[scribus] Image issues

[John Laurence Poole]

I proposed and developed a solution (additive and would not break existing
code) to this very problem about two years ago (using relative *and* full
path attributes) and the consensus was this was not needed or desirable.

On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 7:33 AM Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> wrote:

> On 1/1/19 9:31 AM, Giovanni Bianchessi wrote:
> > I think there may be a problem with image paths.
> > I am using Scribus 1.5.5 SVN r22778.
> >
> > Create a document, place an image took from a common folder (i.e.
> Pictures), not the folder in which the document will be saved.
> > Save the document.
> > Reopen the document saved before, and it is all right.
> > Now move the document to another folder.
> > Open the document and the image can't be found on the page.
> >
> > Open Extras->Manage images
> > The image isn't is red crossed and it is not visible.
> > But the name and the path shown is correct...
> > "Show directory" button shows me the root of my HD
> > "Search" button -> "Search image" requester shows me yet the correct
> name and path of the image.
> >
> > "Start search" button opens an error "Base directory for search does not
> exist. Please choose another one."
> > "Change" button shows me a file requester based on my Home directory.
> >
> > I do nothing and move back the document in the original folder.
> > Open the document and the image is at it's own place.
>
> Hi Giovanni,
>
> What you're illustrating is that you don't want to move Scribus documents
> around outside of Scribus. If you look at the .sla file, you will see that
> the location of an image is a path that is relative to where the file was
> saved, so if you then move the .sla, you've broken that relative path.
>
> If you want to make a file and its images portable, it's suggested you use
> Collect for Output -- this puts everything in a common folder.
>
> Greg
>
>
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