[scribus-dev] updating PDF importing.

[NASA Jeff]

I've almost got Scribus building with a modern version of visual studio
(2019). So far I've pretty much ported to the latest version of QT, I still
have to migrate the unsupported webkit to the newer webengine but that,
hopefully, shouldn't prove too difficult.

Once I've got InkScape and Scribus building on windows I can take a look at
how they both implement PDF import and look at raising the bugs and
producing patches.

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On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 14:38, JLuc <jluc at no-log.org> wrote:

> Le 09/05/2020 à 10:12, NASA Jeff a écrit :
> > Inkscapes internal library for importing pdf files (based on POPPLER),
> now supports importing text as text as opposed to
> > vectors.
> > I'd like to have a crack at updating the PDF import in Scribus (which I
> see if based on POPPLER and or PODOFO, so that
> > it has comparable features to Inkscape's PDF import.
> Great project.
> Wellcome !
>
> > What's the best way to keep in touch with the dev team in case I have
> any issues or need to query standard and
> > requirements for Scribus along the way?
>
> Hard to say.
> I'm not one of the devs but my experience is that
> #scribus on freenode is a place where a chat might happen sometime (rather
> evening european time)
> and could help define a general agreement on how to best proceed.
> Good would be to go step by step and create bug reports with patches.
>
> As for the features,
> I wonder if the core-devs would request an option for importing text as
> vector glyphs OR real text frame.
> SVG import is also very limited in scribus and could benefit of an
> improvement.
>
> JL
>
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