[Framers] FrameMaker 2020

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Doug:

I don't have any running FM versions to test these ideas, but two possibly
helpful hoops might be:

* Run additional instances of FM to display the items caught in
modal-dialog limbo, but this might be a problem if FM's lock files prevent
opening the same file multiple times, (like Heraclitus couldn't step into
the same river twice.) A workaround for this could be to save the a copy of
the file.

* A script that captures the properties of selected objects.

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 9:34 AM Doug <dbailey4117 at gmail.com> wrote:

> What I'd like to see in a new version of FM is a non-modal information
> dialog that displays all of the characteristics of the currently selected
> frame.
>
> Currently I have to use separate information windows for anchor frames and
> object properties, for example.  They are non-modal, so that's good, but I
> don't have the convenience of looking at the same location to view the data
> I'm interested in, since they are separate dialogs.
>
> What's worse is that both text frames and graphic frames use modal
> windows.  I have to jump through some hoops to view their data, and because
> they are modal, I can't use ANY other part of Framemaker unless I close
> their Properties dialogs first.
>
> I'm using FM 2017 BTW.
>
> Computers are supposed to make our jobs easier.  A single non-modal
> information dialog is one way to do so.
>
> --Doug
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 6:17 PM Mike Wickham <info at mikewickham.com> wrote:
>
> > New versions of FrameMaker always seem to concentrate on adding features
> > for the structured community. I get it. That's the strenght of the
> > program. But the new features I'd like to see involve handling of
> > graphics and type. For example, it would be nice to be able to make a
> > graphic float in the middle of a two-column page, and have both columns
> > wrap around it. Or how about taking advantage of the various OpenType
> > features that InDesign can handle with ease, but Frame is clueless
> > about-- like easy, true small caps, or oldstyle numerals? Or optical
> > margins and hanging indents, for a more modern, refined look in printed
> > docs? Or a separate offset setting for numerators and denominators?
> > Right now, you can set superscript and subscript offsets to work for
> > either super/subscripts or numerators/denominators, but not both.
> >
> >
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