Feature Requests for Passepartout (0.8.0 and beyond)

Since this is my first post to this list, first of all: Hello everyone!

It might be not the best start, but there are several things I would like to see for Passepartout:

- a function to mathematically calculate the best text width for a given combination of font family and
size, for one and two row calculation. I know that the LaTeX package KOMA script offers this, perhaps it
could be included in Passepartout as well. (The documentation for KOMA script is available at
http://dante.ctan.org/CTAN/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/komascr.html in German and English)

- an improved documentation, especially the PDF does not meet typographic requirements, for example it
does not use the correct “quotes” but simply "'s, also it simply shows three points ... instead of one
"…" sign. Also, it does not cover all important parts, and extended in-program-help would be welcome,
too. Last but not least, change the name from "user-guide" to "passepartout-user-guide" - it is not the
only user guide around and I might download two at the same time.

- I agree with the text editor, even tough at least I would find it sufficient to open an external program.

- There are no back links from the user guide and the maillist archiv to the main homepage. Please change
this. The user guide and the FAQ are somehow broken, other than the rest of the homepage they have no margin
and are thus difficult to read.

- A to do list / roadmap, or some other kind of overview which parts need help. I am not able to invest a lot of
time right now, but if I knew what's up, I might spend at least a little.

- A "mission statement" of some kind, that explains, what this program achieves to be (except for the
current "being a dtp program") and for what kind of uses it is intended and /why/ (not how) it is different
from other dtp programs like Scribus and LaTeX.
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