[scribus] main window persistently off-screen

[Andrew K]

Violet, 

I'm guessing, I admit, as I've never seen such an issue (with any programme).

What I would try, I think, is delete Scribus.app, then delete the preferences file as you did earlier then empty trash. (Reboot if desired. It won't hurt.)
Then reinstall. 

I don't know, but I wonder if somehow the preferences file was retained because Scribus.app was still there.

I don't have a 10.5 machine here to try anything on and I can't recall all the display settings from 10.5. I may be able to get to a 10.5 machine during the weekend but not certain. When, as in what other (system) events occurring did the problem start happening? Any other software installed? Printers?

Still thinking …


On 07/02/2013, at 12:48 PM, violet <violet at viand.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have deleted  ~/Library/Preferences/Scribus/ (Thank you to those who specified file structure.)
> 
> I have emptied trash. I have rebooted.
> Same result. Scribus document window is visible in Mac's "Expose" function, but when clicked zooms offscreen.
> Again, I have never run scribus with an external monitor and I do not have this problem with any other application.
> 
> Thanks so much for any help you can give!
> 
> Violet
> 
> 
> On 6/02/13 9:26 PM, Andrew K wrote:
>> On 06/02/2013, at 4:43 PM, Craig Bradney <cbradney at scribus.info> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 6/02/13 5:55 AM, Owen wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mac OSX10.5.8
>>>>> Scribus fresh install today 1.4.2
>>>>> 
>>>>> The window with the document in it is offscreen. I am working on a
>>>>> laptop, and I do not have an external monitor plugged in, nor have I
>>>>> had
>>>>> one plugged in since installing Scribus. When I use mac's "expose"
>>>>> option, I can see the scribus document window, but when I click on it,
>>>>> nothing happens. If I try to "open" my document, scribus tells me it
>>>>> is
>>>>> already open and that window will be displayed now, but it stays
>>>>> off-screen. Also the document is NOT listed at the bottom of the
>>>>> Window
>>>>> menu.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have rebooted, restarted the application, installed a fresh version.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have also used Mac's "display" settings, changing the resolution in
>>>>> hope that the windows would reorganize, to no avail. I have also used
>>>>> the "zoom" option in finder, to no avail.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have not had this problem with any other application.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> One thing you can try is to delete the file/directory called .scribus
>>>> 
>>>> Then start Scribus again
>>>> 
>>>> Little to lose.
>>>> 
>>> On OSX: ~/Library/Preferences/Scribus/
>>> 
>>> Craig
>>> 
>>> 
>> Not sure how much you know, so clarifying that on OSX, ~ means your home directory or folder.
>> 
>> Hope that I'm not insulting your intelligence ;)
>> 
>> 
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