Package: link the packaged document and IDML relative to the package (fixes #340)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EDKUo6t8zLKhzeuPrJxa3n
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# Where DesignCraft falls short of InDesign
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-16 · **Change:** minor (gap 27 closed: the loaded text cursor threads into a frame inside a group (#1075); .indd and .indt open through indd-utils; gap 0 shrunk: text threads by hand; threading gaps added; Optical kerning from outlines (#181); gap 6: macOS lists fonts that font services and managers activate; shared print spooler; image clipping paths from IDML; Tabs panel listed as present (#343); book chapter update safety; gap 16: Based on Parent leftovers; bounded control click/drag input; swatches on placed greyscale and bitmap images) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6)
> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-17 · **Change:** minor (gap 3: Package links are relative, #340; gap 27 closed: the loaded text cursor threads into a frame inside a group (#1075); .indd and .indt open through indd-utils; gap 0 shrunk: text threads by hand; threading gaps added; Optical kerning from outlines (#181); gap 6: macOS lists fonts that font services and managers activate; shared print spooler; image clipping paths from IDML; Tabs panel listed as present (#343); book chapter update safety; gap 16: Based on Parent leftovers; bounded control click/drag input; swatches on placed greyscale and bitmap images) · **Target:** Adobe InDesign 2026 (21.6)
Every known shortfall against InDesign 2026, one entry each, ranked by how much it stops an
InDesign professional from doing real work. This is the work list: agents pick from the top.
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- **Missing:** a corpus test of real InDesign-authored IDML (via `storytold/photocraft-corpus` or
a sibling) measuring what survives import → export → reopen in InDesign. Open bugs: frames not
rendered without a warning (#193), `$ID/` font names reported missing (#338), no
`PDFAttribute` on export (#339), Package writes build-machine absolute paths (#340), drag-drop
open of IDML on the app icon (#211).
`PDFAttribute` on export (#339), drag-drop open of IDML on the app icon (#211).
- **Evidence:** importer coverage is broad (styles, tables, footnotes, xrefs, index, CJK, Arabic,
verified in InDesign 2026 with synthetic files), but nothing is measured on real documents.
- **Impact:** IDML is the main interchange format until INDD lands, and the only one that goes