[scribus-dev] Tables as Summer of Code project

[Gregory Pittman]

On 03/06/2011 10:56 AM, Craig Bradney wrote:
>>
>> Importation of common spreadsheet and database file formats: Excel,
>> OpenOffice, CSV, maybe even some things from postgresql or mysql.
>> Ability to import a table from OpenOffice writer, perhaps other word
>> processors.
>
> This would be in no way a basic feature. Getting the tables stored in
> memory, in files, and drawn on canvas is where it needs to start. Import
> comes later. Being able to create a proper table is the most important step.

It may not be a basic feature for Scribus, but there is an expectation 
from users that this would happen. I agree it doesn't have to be done as 
a first step, yet the first steps need to anticipate that this will need 
to happen later.

Greg