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nice idea Luis. Can you attach some example? I mean screenshot with "columns and gutters" marked - just for preventing the misunderstanding (gutter = "gap" in multicolumn text frame?) |
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2005-05-13 09:57
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gutter.png (22,915 bytes) |
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Yes, i also think it would be nice. Gutters should be a checkbox that would affect rows & columns, creating the same effect as columns gaps... I uploaded a screenshot. subik: thanks for improving & committing my patches. minor bug: Canceling guide dialog doesn't restore the previous guide state. |
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2005-05-13 10:21
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columns&gap.png (77,137 bytes) |
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Hi Subik! I just uploaded a sample file with columns and gap (sorry, I mistakenly used "gutter"). Please note Scribus is also able to deal with column width (See Properties>Shape -> toggle "gap-width"). It would then be consistent to offer the same in the Guide Manager dialog. |
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Can Summary be changed to [ Add "Columns & Gap" in Guide manager ] Thank you! |
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the first snapshot is in 1.3 devel cvs. I'm waiting for you feedback ;) |
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Hi Subik ! I will try to get 1.3 cvs working and let you know. It might take a few days. Don't hesitate to send me a reminder if you wish ! ! ! In the mean time, is there a new screenshot available? Would love to see that! |
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2005-05-16 17:27
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gap1.png (236,903 bytes) |
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see gap1.png |
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Yes! :-) I think it's great... and totally unknown in the other world ! ! ! Super work ! Bravo ! |
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Sound nice. Couldn't test it yet but a few comments: * the unit should really appear in the gap spin boxes (mm, pt, ...) * In my opinion, the layout is a bit messy. I attach a picture of a cleaner layout to see what I think it could be Anyways, it's progressing nicely. |
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2005-05-16 18:07
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gap2.png (46,328 bytes) |
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Yep. Think it's cleaner now. One thing: can we have a delete option, or at least a cancel button? |
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2005-05-17 17:22
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gap3.png (17,158 bytes) |
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polished version in the cvs. TODO: some performance tuning then full commenting source code needed |
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Just compiled and tested. The dialog is really nice to use now (it's quite huge, but I can't see how you could make it smaller with all these features) There seems to be a small error in calculation. For example, create 3 columns with a large gap. The middle column will comes smaller than the other 2... |
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but it's working right IMHO - when do you specify the gap with the bigger value, your guides will be "overlapped". The guides creating "middle column" are from the others columns... I'm not sure we should implement some constraints. |
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One usability issue to think. When using the dialog and setting Rows to 3 and columns to 3 I'd expect to see the changes when pressing close. I can't see need for separate "Create" and "Delete" buttons for r&c. It's rarely a situation where a user would like to set r&c for multiple times on a single page. So changing the dialog to use "OK" and "Cancel" seems like a good idea to me and allowing user only set the number of columns and rows and hitting ok would set them. He can then use the "Old style" delete in the dialog if (s)he later wants to delete them. |
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Agreed with Tsoots. The dialog behaves like standard OK/Cancel one (with one more "Update" button). |
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