[scribus] scribus Digest, Vol 86, Issue 24
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Tue May 26 16:06:18 UTC 2015
Thank you very much for the Scribus 1.5. I am looking forward to the graphics.
Wena
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: 1.5.0svn (David Burleigh)
2. Re: scribus Digest, Vol 86, Issue 23 (David Burleigh)
3. Re: 1.5.0svn (Kunda Loves Scribus)
4. Re: 1.5.0svn (David Burleigh)
5. Re: 1.5.0svn (David Burleigh)
6. Re: 1.5.0svn (David Burleigh)
7. Scribus 1.5.0 released (Christoph Sch?fer)
8. The future of our website (Christoph Sch?fer)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 08:57:03 -0400
From: David Burleigh <david.burleigh at gmx.com>
To: scribus at lists.scribus.net
Subject: Re: [scribus] 1.5.0svn
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How can I drop back to 1.5.0? Do I have to build it from source? I am
running Linux Mint 17.1, and using the scribus ppa, which results in
1.5.1svn being installed.
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Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 09:47:33 -0400
From: David Burleigh <david.burleigh at gmx.com>
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Subject: Re: [scribus] scribus Digest, Vol 86, Issue 23
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If any one responded to my last question about installing 1.5.0 on
Linux Mint, please do so again, because I had my mailing list options
set to digest, and therefore won't see anything for a while. I just
turned digest off, and would like to get 1.5.0 installed ASAP.
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Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 08:57:56 -0500
From: Kunda Loves Scribus <scribus.user at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [scribus] 1.5.0svn
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Can you tell the PPA to build from a certain revision?
The official revision that 1.5 is using is 20099
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Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 10:01:37 -0400
From: David Burleigh <david.burleigh at gmx.com>
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That would be great if I could, but I don't know how...
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> Can you tell the PPA to build from a certain revision?
> The official revision that 1.5 is using is 20099
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Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 12:41:56 -0400
From: David Burleigh <david.burleigh at gmx.com>
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Subject: Re: [scribus] 1.5.0svn
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I'm trying to build 1.5 from source under Linux Mint 17.1, but am up
against this dependency:
Depends: libtiff4 (> 3.9.5-3~) but 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.8 is to be installed
I can't find that version of libtiff4 anywhere.
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Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 15:48:07 -0400
From: David Burleigh <david.burleigh at gmx.com>
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Subject: Re: [scribus] 1.5.0svn
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Well, I managed to build version 1.5 on Linux Mint 17.1 after all. Had
to build podofo from sources first, because of the libtiff4 (>3.9.5-3)
dependency, but then the Scribus build went fine. Hopefully version 1.5
will be available in the Scribus repositories soon, right?
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 00:08:00 +0200
From: "Christoph Sch?fer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de>
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Subject: [scribus] Scribus 1.5.0 released
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After many years of work and more than a thousand bugfixes and feature implementations, the Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.5.0. Scribus 1.5.0 is a preview of the next stable version 1.6.0 and has primarily been released for testing purposes, so more users can help us with identifying and fixing bugs. It is not stable enough for use in real production scenarios yet, but it can help users to become familiar with the new interface and the amount of new features, the number of which has almost doubled in comparison to the stable 1.4.x series.
==Most Important Technical Changes==
- Scribus 1.5.0 uses Qt 5 as its UI toolkit. The minimum version to compile Scribus from source is Qt 5.4.
- The file format has undergone significant changes and may change even further before the release of 1.6.0. Thus, files created or edited in 1.5.0 cannot be opened in earlier versions of Scribus. Potential changes to the file format on the road to 1.6.0 notwithstanding, the Scribus Team will work very hard to make sure that files created by 1.5.0 and the following technology previews can be opened reliably in the next stable release.
- Unfortunately we cannot offer GraphicsMagick and Open Scene Graph support for all platforms yet, whereas on Linux (and probably *BSD), GM and and OSG have become new dependencies.
- Scribus will detect an installed version of UniConvertor and use it to import some of the vector formats supported by this program into Scribus.
