Multipage

Multipage support

• this feature is currently not implemented
• this page describes how the feature should be implemented
• there should be multiple pages within a document
• problem arises when saving to singlepage file formats (jpg, png, etc)
• SVG does not support multipage per se, but upcomming SVG will do [see W3.org]

multipage in the SVG standard

• All pages are contained within a single pageSet element. A pageSet may contain any number of page elements. Each page element defines a single container of graphical objects.
• In a screen-based user agent, only one page element is displayed at any time on the main canvas.
• The SVG content typically defines a page dimension or aspect ratio in the topmost svg element and its viewBox. The viewBox transformation applies to printed SVG in the same way as screen display.
• The orientation of each page element can be controlled by the page-orientation property. This enables the content to define whether a portrait or landscape mode is used for display and printing.
• There are two contrary implementattions in the real world:
  • distribute pages around the graphics elements - the Adobe way
  • distribute graphics elements around the pages - how Corel does it and how SVG propose it

multipage ala Corel

• there is a list of pages as tabs on the lower side of the drawing window
• all pages share the same page properties
• a master page contains elements that are visible on all other pages: drawings, markers
• in an object browser pages and layers are integrated
• see a screenshot [here]

Multi-page tool(similar to Artboard tool on adobe illustrator cs4).

• see this adobe tutorial [here]
• there is an [video] by Valessio Brito presenting an UI mockup how multipage can be handled in inkscape

implementation

• see this thread
• all export dialogues must becom extra properties to handle multiple pages, in order to specify not only the elements but also the pages to be exported