[Scribus] Win32 port
Johannes Rüschel
jo.rueschel
Sun Mar 27 18:43:42 CEST 2005
Hi Paul,
i could test it, too. depending on the download size and when it must be
done. but im willing to do ;-)
ciao,
johannes
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> 1. Re: Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening
> (Thomas R. Koll)
> 2. Win32 port (Paul)
> 3. Re: Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening (Paul)
> 4. Re: Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening
> (Andreas Speck at home)
> 5. Re: Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening
> (Andreas Speck @ wherever)
> 6. Re: Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening
> (Maciej Hanski)
> 7. Re: Win32 port (Paul)
> 8. Table borders (Steve Veltkamp)
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> Betreff:
> Re: [Scribus] Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening
> Von:
> "Thomas R. Koll" <tomk32 at gmx.de>
> Datum:
> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:53:35 +0100
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
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> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
>
>On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 04:06:25PM +0100, Andreas Speck @ wherever wrote:
>
>
>>I still have problems. It's all fine while I'm working on the file, but
>>after closing the file, and closing Scribus, I run into trouble when I try
>>to open it again.
>>Now I either get crash due to signal #11, or it crashes without telling me
>>anything. Starting from a console, it then says: QDataStream: Not enough
>>memory to read QCString ...
>>
>>
>
>That bug is already famous...
>
>http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=1801
>
>ciao, tom
>
>
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> Betreff:
> [Scribus] Win32 port
> Von:
> Paul <paul at all-the-johnsons.co.uk>
> Datum:
> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:22:40 +0000
> An:
> scribus <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de>
>
> An:
> scribus <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de>
>
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>After lengthy talks with the other developers, I've finally gotten off
>my backside and begun again the Win32 port. There are a number of
>hurdles to overcome, but I don't think they'll be too massive.
>
>The biggest will be the Qt licence and printing - everything else should
>be more or less straight forward.
>
>I've started a blog on the porting effort, so if you're interested in
>the development process behind a port of this size, feel free to toddle
>along. It contains details of the build environment. It's not cygwin
>which means a lot of the clutter in the previous port won't be needed.
>Instead, I'm using mingw which is gcc for Win32, so I've not changed the
>compiler!
>
>http://scribusdev.blogspot.com
>
>All views expressed there are mine and do not represent any
>organisation, group or possibly even the other developers on the
>project.
>
>I'm currently building Qt 3.3.4 which will take some time to finish. I'm
>not going to bother with the 1.2 branch either, straight to the 1.3
>branch. Of course, all source changes will be added into the code base.
>
>If you're a Win32 user, can you get in touch with me directly. I'll need
>about 5 people to test the port. No idea when the build will be complete
>though.
>
>TTFN
>
>Paul
>13th level mage in the black arts of porting and code optimisation
>
>
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> Betreff:
> Re: [Scribus] Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening
> Von:
> Paul <paul at all-the-johnsons.co.uk>
> Datum:
> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:23:34 +0000
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
>
>Hi,
>
>
>
>>>Now I either get crash due to signal #11, or it crashes without telling me
>>>anything. Starting from a console, it then says: QDataStream: Not enough
>>>memory to read QCString ...
>>>
>>>
>>That bug is already famous...
>>
>>http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=1801
>>
>>
>
>Out of interest, how much memory, which distro and which versions of Qt
>and gcc are you using?
>
>TTFN
>
>Paul
>
>
>
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> Betreff:
> Re: [Scribus] Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening
> Von:
> Andreas Speck at home <andreas.speck at gmx.co.uk>
> Datum:
> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:32:05 +0000
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
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> Paul wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> |
> |>>Now I either get crash due to signal #11, or it crashes without
> telling me
> |>>anything. Starting from a console, it then says: QDataStream: Not
> enough
> |>>memory to read QCString ...
> |>
> |>That bug is already famous...
> |>
> |>http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=1801
> |
> |
> | Out of interest, how much memory, which distro and which versions of Qt
> | and gcc are you using?
> |
> | TTFN
> |
> | Paul
> I managed to work on the file, thanks to the fix provided.
> I am using Slackware 10.0, QT-3.3.3, gcc-3.3.4 (all installed from
> Slackware packages). At work I have 512MB RAM, at home only 256MB. Both
> computer run either Intel Celeron or Pentium-III, on 600 or 700MHz.
>
> I will apply the fix on my machine at work, and see if I can open the
> original file. What I did yesterday at home was moving all images to a
> different place, which allowed me to open the file again. I then scaled
> the images and reduced them to 100dpi. This (and the fix) allowed me to
> work on the file, to finish it, and to do PDF export as well as printing.
> As I have the original file at work, I will just apply the fix and try
> to open the file. I will then report if it works.
>
> Andreas
>
>
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> Betreff:
> Re: [Scribus] Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening
> Von:
> "Andreas Speck @ wherever" <Andreas.Speck at gmx.co.uk>
> Datum:
> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:37:33 +0100 (MET)
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
>
>Hi all,
> I can now confirm that the fix mentioned earlier does solve the problem,
>so it's probably the old and famous bug. I applied the fix to my
>Scribus1.3cvs at work, and opened the original document, which I was not
>able to open earlier due to Scribus crashing with signal #6 (or sometimes
>also with a different signal).
> Is this fix just a workaround, or will it be part of cvs in the future, so
>that I do not have to remember it the next time I upgrade from cvs... ;)
>
>Anyway - thanks a lot for the help over Easter - it is much nicer to go on
>holidays knowing that the things you worked on can actually used by others,
>and are not stuck in a file which no-one can access.
>
>The result is visible at http://wri-irg.org/pdf/eritrea-en.pdf
>
>Andreas
>
>
>
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> Betreff:
> Re: [Scribus] Help: Scribus crashes with signal #6 on file opening
> Von:
> Maciej Hanski <ma_han2000 at yahoo.de>
> Datum:
> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:02:36 +0100
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
>
>On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 18:37:33 +0100 (MET)
>"Andreas Speck @ wherever" <Andreas.Speck at gmx.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>>The result is visible at http://wri-irg.org/pdf/eritrea-en.pdf
>>
>>Andreas
>>
>>
>>
>
>Hi Andreas,
>I've just added your PDF file to the Wiki's "Made with Scribus" list (
>http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Made_with_Scribus ), please add some
>more info, if you feel like it.
>
>cheers
>Maciej
>
>P.S. Wiki pages which need some more input from Scribus users:
>
>"Scribus Friendly Printers" -- anyone? There must be at least one print
>shop out there that deserves to be mentioned :)
>
>http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Scribus_Friendly_Print_Shops
>
>
>"Right font for right purpose" -- Craig R. did some great work here, but
>there is still lots to be done (in particular, by non-English native
>speakers) to make this page really useful:
>
>http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Right_font_4_right_purpose
>
>
>"Success Stories" -- Isaac and Wesley did great, who is next?
>
>http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Success_stories
>
>
>
>
>
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> Betreff:
> Re: [Scribus] Win32 port
> Von:
> Paul <paul at all-the-johnsons.co.uk>
> Datum:
> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:22:57 +0000
> An:
> scribus <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de>
>
> An:
> scribus <scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de>
>
>
>Hi,
>
>
>
>>Hi Paul! Really glad to read of your interest and commitment!
>>
>>
>
>It is time I was committed. Mmmmm, padded walls....
>
>
>
>>Please
>>count me in as a tester. Also, I have also been looking at cups and
>>wondered if it may be nice to have a working recipe/port of that for
>>win32?
>>
>>
>
>There is already a port of CUPS for win32. As I've said on my blog, the
>problem I can foresee is that Win32 users would rather stick with the
>mess of a print system than move to CUPS. To that end, I'll see what I
>can get going natively under Win32. It will be probably the largest
>hurdle to getting Scribus onto Win32.
>
>
>
>>Do you think it would still be kind of a put-off even if we got
>>it fairly smoothed out into something easier to install?
>>
>>
>
>Yes. Face it. How many Win32 users opt of OpenOffice over MS Office,
>Eudora over Outhouse and Firefox over IE? Makes sod all difference how
>easy it is to install.
>
>
>
>>P.S. Had you noticed the apparent interest in the win32 pages at the
>>Wiki? Just check out the Special/Popular Pages to see that all three
>>pages referencing win32 are in the top 10, with the page for installing
>>1.2.1 being the very top (just below the home page of course). :)
>>
>>
>
>Can't say I've been on the wiki for ages now - I keep loosing my
>username and password!
>
>TTFN
>
>Paul
>
>
>
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> Betreff:
> [Scribus] Table borders
> Von:
> Steve Veltkamp <bizshop at bizshop.com>
> Datum:
> Sat, 26 Mar 2005 22:10:55 -0800
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
> An:
> scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de
>
>
> Is there a way to add borders around the cells of a text table without
> having to draw individual lines? I want the table to print with lines....
>
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