[Scribus] Imposition

[el Sismógrafo , S.L.]

Though I made the initial proposal I totally agree with Louis and Craig. I 
think at the moment there are too many other things that need to be done.

I also believe that there are two different things we are talking about: One 
thing is imposing other documents like tiffs through Scribus. This can be 
done quite well through scripting.

What I was talking about is to impose entire documents layouted with Scribus 
before they are streamed to pdf or output device.
This still is a _major_ issue because of the huge amount of factors like color 
sequence for the calibration bars, situation of the calibration bar, spacing 
between pages on the sheets, page orders, bleeds, etc.

Although implementation can wait, I think the printer folks on the list should 
do the conceptual work for a plug-in. What should it do, how does it work 
(fully automated, template based, etc.). It would even be helpful to start 
with some code. Although the whole bloody thing will have to be rewritten at 
a later point (may be in a couple of years), this code would be helpful for 
the coder that wants to pick it up to see what the idea is. And also because 
I hate turning up with the odd "could you please..." without contributing 
anything.

I also think that this should be started as a sort of sig (special interest 
group). Any proposals?