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XML vs XML?[edit]

«The current file format, called SLA, is XML. Old versions of SLA were based on XML. » In what they differ? Maybe a typo? Anonymous 14:00, 22 October 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.187.12.7 (talk) [reply]

Ghost Script?[edit]

Do you have to have Ghost Script in order for Scribus to work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.252.132.138 (talk • contribs) 2006-08-09T14:47:25 (UTC)

Scribus uses ghostscript for PDF exporty or can run it without. -(someone wrote sometime) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.184.78.121 (talk • contribs) 2006-09-16T10:01:17 (UTC)

"Install Ghostscript before installing Scribus. Ghostscript 8.54+ or newer is recommended. This is important for EPS,PS import and printing. Note: The correct .exe name for Ghostscript is gswin32c.exe, not gswin32.exe. Setting this properly will avoid error messages on start up and Scribus will auto-detect Ghostscript's location on install."[1]--69.87.204.5 14:45, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Scribus works without Ghostscript, but the following features will be unavailable:

  • importing EPS or PS
  • using EPS, PS or PDF in imageframes
  • print preview

Andreas.vox (talk) 13:15, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

InDesign[edit]

Does anybody know how the compatibility with InDesign is as far as file types and layout support? --Taylor 13:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cannot import Quark, InDesign[edit]

  • Why are there no import filters for Quark, Indesign or other commercial DTP applications?
Because it would be too hard technically, and there are legal issues.[2]
  • So, how can I work with others who might have other DTP applications?
"Use EPS, SVG or PDF as an exchange format. Scribus created PDFs can be easily imported into a number of commerical applications. SVG import is excellent for vector artwork. Scribus can import EPS files as long as they are conformant to the specs - this includes spot colors in DCS 2.0 files. The documentation has detailed notes covering these subjects."[3]--69.87.204.5 15:20, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Legal issues, you are wrong as Open Office would be in trouble for the ability to import Microsoft Office documents. Corel for Corel Paint Shop Pro's ability to import photoshop documents etc. Cartoonborg
Even if it is legal, the Scribus team would need money to defend against a claim from e.g Quark
That is an stupid excuse. Blender 3D does since ages. The FSF privdes legal defense. You cannot protect file format reading, another urban legend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.10.81.245 (talk) 23:46, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Windows 2000/XP only[edit]

"Windows 98 and ME have not been tested and are not supported. Any and all bug reports relating to Windows 9X/ME will be closed quickly. Why? There are many functions in Scribus which depend on features available only on Windows 2000 or Windows XP."[4]--69.87.204.5 14:53, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know if Windows 9x has ever been supported by any older version of Scribus? If so, please add to the table as "Last version to support Windows 98 and Me". I have seen the statement on the website but not clear if this means "ever" or just "recent versions". 81.159.194.55 (talk) 22:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

How can I add extra margins?[edit]

Is it possible to add extra margins to a finished pdf file? I need those for printing. Keijo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.181.120.80 (talk • contribs) 2007-03-08T02:01:00 (UTC)

High end[edit]

What exactly are the "high end" features that this app has that are similar to the industry standard Quark and InDesign??? I've not heard of any "professional" designers using this program at all. My take has been that Scribus is more or less in line with Publisher, Pages or other similar DIY layout apps? And if so, why is this program always listed in graphic design articles here on wikipedia as being "similar"? 66.90.162.101 17:48, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

color management, CMYK, PDF/X3, layers, text flow around (shaped) frame(s), drop shadows, scripting, styles etc.
Feel free to supplement List_of_desktop_publishing_software with a Comparison_of_desktop_publishing_software--Hhielscher 19:51, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weblinks[edit]

With roughly 15 Weblinks this article is more a link list than anything else. You should clean it to bring it down to the 4 or 5 most important links + one link to a link database. --141.35.185.149 14:20, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Limits Missing Features[edit]

The article needs to highlight the limits and missing features of the program similar to the Gimp Article. Cartoonborg (talk) 09:41, 25 May 2007 (UTC-5)

Fair use rationale for Image:Scribus logo.png[edit]

Image:Scribus logo.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 04:15, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

LiveCD?[edit]

It is helpful to know which LiveCDs contain an application, to be able to try it out. It seems that Puppy Linux has Scribus. Any other? -69.87.202.45 00:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PDF[edit]

