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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0011857 | Scribus | User Interface | public | 2013-11-30 07:05 | 2016-12-13 01:03 |
Reporter | christoph_s | Assigned To | cbradney | ||
Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
Status | feedback | Resolution | reopened | ||
Platform | x86_64 | OS | OpenSUSE 64 Bit | OS Version | 13.1 |
Product Version | 1.5.0svn | ||||
Target Version | 1.5.4 | ||||
Summary | 0011857: Inconsistent file listing in file selectors | ||||
Description | The listings in file selectors is completely inconsistent: Sometimes the file format's name is mentioned in full + file extension, sometimes only one of both or a strange hybrid appears. The chaotic order of the entries has already been mentioned in another bug. It would also make sense to use only capital letters for file extensions, because this is what almost everyone else does. As to Scribus documents, the program cannot, in a file selector, distinguish between different versions, so offering 3 different versions (all with identical file extensions) for import is confusing and misleading. It's also an example for displaying the underlying programming logic (here: plug-in architecure) in the UI without offering any useful information for users. | ||||
Additional Information | Here's a suggestion for File > Open: All Supported Formats Scribus Document (SLA, SLA.GZ) Calamus Graphics (CVG) Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) Dia Shape (SHAPE) Encapsulated PostScript (EPS, EPS2, EPS3, EPSF, EPI, EPT) Illustrator (AI) InDesign Markup File (IDML) InDesign Markup Snippet (IDMS) Kivio Stencil (SML) Macintosh Graphics File (PICT) Micrografx Drawing (DRW) Microsoft Publisher (PUB) Microsoft XPS (XPS) OpenDocment Graphics (ODG) OpenOffice.org 1 Drawing (SXD) Open XPS (OXPS) Portable Document Format (PDF) PostScript (PS) Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG, SVGZ) Windows Metafile (WMF) WordPerfect Graphics (WPG) Xara Xtreme/Designer (XAR) Xfig Drawing (FIG) UniConvertor Import All Files | ||||
Tags | #easyhack | ||||
Patch | No | ||||
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Correction: Xara Design/DTP Format (XAR) |
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There are still some errors: WordPerfect WPG --> WordPerfect Graphics Macintosh Pict --> Macintosh Picture Empty entry between iWorks and ODP EMF --> Enhanced Metafile Micrografx DRW --> Micrografx Draw Calamus CVG --> Calamus Vector Graphics CGM File --> Computer Graphics Metafile CorelDraw CDR --> Corel Draw File |
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Added screenshots of current 1.5.1svn r20287 on OSX 10.10.3 Personal Observation: I agree with Christoph that listing the capitalized extension letters is very useful after the format name. |
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This has been fixed. The ask was to remove the extensions. |
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"The ask was to remove the extensions." No, it wasn't. That was your decision ;) My criticism was that sometimes only file extensions were listed (sometimes uppercase, sometimes lowercase, sometimes both), in other cases a description with an extension (sometimes uppercase, sometimes lowercase, sometimes both). It just seemed to be totally arbitrary, and that's what needed to be fixed. Moreover, the criticism that file selectors reflect the plug-in architecture rather than the users' expectations (i.e., several entries for SLA and SLA.GZ files) still stands. Removing the file extensions from file selectors only papers over this fact. |
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verdict? close or re-assign ? |
Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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2013-11-30 07:05 | christoph_s | New Issue | |
2013-12-16 06:46 | christoph_s | Note Added: 0030931 | |
2014-10-21 20:03 | Kunda | Tag Attached: easyhack | |
2014-10-21 20:04 | Kunda | Tag Attached: #easyhack | |
2014-10-21 20:04 | Kunda | Tag Detached: #easyhack | |
2014-10-21 20:04 | Kunda | Tag Detached: easyhack | |
2014-10-21 20:04 | Kunda | Tag Attached: #easyhack | |
2015-04-26 16:56 | cbradney | Status | new => resolved |
2015-04-26 16:56 | cbradney | Fixed in Version | => 1.5.0svn |
2015-04-26 16:56 | cbradney | Resolution | open => fixed |
2015-04-26 16:56 | cbradney | Assigned To | => cbradney |
2015-04-26 18:52 | cbradney | Patch | => No |
2015-04-26 18:52 | cbradney | Target Version | 1.5.1 => 1.5.0 |
2015-05-12 21:13 | christoph_s | Note Added: 0035106 | |
2015-05-12 21:13 | christoph_s | Status | resolved => feedback |
2015-05-12 21:13 | christoph_s | Resolution | fixed => reopened |
2015-05-14 09:19 | cbradney | Target Version | 1.5.0 => 1.5.1 |
2015-05-19 22:14 | cbradney | Status | feedback => resolved |
2015-05-19 22:14 | cbradney | Fixed in Version | 1.5.0svn => 1.5.1svn |
2015-05-19 22:14 | cbradney | Resolution | reopened => fixed |
2015-07-27 22:06 | Kunda | File Added: Scribus-Open-Dialog.png | |
2015-07-27 22:07 | Kunda | File Added: Scribus-Import-Dialog.png | |
2015-07-27 22:09 | Kunda | Note Added: 0035921 | |
2015-07-27 22:10 | Kunda | Status | resolved => feedback |
2015-07-27 22:10 | Kunda | Resolution | fixed => reopened |
2015-07-29 20:55 | cbradney | Note Added: 0035939 | |
2015-07-29 20:55 | cbradney | Status | feedback => resolved |
2015-07-29 20:55 | cbradney | Resolution | reopened => fixed |
2015-07-30 08:13 | christoph_s | Note Added: 0035941 | |
2015-07-30 08:13 | christoph_s | Status | resolved => feedback |
2015-07-30 08:13 | christoph_s | Resolution | fixed => reopened |
2015-08-03 13:17 | Kunda | Note Added: 0035960 | |
2016-01-23 17:16 | cbradney | Target Version | 1.5.1 => 1.5.3 |
2016-12-08 22:04 | Kunda | Target Version | 1.5.3 => 1.5.4 |
2016-12-13 01:03 | Kunda | Fixed in Version | 1.5.1svn => |