[scribus-dev] sla reading and pdf exporting as libraries

[Andreas Vox]

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: a.l.e [mailto:ale.comp_06 at xox.ch]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 8. April 2011 15:24
> An: Scribus Development Mailing List
> Betreff: Re: [scribus-dev] sla reading and pdf exporting as libraries
> 
> hi
> 
> > We already have a library to read an sla into memory, it is what
> > scribus uses - /plugins/fileloader/scribusXXXformat/ or thereabouts
> > (not near the code now).
> 
> good news!

Ahem, that's not really a library, that's a plugin. Most of all it doesnt
work without the rest of Scribus.

> 
> 
> so i reformulate my question: what are your very rough time estimations
> for moving the PDF creation into a library?
> 
> [ ] days
> [ ] weeks
> [ ] months

You forget one option:
[ ] years ;-)

In my view it's easier to refactor Scribus to work headless. I think the
only Scribus code that would not be required to implement those 2 libraries
would be the UI stuff and most of the plugins.

/Andreas