[Scribus] Extras needed for Win XP, Vista etc. installation.

[John Culleton]

On Thursday 27 March 2008 05:16:31 pm Plinnell wrote:
> On Thursday 27 March 2008 19:36:06 John Culleton wrote:
> > I have Linux Slackware 12 but no form of Windows beyond Win 98 on
> > my oldest machine.  I am writing an e-book for new/naive Scribus
> > users who may want to design covers for POD printers like LSI. I
> > need to list what else they need to download and install. Thus
> > far I have come up with:
> >
> > Open Office (for more fonts and CMYK files.)
> > Ghostscript
> >
> > ImageMagick may be added for flattening files containing layers
> > (transparencies etc.) unless someone comes up with a better
> > solution.
> >
> > What else should I add to the list?
>
> Everything listed here:
> http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=toolbox with the
> exception of Krita and KSnapshot which are not yet totally cross
> platform. (They exist on Win32 in very alpha state.)
>
> Peter


Do you mean that the novice who is only creating book covers needs all 
those programs? Or are some of them in the "nice to have" category? I 
don't want to scare them off with too much downloading and 
installation.  

-- 
John Culleton
Resources for every author and publisher:
http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf
http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf
http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm
http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm