[scribus-dev] Preparations for GSoC

Gregory Pittman gpittman at iglou.com
Tue May 17 20:14:38 UTC 2011


On 05/17/2011 04:00 PM, Elvis Stansvik wrote:
> Hi Craig,
>
> 2011/5/17 Craig Bradney<cbradney at scribus.info>:
>>
>>> What do you others think of this? I kind of like it. I think not
>>> having individual rows automatically grow will get frustrating, but
>>> having the entire frame automatically grow I think diverges too much
>>> from "the Scribus way". So I think this is a good middle ground. And I
>>> also like Andreas' idea of linked table frames, even thought that is
>>> for the future.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Looking at the diagram, yes, I think automagic row expansion until the
>> point of disappearing off the bottom of the frame makes the most sense,
>> as well as fitting within the "Scribus way", as you say.
>
> Good, then I'll put a mental "approved" stamp on that idea.
>
> I'll also try to summarize the outcome of this thread and update my
> wiki page with its conclusions.

Hopefully, there can also be something for the user, who would now say, 
"Now what do I do with this overflowing table?". I would hope he could 
chop off rows and paste somewhere else, maybe even join to the next 
sub-table.

Greg



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