==Most Important New Features==
===General===
-The user interface has been overhauled and restructured in many places. For example, the context menu takes a lot less screen estate than before, and the Document Setup / Preferences dialog has been rewritten from scratch. The Scribus Team is aware of the remaining deficiencies and will work on resolving these issues before the release of 1.6.0. In some cases inconsistencies in the UI (e.g. the "Drop Shadow" tab in the Properties Palette) have been deliberately left in place to receive feedback from users as to which way they prefer.
- Scribus can now store bitmap images within its native file format. Previously it was only possible to link to external images.
- Scribus 1.5.0 now offers a "Symbol" or clone feature similar to Adobe Illustrator: If one master object (Symbol) has been modified, all of its copies (clones) are being modified as well.
- With the new "Weld" feature, objects can be combined and moved without being "grouped", i.e., each object remains fully editable.
===Text / Typography===
Scribus 1.5.0 provides some of the most often requested text features, among them:
- vertical scaling of text;
- orphans and widows control;
- foot and end notes;
- text variables;
- cross references.
Moreover, Inline Objects in text frames are finally fully editable.
===Tables==
In previous Scribus versions tables were nothing more than combined text frames. Scribus 1.5.0 finally introduces "real" tables that resemble table features in word processors and other DTP programs, including table styles.
===Graphics===
- A new feature-rich plug-in called 'Picture Browser' enables asset management for graphics files by tagging them or creating graphics collections. Graphics files can be dragged into a Scribus document from the Picture Browser.
- Scribus 1.5.0 supports all advanced gradient types available in Adobe Illustrator and XARA Designer, including mesh gradients.
- One of the most-requested features -- drop shadows -- is finally available, albeit still experimental.
- For documents that comprise many large (in terms of file size) bitmap images, a configurable image cache has been added. It can buffer image files to the hard drive and free RAM, so Scribus can continue to run smoothly.
===File Import / Export===
Scribus 1.5.0 is being shipped with a huge number of new or rewritten import filters, although not all of them are of equal quality, and some are still experimental.
====DTP Files====
For the first time in its history, Scribus 1.5.0 can open / import files created by other DTP programs, namely: Adobe InDesign XML (IDML), Adobe InDesign Snippets (IDMS), Adobe PageMaker (P65, PMD), Apple iWorks PAGES, Microsoft Publisher (PUB), QuarkXPress Tags (XTG), VIVA Designer XML, and Xara Page & Layout Designer (XAR).
Regarding DTP formats not yet supported, a workaround is sometimes to use an output format as an option. Accordingly, Scribus 1.5.0's PDF importer has been rewritten from scratch, and Scribus can now reliably open almost every PDF file directly with the original layout intact. For Windows users, Scribus 1.5.0 also comes with reliable import filters for Microsoft's PDF alternatives XPS (Windows Vista and 7) and OXPS (Windows 8 and later).
====Vector Drawings====
- The import filter for Adobe Illustrator files has been rewritten from scratch and Scribus's graphics capabilities have been expanded accordingly, so most AI files can be imported or opened flawlessly. Moreover, Scribus can now detect hybrid AI files and enables users to choose between the AI and the PDF version.
- The import filter for OpenDocument graphics files has been rewritten from scratch and expanded, so Scribus can now open and import ODG drawings and ODP slide shows without issue.
- "Layers" in SVG files are now supported if an SVG document is being opened (as opposed to being imported into an existing document).
- Thanks to the libraries provided by the Document Liberation Project, Scribus can now import native MS Visio and CorelDraw files.
- Other new import filters: Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM), Photoshop Custom Shapes (CSH), Micrografx Draw (DRW), Enhanced Metafile (EMF), StarView Metafile (SVM), WordPerfect Graphics (WPG), Xara Designer (XAR).
====Bitmap Files===
- Scribus 1.5.0 supports the open standard Open Raster (ORA) for complex bitmap files, including advanced features like layer effects or paths.
- With GraphicsMagick installed, Scribus can import all bitmap files supported by this program, including GIMP's native XCF format.
- Scribus 1.5.0 can import PGF bitmaps, an open alternative to JPEG 2000.
