful evening
>> a.l.e
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> I must confess to having never been confused with the word "link" when used with text frames. 
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> My 2002 OED is probably not much help as it defines "chain" as a "link" amongst other things. For example, a chain "is a series of links". I think the meaning is defined by context.
> 
> One wonders if you could define the chaining of text frames without using the word "link".
> 
> However for consistency, maybe it is best to use just one word for the concept of joining text frames.
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