[Scribus] Success: compile Mac/Aqua from CVS without patches

Louis Desjardins louis_desjardins
Tue Mar 22 17:21:46 CET 2005


Andreas Vox a ?crit :
> Louis wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible this "portability" becomes a little easier for , 
>> "ordinary" users like me? :), Or would it be too much asking to have a 
>> thorough how-to aimed at , real command-line beginners? (and I mean, 
>> real beginners!!! Think of
>> those instructions as "human-software"!!!).
> 
> 
> To say it again, 1.3.0cvs is not for production use.
I understand that. It's OK with me.
> The current build on Mac/Aqua has some problems of its own:
> 
> * not all fonts are accessible
> * dialogs behave strangely (no close button, menu disappears, ...)
> * Aqua buttons need more space than X11 ones, that causes layout problems,
>    notably with the page selector.
> * colors are wrong for images in page preview
> * it's not really tested, so there may be much more
> 
> That said I plan to organize a preview binary bundle which can be simply
> dropped into the system. If some daring alpha testers use it and report all
> errors to the developers, we might have a fully functional Aqua version
> when 1.3.0 final comes out. :-)
I will be glad to test as soon as I can install it.

Cheers,

Louis
> 
> Ciao
> /Andreas
> 
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