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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0012083ScribusUsabilitypublic2014-09-12 13:01
ReporterKunda Assigned Tojghali  
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status closedResolutionunable to reproduce 
PlatformMacOSOSXOS Version10.8.5
Product Version1.5.0svn 
Summary0012083: opening 1.4.3 .sla in 1.5 duplicates layers and appends '(mp items)' to new ones
Description(As I understand this may just be an issue while the 1.5 is being built transitioning to 1.6.
I was still told to this out as a bug report)
Opening an .sla file (created with 1.4.3 with 10 layers in it ) with a 1.5.0svn build will duplicate all the layers and append (mp items) to them thusly ending up with 20 layers. If any of the layers are deleted the .sla will not open again (beachball of death on OSX)

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Additional InformationRev 18831 Built on OS X
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Kunda

2014-02-22 18:49

updater  

layers-mp-items.png (17,115 bytes)   
layers-mp-items.png (17,115 bytes)   

jghali

2014-02-23 07:37

administrator   ~0031371

Last edited: 2014-02-23 07:37

As I already mentionned on irc, the reason of this is a change of behavior with how layers are displayed. The new behavior allows to put in masterpages items which will be displayed in front of standard pages elements, such as page numbers... This was impossible in 1.4.x. However the duplication of layers is mandatory to preserve the visual aspect of a 1.4.x document with several layers when opened in 1.5.0svn.

>> If any of the layers are deleted the .sla will not open again

This is an issue. Please upload a sample document.

cbradney

2014-03-03 19:49

administrator   ~0031447

Kunda, maybe just replace all text with As or something.. that will be enough. Scribus docs don't store history so no content can come through.

Kunda

2014-03-03 21:30

updater   ~0031448

@cdbraney Good idea. Lol, I can't open it with 1.5svn due to signal 11. And I'm trying to assess if installing 1.4.3 will play nice with my installed 1.5.0svn OSX. I may just open a new profile/user and login use fast user switching to work on the separate version.

jghali

2014-04-24 20:05

administrator   ~0031805

Closing as there is no work to do here given lack of sample.

jghali

2014-06-30 07:02

administrator   ~0032366

I cannot reproduce any issue with the provided document.

JLuc

2014-06-30 09:56

developer   ~0032367

When opening the provided sla, i have only 10 layers, not 20. That doesnt fit your report so its not clear to me what should i read.
Some of the layers have names that are identicals to other layers, but with "(mp items)" appended, but their content is not the same, so its not duplicate layers.

If i delete all of the "(mp-items)" save and reload document, there is no crash.

I dont reproduce the issue or dont know what to check since provided doc is complex. Some SLAs got scrambled and create weird undebugable XML and that may be what happened to your SLA if you have issues with it.

If you can, provide a simple SLA with just one page and one (or 2) layer.

If you reproduce the crash, provide a gdb backtrace.

Kunda

2014-06-30 11:48

updater   ~0032370

Yikes, apologies. Thanks for the orientation. Will try to reproduce with a smaller document (which has been a challenge). Perhaps the issue has been magically fixed in some later revision.

Kunda

2014-09-12 13:01

updater   ~0033647

Cannot reproduce as I do not have the pre 1.5 .sla anymore.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2014-02-22 18:49 Kunda New Issue
2014-02-22 18:49 Kunda File Added: layers-mp-items.png
2014-02-23 07:37 jghali Note Added: 0031371
2014-02-23 07:37 jghali Note Edited: 0031371
2014-03-03 19:49 cbradney Note Added: 0031447
2014-03-03 21:30 Kunda Note Added: 0031448
2014-04-24 20:05 jghali Note Added: 0031805
2014-04-24 20:05 jghali Status new => resolved
2014-04-24 20:05 jghali Resolution open => no change required
2014-04-24 20:05 jghali Assigned To => jghali
2014-04-24 20:05 jghali Status resolved => closed
2014-06-30 01:37 Kunda Status closed => feedback
2014-06-30 01:37 Kunda Resolution no change required => reopened
2014-06-30 01:37 Kunda File Added: mp-items-duplicate.sla.gz
2014-06-30 07:02 jghali Note Added: 0032366
2014-06-30 09:56 JLuc Note Added: 0032367
2014-06-30 11:33 Kunda File Deleted: mp-items-duplicate.sla.gz
2014-06-30 11:48 Kunda Note Added: 0032370
2014-06-30 11:48 Kunda Status feedback => assigned
2014-09-12 13:01 Kunda Note Added: 0033647
2014-09-12 13:01 Kunda Status assigned => closed
2014-09-12 13:01 Kunda Resolution reopened => unable to reproduce