[scribus] What does send to "Inline Items" do?

[ale rimoldi]

hi

 > If I right click an object and hover over Send To there is an Inline 
Items
 > option. This appears to be new in 1.5.x as I don't see it in 1.4.5.

i hope it's an error.

the menu entry does not make much sense to me.

but, first, the good news:

yes, you can copy paste any item inside of a text frame and get it as an 
inline item. (even a form item)


with the menu entry you're referring to, you can first put the item in 
the inline items (even if it's not yet an inline item) and then drag and 
drop it to the place where you want it to be inline.
or right click on the inline item and get it to be added at the current 
place in a text frame.

personally, it looks like something that has been programmed to be 
friendly to the user but fails in a way that makes it simply confusing.

if there is really a need for a mechanism on top of the copy paste, i 
would prefer to see the current one being removed and a new one being 
added when something solid and friendly is proposed.

but scribus has a long history of bad implemented features being kept at 
prominent places. often, it would be better to hide them (that is, 
disable them by default) until a production level implementation is there.
we will have to live with it...

ciao
a.l.e