[scribus] active links while editing a scribus document

[Nicola Griffin]

I quite like being able to 'tweak' in preview mode. I think the issue is as much because it is slow to switch between preview and non-preview as it is about the cluttered screen. 

Nicki


On 26 Nov 2012, at 14:45, a.l.e wrote:

> hi,
> 
> yesterday, franz has done a change to the preview mode that, in my eyes, should first be discussed by the scribus users.
> 
> """
> r17909 by fschmid - First committ to make the "Preview Mode" look more like in other Applications
> 
> First committ to make the "Preview Mode" look more like in other Applications
> - No more editing possible.
> - PDF Links linking to the same document are working now when activated.
> 
> 
> http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus-commit/2012-November/005391.html
> """
> 
> on the one side it is certainly useful to have a way to test the pdf forms in scribus, but -- on the other side -- i'm not sure that disabling the editing in preview mode is a change that will please everybody.
> 
> 
> some issues i'm aware of:
> 
> - switching the preview mode on and off can be very slow (so people may want to stay in preview mode while doing visual tweaks).
> 
> - the canvas can be very cluttered, and one may want to switch to the preview mode to do further changes without being disturbed by guides, invisible frame borders & co.
> 
> - we already have other links that work in the edit mode (footnotes) and will have more of them in the future (TOC, references, ...): shouldn't pdf links work just like the other references?
> 
> 
> i would be interested in hearing what the scribus users think: do you need the editing capabilities while being in preview mode?
> 
> ciao
> a.l.e
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