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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0001371 | Scribus | Plug-ins | public | 2004-12-09 13:29 | 2024-09-16 20:54 |
| Reporter | maxlybbert | Assigned To | cbradney | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Platform | any | OS | any | OS Version | any |
| Product Version | 1.3 | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 1.7.0.svn | ||||
| Summary | 0001371: Considering writing plugin to generate TOCs, Indexes, and "Continued on pg ... " messages | ||||
| Description | I am considering writing a plugin to make generating Tables of Contents, Indexes, and magazine-style "Story continued on page ..." messages easier. Since I am not all that familiar with Scribus at this point, I'm not sure if this feature already exists. Simply put, the main idea is to use PDF links (or text box linking for the "Continued on ..." messages), and to follow those links to guarantee that the page numbers listed in TOC entries, etc. will be correct and automatically updated. Of course the GUI-side of things also has to be considered to make the whole operation intuitive. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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| related to | 0000187 | closed | cbradney | Add Table of Contents bool and integer to styles and Scripter function to set/get this value |
| related to | 0003349 | acknowledged | cezaryece | A real support of footnotes |
| parent of | 0004484 | closed | cbradney | TOC generation: Several issues |
| related to | 0002707 | closed | cezaryece | More flexible ways of page numbering |
| related to | 0003450 | closed | cezaryece | Real support for endnotes |
| related to | 0002663 | closed | cbradney | indexing |
| related to | 0003896 | acknowledged | Metabug: Scientific Publishing | |
| related to | 0005975 | closed | cbradney | Wish: generate TOC from paragraph styles |
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This is planned for the 1.3 development series, and the way we have planned it there will be the ability to add tags to any frame that can be used for thing like TOC entries etc. Your input is certainly worth it then. I think Petr has already got one partially working as a gap fill until 1.3 has it though. |
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>I appreciate your quick response on this. I'll go back to thinking up new >plug-ins to write, then. Hi I/We dont wish to discourage you at all. If you have specific requirements or ideas for this kind of generator, we are all ears. |
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yes I have small plug creating Table of Contents (or images...) for 1.2x series. It isn't systematic but working (not so) quite well. And it needs manual polishing after creating ToC. I'm sure it will be dropped in 1.3x so I don't want to make useless work. I think I'll make it public in 10-12 days (as xmass devil-present for you ;)) |
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Sounds good. I don't have much by way of requirements. I had simply been thinking of LaTeX's ability to reference page numbers (for the TOC), Quark XPress's wierd system for dealing with "continued on" messages (at least I thought v. 3's "continued on" system was wierd, I don't know if it's changed since then), and how the Chicago Manual of Style recommended using index cards to make indexes. I figured the three things were conceptually-related, and that a decent interface would make the TOCs and indexes easier. I had figured that if the file format didn't include anything like pointers, I would abuse XML comments to notify the application that a particular page number had been auto-generated. If the plug-in became semi-popular, the file format could be extended so that the abuse could end. Yes, I know where the file format is documented, and I've skimmed it. But, since desktop publishing is complicated, so is the file format, and I hadn't yet had the chance to take a close look. |
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The current format is XML-based. Not sure if it would ignore added strings. We are developing a new format, and this will allow for extra properties on page items. |
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OK, I've been waiting, and I've been looking, and I haven't come across subik's "xmass devil-present." Is it up? |
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maxlybbert http://www.yarpen.cz/scribus-toc/ it's CVS still. I've got some thoughts for improvement - later this weekend. |
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Thanks. Now getting and reading. |
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creatinc of TOC and index is possible in Scribus now, may we resolve this one? |
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The "Continued ..." feature is still missing, I suppose ... |
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I didn't realize this report was still open. I can't see a way to close it, but anybody with that level of access should feel free to do so. |
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No reason to close it. Indexes etc. are not implemented yet. |
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cezary, please close this as soon as everything but (eventually) index is implemented. if at the time of closing there is still no index functionality, please open a new request for it and link to this one. (or we could just keep 0002663 open) |
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See also - 0008796 : Style based TOC under construction, with C++ patch - 0005975 : Wish: generate TOC from paragraph styles, with py script |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-12-09 13:29 | maxlybbert | New Issue | |
| 2004-12-09 15:27 | cbradney | Note Added: 0003075 | |
| 2004-12-09 15:29 | cbradney | Product Version | => 1.3.0cvs |
| 2004-12-09 15:29 | cbradney | Relationship added | related to 0000187 |
| 2004-12-09 22:44 | cbradney | Note Added: 0003081 | |
| 2004-12-10 07:00 | subik | Note Added: 0003085 | |
| 2004-12-10 14:37 | maxlybbert | Note Added: 0003091 | |
| 2004-12-10 14:48 | cbradney | Note Added: 0003092 | |
| 2004-12-31 01:49 | maxlybbert | Note Added: 0003304 | |
| 2004-12-31 06:51 | subik | Note Added: 0003305 | |
| 2004-12-31 13:44 | maxlybbert | Note Added: 0003306 | |
| 2005-04-01 19:42 | cbradney | Status | new => assigned |
| 2005-04-01 19:42 | cbradney | Assigned To | => cbradney |
| 2005-11-01 01:11 | cbradney | Relationship added | related to 0002707 |
| 2006-04-12 15:06 | mhanski | Note Added: 0009862 | |
| 2006-04-23 22:14 | mhanski | OS | => any |
| 2006-04-23 22:14 | mhanski | OS Version | => any |
| 2006-04-23 22:14 | mhanski | Platform | => any |
| 2006-04-23 22:25 | christoph_s | Note Added: 0010383 | |
| 2006-04-23 23:00 | mhanski | Relationship added | related to 0003450 |
| 2006-04-23 23:03 | mhanski | Relationship added | related to 0002663 |
| 2006-06-07 19:23 | christoph_s | Relationship added | related to 0003896 |
| 2006-06-17 20:15 | mhanski | Relationship added | related to 0003349 |
| 2006-11-05 21:56 | mhanski | Relationship added | parent of 0004484 |
| 2006-11-05 22:32 | mhanski | Product Version | 1.3.0cvs => 1.3 |
| 2007-07-05 15:04 | christoph_s | Relationship added | related to 0005975 |
| 2007-12-16 03:22 | maxlybbert | Note Added: 0018314 | |
| 2007-12-16 15:46 | christoph_s | Note Added: 0018320 | |
| 2012-06-18 20:09 | ale | Assigned To | cbradney => cezaryece |
| 2012-06-18 20:11 | ale | Note Added: 0028203 | |
| 2014-06-11 08:40 | JLuc | Note Added: 0032077 | |
| 2024-08-16 20:26 | cbradney | Assigned To | cezaryece => cbradney |
| 2024-08-16 20:29 | cbradney | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2024-08-16 20:29 | cbradney | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2024-08-16 20:29 | cbradney | Fixed in Version | => 1.7.0.svn |
| 2024-09-16 20:54 | cbradney | Status | resolved => closed |