Will Scribus ever have native support for editing PDFs? -69.87.202.45 00:50, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is not planned for the near future, see roadmap. You might want to use the right tool for the right job: PDFedit.--Hhielscher 10:28, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proportional Fonts[edit]

The article says, "PDFs exported from Scribus are not searchable in Acrobat Reader if the document contains proportional fonts." and that sentence has two citations. However, I don't see any mention of this problem in either of the links. Can someone clarify this or remove the claim? Superm401 - Talk 08:18, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That statement is wrong. Up to Scribus 1.3.3.x, when the user selected "outline/subset font", the font was converted to PDF objects which made the text non searchable. Recent Scribus versions instead create a PDF Type 3 font with a matching ToUnicodeMap and that makes the PDF searchable.Andreas.vox (talk) 13:16, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Milestones/releases[edit]

Can we put the Scribus releases into a table similar to:

Colour Meaning
Red Old release; not supported
Yellow Old release; still supported
Green Current release
Blue Future release
Version Code name Testing name Release date Supported until Features and Changes
4.10 Warty Warthog Sounder 2004-10-20[1] 2006-04-30[2] Initial release; ShipIt
5.04 Hoary Hedgehog Array 2005-04-08[3] 2006-10-31[4] Update Manager; Upgrade Notifier; readahead; grepmap; laptop suspend, hibernate and standby; dynamic frequency scaling; Ubuntu hardware database; Kickstart; installation from USB devices; UTF-8 by default; APT authentication
5.10 Breezy Badger Colony 2005-10-13[5][6] 2007-04-13[7] Usplash (graphical boot sequence); "Add/Remove..." application tool; easy language selector; logical volume management support; full Hewlett-Packard printer support; OEM installer support; Launchpad integration
6.06 LTS Dapper Drake Flight 2006-06-01[8][9] 2009-06 (desktops) Long Term Support (LTS) release; LiveCD and Install CD merged onto one disc; Ubiquity graphical installer on LiveCD; Usplash on shutdowns; Network Manager for easy switching of multiple wired and wireless connections; 'Humanlooks' theme implemented using Tango guidelines, based on Clearlooks and featuring orange colours instead of brown; LAMP installation option; installation to USB devices; GDebi graphical installer for package files [10]
2011-06 (servers)
6.10 Edgy Eft Knot 2006-10-26[11][12] 2008-04 Ubuntu 'Human' theme heavily modified; Upstart init daemon; automated crash reports (Apport); Tomboy notetaking application; F-spot photo manager; EasyUbuntu merges into Ubuntu via meta-package installs and features
7.04 Feisty Fawn Herd 2007-04-19[13] 2008-10 Migration assistant; Kernel-based Virtual Machine support; easy codec and restricted drivers installation; Compiz desktop effects; Wi-Fi Protected Access support; PowerPC support dropped; Sudoku and chess games added; disk usage analyser (baobab) added; GNOME Control Center; Zeroconf for many devices
7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 2007-10-18[14][15] 2009-04 Compiz Fusion by default;[16] AppArmor security framework;[17] fast desktop search;[18] fast user switching;[18] some plug-ins for Mozilla Firefox now handled by APT (Ubufox);[19] graphical configuration tool for X.org;[19] a revamped printing system with PDF printing by default;[19] full NTFS support (read/write) via NTFS-3G
8.04 LTS Hardy Heron[20] Alpha 2008-04-24[21] 2011-04 (desktops) Long Term Support (LTS) release;[22][23]; Better Tango compliance[24]; compiz usability improvements; tracker integration;[25]; Brasero disk burner, Transmission BitTorrent client and Vinagre VNC client by default[26]; PulseAudio by default[27]
2013-04 (servers)
8.10 Intrepid Ibex[28] Alpha 2008-10-30 2010-04 Complete interface redesign; improvements to mobile computing and desktop scalability; increased flexibility for Internet connectivity[29]

