Table implementation

Here you can write anything to the tables... Ideas, what features we need etc.

What format should be supported?
 copy/paste from OpenOffice import from table calculator: Calc, Gnumeric, KSpread HTML tables txt files with items LaTeX 

What information should be imported?
 dimension and content of cells style (borders, fill etc.) only for OpenOffice copy/paste</li> </ul>

What features we need?
 size of tables</li> dimension of table</li> automatic/fixed column size</li> where the heading is</li> automatic split table: yes/no and if heading will be added</li> lines: where, color, style, width</li> cells: fill (color, pattern, picture or equation)</li> operations with cells: merge, split</li> operations with rows/columns: delete, add</li> change size of cell manually</li> align numbers according to comma: yes/no</li> align of table to: text (other via distribute and align)</li> tack to the text => create control system for this</li> possibility to create "table style"</li> </ul> Optional  <li>exchange columns with rows and vice versa</li> <li>padding: color, width</li> <li>split table</li> </ul>

Table research in other applications
What programs have some table capabilities? It divides into two groups: Office and DTP programs.

Office programs <ul> <li>MS Office,</li> <li>OpenOffice.org,</li> <li>KOffice,</li> <li>abiword,</li> <li>SoftMaker Office.</li> </ul> DTP programs <ul> <li>Adobe Indesign,</li> <li>Quark XPress,</li> <li>MS Publisher,</li> <li>LyX.</li> </ul>

Scribus solution
I found some texts to this feature: <ul> <li>some info in Scribus wiki</li> <li>older bug Table styles in Mantis with User Interface</li> </ul>

Inserting table <ul> <li>icon like now</li> <li>via create frame > at the center will be icon with table too (1:40-1:55) here</li> </ul>

How will be table stored in Scribus?

In .sla document <ul> <li>background, lines etc. in SVG</li> <li>grouped same type of objects</li> <li>Example: background, grouped minor lines, grouped main lines</li> <li>simply editable when needed</li> <li>possible to add to scrapbook</li> </ul> As a Table Style <ul> <li>predefined specification for all objects</li> <li>it consists of text style, line style and shape</li> <li>Example: Main header: top, paragraph style tab1 fill: shape color: none; Normal item: paragraph style tab2 fill: shape color: none; border left: line1 color: black; border right: line1 color: black, border top: line1 color: black; border bottom: line1 color: black;</li> <li>I prepare complete list of needed parameters with syntax suggestion</li> </ul>