[scribus] Problem...

[Mike Sleger]

On Oct 1, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Dale Erwin wrote:

> On 10/1/2011 9:08 AM, john Culleton wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:00:58 -0600
>> Mike Sleger<chappa-ai at q.com>  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Mike Sleger wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 11:56 AM, john Culleton wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:25:47 -0400
>>>>> Oleksandr Moskalenko<malex at scribus.net>  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sep 30, 2011, at 1:17 PM, john Culleton wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Now why doesn't the download page say that more clearly? I don't
>>>>>>> have a good answer.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> John Culleton
>>>>>>> Wexford Press
>>>>>>> "Create Book Covers with Scribus"
>>>>>>> http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I updated the information on the Download page at
>>>>>> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download. Please check it out and
>>>>>> leave your comments.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Exactly put. Now I hope newcomers will heed the message!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would rearrange the page somewhat, putting the pointers to
>>>>> 1.4.0rc together and right under the 1.3.3.14 download pointers.
>>>>> This means putting the 1.4.0 svn and the 1.4.0 tarball right under
>>>>> "Read instructions for Debian/Ubuntu Linux Package archive access."
>>>>> 
>>>>> The overall page sequence would be:
>>>>> All the 1.3.3.14 stuff
>>>>> All the 1.4.0 stuff
>>>>> All the 1.5.0 stuff
>>>> 
>>>> I would arrange the versions so the latest ones are at the top of
>>>> the list and the newer ones at the bottom.  You want the latest
>>>> information to be the first links a user sees.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> My bad - I was in a hurry.  The newest versions should be at the top
>>> of the list, and the older versions should be lowest on the list.
>>> People shouldn't have to look around for the latest version to
>>> download - it should be the first download link they see.
>> 
>> If you mean to put 1.4.0 at the top I agree. But I would not put the
>> development version 1.5.0 at the top.
>> 
> 
> You guys are all saying that NEW users should download the 1.4RC5 to start with, but there is no tutorial based on that version while there is a tutorial based on the 1.3.3.14 version.  I, being a brand new user, find that I need both versions, because if I don't find the elements mentioned in the tutorial where it says they are, then I am lost.
> 
> It is, after all, the NEW user who has the most need for a tutorial.

Honestly, in my experience, the quickest way to find out how to do something (or whether it's even supported at all) is Google.  I've never even used the Scribus tutorial.