Altonbr (talk) 03:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't see this comment but just wanted to say I have done just this (though not exactly the format you were suggesting here) and have renamed from "Milestones" to the more-common "Release History" (after-all, from version 1.3.3.7 there aren't any notable milestones to speak of -- maybe someone would like to add more information?). Hope you all like!
86.148.102.60 (talk) 16:29, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Ubuntu 4.10 announcement". Retrieved 2007-04-13.
  2. ^ Zimmerman, Matt (2006-03-28). "Ubuntu 4.10 reaches end of life on 30 April 2006". ubuntu-announce (Mailing list). Retrieved 2007-09-25. {{cite mailing list}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |mailinglist= ignored (|mailing-list= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "5.04 Release Notes". 2005-04-08. Retrieved 2007-04-14.
  4. ^ Armstrong, Christina (2006-10-23). "Ubuntu 5.04 reaches end-of-life on 31 October 2006". ubuntu-security-announce (Mailing list). Retrieved 2007-09-25. {{cite mailing list}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |mailinglist= ignored (|mailing-list= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Ubuntu 5.10 announcement". Retrieved 2006-10-11.
  6. ^ "Ubuntu 5.10 release notes". Retrieved 2006-12-21.
  7. ^ Heen, Tollef Fog (2007-03-14). "Ubuntu 5.10 reaches end-of-life on April 13th 2007". ubuntu-security-announce (Mailing list). Retrieved 2007-09-25. {{cite mailing list}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |mailinglist= ignored (|mailing-list= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Ubuntu 6.06 LTS announcement". Retrieved 2006-12-21.
  9. ^ "Ubuntu 6.06 LTS release notes". Retrieved 2006-12-21.
  10. ^ Ubuntu -- Package Search Results
  11. ^ "Ubuntu 6.10 announcement". Retrieved 2006-10-26.
  12. ^ "Ubuntu 6.10 release notes". Retrieved 2006-12-21.
  13. ^ "Ubuntu 7.04 announcement". Retrieved 2007-02-06.
  14. ^ "GutsyReleaseSchedule - Ubuntu Wiki". Retrieved 2007-04-12.
  15. ^ "Introducing the Gutsy Gibbon". 2007-04-12. Retrieved 2007-05-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ Gutsy Gibbon - Tribe 2 test release | Ubuntu
  17. ^ Gutsy Gibbon - Tribe 3 test release | Ubuntu
  18. ^ a b Gutsy Gibbon - Tribe 4 test release | Ubuntu
  19. ^ a b c Gutsy Gibbon - Tribe 5 test release | Ubuntu
  20. ^ "HardyReleaseSchedule". Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  21. ^ "Introducing the Hardy Heron". Retrieved 2007-08-29."Milestone ubuntu-8.04 for Ubuntu due 2008-04-24". Retrieved 2007-10-23.
  22. ^ Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter: Issue 36
  23. ^ Ubuntu's new Linux sports debugging tool
  24. ^ "Hardy Heron Artwork". Ubuntu Wiki. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
  25. ^ "Ubuntu developer summit Boston".
  26. ^ "Accepted: ubuntu-meta 1.87 (source)". Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  27. ^ "Blueprint: "Fix the Linux audio mess once and for all"". Launchpad. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  28. ^ Cite error: The named reference ubuntu_8.10_ish was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  29. ^ "Next Ubuntu release to be called Intrepid Ibex, due in October". Retrieved 2008-02-21.


