r17632 by gpittman - edit color docs

[scribus-commit]

Author: gpittman
Date: Mon Jun 25 12:37:22 2012
New Revision: 17632

URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/listing.php?repname=Scribus&sc=1&rev=17632
Log:
edit color docs

Modified:
    branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html

Modified: branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=17632&path=/branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html
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--- branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html (original)
+++ branches/Version14x/Scribus/scribus/doc/en/color2.html Mon Jun 25 12:37:22 2012
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@
 <table width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><img src="images/colrs-mgt1.png" title="Scribus Color Manager" alt="Scribus Color Manager" /></td></tr></table><br/>
 
 <p>In the dialog you can select a new default palette for <i>new</i> documents. Any change you make here will not affect existing documents, as the color palette in such a document has been <a href="color1.html">stored</a> in the document itself. Some of the color palettes shipped with Scribus have been created for special purposes, so before you select another default palette, you should learn something about the color sets from the descriptions provided in subsequent sections. In some cases, your printer or a client may insist on the use of certain colors.</p>
-<p>What you will notice immediately when you open the dialog is that you can’t edit any color in one of the palettes that are shipped with Scribus. This is a feature, not a bug, as the very purpose of standardized colors is to work across documents, computers or platforms with identical colors, which in turn have unique color values and color names. Thus, all color palettes that have been installed to directories to which you have read-only access are “locked”, i.e. prevented from editing.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<h4><font color="red">Caution!</font></h4>
+<p>Previous versions of the documentation have indicated that colors in the color sets included with Scribus are locked – this may not be the case, since it is dependent on where the palettes are stored on your system, and whether you have write access there. If you are editing colors with no document open, with a customized location for Scribus, you may be able to edit any color from any palette. If you then click <strong>OK</strong>, you have changed this palette for future use. On the other hand, if you have a document open, make such a change and <strong>OK</strong>, you will only change this color for that particular document. Even so, it is probably not a good idea to do this, so that you avoid confusion, since if you import something from that document to another, there may be unexpected problems due to the color name clash.</p>
+<p>For proprietary spot colors, the color name will dictate what will be applied, so changing its appearance in Scribus will be another source of confusion and error.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>What you might notice immediately when you open the dialog is that you can’t edit any color in one of the palettes that are shipped with Scribus (most likely with a standard Linux installation). This is a feature, not a bug, as the very purpose of standardized colors is to work across documents, computers or platforms with identical colors, which in turn have unique color values and color names. Thus, all color palettes that have been installed to directories to which you have read-only access are “locked”, i.e. prevented from editing.</p>
 <p>Sometimes, however, there are good reasons to edit a locked palette anyway, for example, if you need to reduce the number of colors in a palette for a certain project, i.e. if you need to create a “project palette”. In such a case you can  click on the “Save Color Set” icon in the Color Manager. This will save the palette to your home directory and will add the copy to the list of available color sets. If you select the copy of the palette, you will notice that the editing options are now available. Be aware, though, that clicking “OK” will make all changes to the copy permanent!</p><br>
 <table width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><img src="images/colrs-mgt2.png" title="Saving an editable copy of a locked palette" alt="Saving an editable copy of a locked palette" /></td></tr></table><br/>