====3D====
With OpenSceneGraph installed, Scribus 1.5.0 can import 3D objects in all formats supported by OSG into a new frame type called "3D Annotation". Scribus also offers limited editing functions, such as setting the lighting source or the default display mode for a PDF-3D-capable PDF viewer.
====Colors and Fills====
Scribus 1.5.0 can use color palettes in the Adobe Color Swatch (ACO) and AutoCAD ColorBook (ACB) formats, as well as GIMP Gradients (GGR) and GIMP Patterns (PAT). The former color manager has been extended to a "colors and fills manager" to reflect Scribus's new capabilities.
===Output===
The most important new feature with respect to output is the support of PDF/X-4 in the PDF exporter. Another important addition, at least in some environments, is an exporter for Microsoft's XPS format.
For a cursory overview of all new features, see: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus_1.5_Readme
A data sheet is available here:
http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/File:Data_sheet-Scribus150.pdf (English)
http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/File:Datenblatt-Scribus150.pdf (Deutsch)
The complete changelog is available here: http://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=60
==New Website==
Thanks to Carsten Liersch and Dennis Groenewegen van der Weijden, we're also pleased to present Scribus via a new and modern website to the world.
==Primary Download Locations==
- Installation packages for Windows, Mac OS X and the source code are available here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-devel/1.5.0/
- Fedora and CentOS RPMs: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs
- OpenSUSE, SLED, and SLES RPMs: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs
- Packaging for *BSD, Solaris and OpenIndiana is beyond our influence. We recommend updating the respective repository data on a regular basis.
==Download Verification==
Description File Name Sha1sum
Source scribus-1.5.0.7z 7a8dbe7ae7790ecc194dbe9c6c23726bb3b226d7
Source scribus-1.5.0.tar.xz fdf451037073ee648f135669535508813d61ee7e
OS X Mavericks or higher (DMG) scribus-1.5.0.dmg 55a1e0800b73f7b7b0b136b3ebc1eb6a03ef0b07
Windows 32/64 Bit scribus-1.5.0-windows.exe 9a0ce39350e77d6a907f8aae2b6d803ba6345ef7
Windows 64 Bit scribus-1.5.0-windows-x64.exe 42d489fe1098797772a14113ca2ac49244a4dbd2
==Credits==
The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites.
We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring.
Special thanks go to Carsten Liersch/Bauwerk Design (Germany) and Dennis Groenewegen van der Weijden for the design of the new Scribus website.
The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp studio oldenburg (Germany), GiveLife Color System (Spain), Scientific Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA) and Software Consulting Services (USA) as Special Supporters and donors of color palettes and other content since the 1.4.x release, just like we are grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some of his work as Scribus Templates.
Porting Scribus to OS/2 and eComStation is being supported by Mensys BV (The Netherlands) and Serenity Systems (USA).
Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release.
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Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 08:18:50 +0200
From: "Christoph Sch?fer" <christoph-schaefer at gmx.de>
To: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus at lists.scribus.net>
Subject: [scribus] The future of our website
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Hi gang,
1.5.0 has been officially announced, and the new website is online. I have also sent the announcement to our press contacts around the globe, as well as our sponsors/partners. My heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who made this release possible!
Softpedia has already published an article, which is being referred to on reddit.
On to the future of the website: The main reason I asked Carsten Liersch to design the new website, apart from his skills, was his modesty, accompanied by a general kindness and generosity, as Craig may have noticed as well. After a few email exchanges I already received invitations by Carsten and his wife to attend a Jazz concert in their house, and also bring wife and children with me, including the offer to stay over night, if need be.
Hence my suggestion to make Carsten our webmaster and to invite him to join the Team. He absolutely likes Scribus -- the idea and its incarnation -- and would be glad to help. Moreover, Carsten cannot only help with the website, but also create test files (or send us old test files from his company's archive) that would help with improving our (or DLP's) import filters. He has already donated a collection of PageMaker, XPress and FreeHand files to DLP for use in a test suite.
What do you think? I haven't asked Carsten to join yet, but if you all agree to invite him, I'd try my best to get him on board.
Christoph
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