See German Release of Scribus with Table, Translation now made


Italic text== Version History ==

Legend:
Old version
Older version, still maintained
Latest version
Latest preview version
Future release
Version in Public available Mode Comment
Old version, no longer maintained: 0.3 9. July 2001 Development 1st Public Development Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.0 26. June 2003 stable 1st stable Release
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.2.0 28. August 2004 stable 1st stable Release in 1.2.x.x-Series
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.2.1 1. August 2005 stable Since Version 1.2.1 in Europe and North Amerika commerzial Support available .
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.3.0 15. July 2005 Development 1st Version Running in Windows and Mac OS X
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.3.3.5 10. November 2006 stable 1st stable Release in 1.3.x.x-Series
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.3.3.7 9. January 2007 stable 1st Version Running OS/2
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.3.3.8 15. March 2007 stable
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.3.4 30. May 2007 Development Development of Version 1.3.4 was canceled instead of Qt-4-based Version 1.3.5, no stable Version in Public
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.3.5 20. April 2009 Development Native Aqua-Version for Mac OS X, Qt-4-based
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.3.3.14 28. January 2010 stable Last stable Release in 1.3.3.x-Series
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.4.0 1. January 2012 stable new stable Series 1.4.x
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.4.2 14. January 2013 stable Hunspell Integrated , first 64-Bit-Version for Windows available
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.4.3 31. July 2013 stable port for Haiku, Support for QR-Codes
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.4.4 29. May 2014 stable PDF/X-1a-Export available
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.4.5 30. January 2015 stable Improvements in Scripter[1]
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.4.6 12. January 2016 stable Improvements in PDF-Export, support of SVG blend modes [2]
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.4.7 28. April 2018 stable Bugfix [3]
Older version, yet still maintained: 1.4.8 30. July 2019 stable Bugfix [4]
Current stable version: 1.4.9 14. November 2020 stable Bugfix [5], Self compile
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.5.0 25. Mai 2015 Development Improved Document- and Graphics-Import,[6] New struktured GUI, Qt 5.2+
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.5.1 14. February 2016 Development New Icons, CIE-LAB and CIE-HLC-support, RTF- and DOCX-Import [7]
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.5.2 17. May 2016 Development New Textlayout-System, support of Hi-DPI-Monitors, More than 300 commerzial color palettes im CIE-LAB-Format, Improved Options for Data Security, Qt 5.3+ [8]
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.5.3 22. May 2017 Development new Layout Engine with Support of 500 Languages, Qt 5.5+, Krita-Import-Filter [9]
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.5.4 28. April 2018 Development new Color Palette System, Qt 5.6+, new flexible GUI [10]
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.5.5 30. July 2019 Development Undo/Redo [11]
Old version, no longer maintained: 1.5.6.1 14. November 2020 Development PDF improvement [12][13][14]
Current stable version: 1.5.7 21. April 2021 Development Bugfix, only 17 issues [15]
Future release: 1.5.8 Plan 2021 Development Bugfix [16]
Future release: 1.6.0 Plan 2022 stable Stable complete 1.5.x, very improved and modern Version against 1.4.x,135 open issues in Roadmap [17][18]
Future release: 1.7.0 stable Color Exchange Format (CxF) and more [19][20]

References

  1. ^ https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.4.5_Release
  2. ^ https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.4.6_Release
  3. ^ https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-4-7-and-1-5-4-released/
  4. ^ https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=107
  5. ^ https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=109
  6. ^ https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus_1.5.0_Readme
  7. ^ http://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-5-1-released/
  8. ^ https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.5.2_Release
  9. ^ https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.5.3_Release
  10. ^ https://w.scribus.net/wiki/index.php/1.5.4_Release
  11. ^ https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.5.5_Release
  12. ^ https://w.scribus.net/wiki/index.php/1.5.6_Release
  13. ^ https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=110
  14. ^ https://w.scribus.net/wiki/index.php/1.5.6.1_Release
  15. ^ https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=112
  16. ^ https://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=114
  17. ^ https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.6-new-features-and-fixes
  18. ^ https://bugs.scribus.net/roadmap_page.php?version_id=16
  19. ^ https://bugs.scribus.net/roadmap_page.php
  20. ^ https://bugs.scribus.net/roadmap_page.php?version_id=90

Broken References[edit]

Reference No. 5(http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=faq2#19) is not working. I had a look on their website and could not find it's new location. Consider removing this information if it can’t be verified? William Branston (talk) 10:19, 21 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reference No. 4, Scribus FAQ "Why are there no import filters for Quark, Indesign or other commercial DTP applications?", scribus.net (http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=faq1#15) is not working. It appears that this should point to the following page:(http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Why_Scribus_doesn%27t_support_QuarkXpress_and_other_major_publishing_applications) Best guess for this is a change in Scribus online docs to wiki style from some other system. 6:23pm, April 2012 (EDT) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.21.83.45 (talk) 22:25, 10 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This article is written like an advertisement[edit]

Too obvious. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.253.186.62 (talk) 18:27, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This is an open source software. There is no money here to win.

1.5.6 available[edit]

1.5.6 available

https://w.scribus.net/wiki/index.php/1.5.6_Release — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:6D40:3491:A701:C1FE:E332:E05A:D2A2 (talk) 18:12, 22 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Phoronix messages for more „sources“[edit]

Scribus 1.4 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAzNjA

Scribus 1.5 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=scribus-1.5-released

Inkscape relation to scribus https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Inkscape-1.0.1-Released

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