[Scribus] Scribus v. Tex

[Gregory Pittman]

LinuxLingam wrote:

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>until scribus, tried researching and grappling with tex, but just gave
>up after a few months. my conclusion: tex is for document engineering,
>while scribus is for art directors and designers.
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I use Tex quite a bit, and for the things that it does well, it does 
them extremely well.  Page control and placement of objects on a page 
can be quite a chore -- trial and error and trial and error and...  I 
have incorporated some EPS graphics, and while it's doable, it ain't 
easy.  As soon as you want to make the jump to color, Scribus just 
leaves it in the dust.

>incidentally, does scribus use concepts from tex for its typography
>engine? so far, i am quite impressed with the typography engine of TeX,
>and of indesign. i strongly feel that several new ideas are yet to be
>implemented in either, though.
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For a project without a publicly visible 'roadmap', Scribus absolutely 
amazes me. Franz and the other project members seem truly possessed -- 
in a good way, of course.  It also helps that they seem to be very good 
at the skills needed.

G Pittman