[Scribus] Scribus Tutorial

[Maciej Hanski]

Hi Louis,
I can only agree with everything, what you've said about this tutorial.
I'm currently translating the sample publication (FreedomYug) into
Polish, and I'm done, I'm going to use it in the Polish translation of
this great tutorial.

Many thanks to Niyam for this fine piece of work and for it's
educational aspects - Gosh, do I love to find out what all these  yugs,
mufts and mukts, samadhis and gyaans mean, let alone "the digital sutra of India" :-)

best regards
Maciej

   


On Sat, 15 May 2004 20:57:24 -0400
Louis Desjardins <louisdesjardins at videotron.ca> wrote:

> Hi everybody,
> 
> Following the post of the already acclaimed tutorial on Scribus by 
> LL, I decided to dive-in and translate it in French. This for very 
> simple reasons.
> 
> 1. The tutorial covers a lot of ground
> 2. It's very well done (v e r y  well)
> 3. Why re-invent the wheel? (I mean, it could take hours just to 
> figure out exactly how to deal with all the possibilities of Scribus!)
> 
> I thought of this since the beginning. I know we can take other roads 
> to explain the same thing. But now, the big job is done. I have 
> showed it to some peope working with me. Impressed is not the correct 
> word : they were simply staring at me, looking at the printed PDF, 
> not really believing what they were seeing. Impressed? Simply put : 
> yes.
> 
> Anyway, I am doing it. In all my enthusiasm I finally thought, after 
> a day and a half of work, I should let all of you know about it so if 
> anyone has had the same idea, we could at least share the work! 
> Otherwise, just bare with me. It'll take a few more days before the 
> job's done.
> 
> LL, I do all my best to make the French version as lively as the 
> original. I am keeping the exact same examples. Just using new screen 
> shots from the French version. So far, not adding anything except a 
> very, very  few "notes from the translator". I guess a second edition 
> could cover even more ground and step into some more details. (I 
> couldn't do the "Get Picture" screenshot in French because the window 
> keeps disappearing on me every time I try to shoot it! Any clue? 
> Using KSnapShot on Mandrake 10).
> 
> I don't know if French readers have other expectations (for instance, 
> should I rebuilt the Scribus document itself with French titles and 
> eveything?). Just for the sake of it, my only wish is to make that 
> translation/adaptation arrive soon. Maybe we could translate the 
> "text on a path page" because it's a good place to put a little 
> message... ;-) and the PDF form, which is a great idea for schools 
> and so on. What do you think?
> 
> Louis
> 
> P.S. All the best to the newborn, and mother, and father! ;-)
>