[scribus-dev] Lable Template Package

[Gregory Pittman]

On 06/07/2013 05:33 AM, Owen wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 10:06:11 +0200 (CEST)
> "Christoph Schäfer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Team,
>>
>> I'm almost done with a template collection for labels based on the
>> latest version of http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooolabels/
>>
>> Do you think these templates could become part of 1.4.3? Or would it
>> make more sense to release them as a separate package, perhaps with
>> installers for the OSes currently supported by Scribus?
>>
>> The templates have been released under GPL 2.
>>
> 
> 
> 
> The templates directory in 1.4.2 (Rev 18300) is 11.032 MB
> 
> The OO template download unzips to 1.5 MB
> 
> Initial I thought that it wouldn't matter to add a couple more
> megabytes to the file, but on looking at the actual templates, it
> would appear to be mainly a collection of metric and imperial label
> templates for different Avery? sizes. In my mind a bit specialized.
> 
> So I wondered how much trouble you went to to create a template. The
> steps I followed were;
> 
> 1. Open in OO
> 2. Export as EPS
> 3. Import EPS vector file into Scribus
> 4. Save as a template.
> 
> This seemed simple enough and think it would not be unreasonable for
> the user to do this. Besides, there may be many more OO templates
> around and if the user is given a "How To" in the manual, or on the
> Wiki, then that might suffice.
> 
> 
> 
I have done labels in a variety of ways, including templates, but I
prefer the method of creating a script, which allows for interactively
choosing which label(s) to actually create.

Greg