Author: christoph
Date: Sun May 10 20:11:04 2015
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-This is Scribus Version 1.5.0
-
-CHANGES 1.3.3.x to 1.3.5
-========================
-
-1) Because of the new file format features, Scribus documents saved in 1.3.5+
- are *not* backward compatible with 1.3.3.x or 1.2.x .
-
-2) You *can* install both versions in parallel and run them at the same time.
- The only caveat is to install them using different prefix/ directories e.g
- 1.3.3.x in /usr/local and 1.3.5 in /opt or $home/bin. You can use the
- -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/install/dir
- argument to CMake to set where Scribus should be installed.
-
-3) In some cases Scribus 1.3.3 uses wrong character sizes when layouting text.
- This might cause differences in linebreaking if you open a 1.3.3.x
- document in 1.3.5.
-
-CHANGES 1.2.x to 1.3.x
-======================
-
-Important notes on the differences between 1.2.x and 1.3.x:
-
-1) Because of the new file format features, Scribus documents saved in 1.3.x
- are *not* backwardly compatible.
-
-2) Because of the new enhanced menu/keyboard shortcuts code, 1.2.x keyboard
- short cuts are not migrated and will need to be recreated once on the first
- launch 1.3.x.
-
-3) On initial launch, 1.3.x will offer to convert preferences to the new 1.3.x
- format. This is recommended. Scribus 1.3.x will store its preferences
- separately from 1.2.x. Moreover, 1.3.2 caches available fonts. The first
- startup may take longer than anticipated.
-
-
-4) You *can* install both versions in parallel and run them at the same time.
- The only caveat is to install them using different prefix/ directories e.g
- 1.2 in /usr/local and 1.3 in /opt or $home/bin. You can use the --prefix
- argument to configure to set where Scribus should be installed.
-
-CONVERTING 1.1.x DOCUMENTS
-==========================
-
-Newer versions of Scribus use a different way to find fonts from Scribus 1.1.1.
-To convert older( =< 1.1.1) documents follow the procedure below:
-
-1) Create a document with the old Version of Scribus containing all your Fonts.
-2) Open the new Scribus and go to the Font Substitution List.
-3) Clear out all current substitutions.
-4) Open the Document created in 1) and substitute all the fonts with the
- correct new fonts.
-
-When you now open old documents Scribus will convert all font names
-automatically.
-
-For detailed changes please see the ChangeLog.
-
-LANGUAGE SUPPORT
-================
-
-To use Scribus in your native language be sure that the environment variable
-LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, LANG, Qt locale, OR the command line option of -l/--lang
-<lang> is set correctly. This is also can be changed in the preferences and
-takes effect immediately.
-
-REQUIRED TOOLS, LIBRARIES AND OTHER FILES
-=========================================
-
-GhostScript
------------
-
-One of the more crucial tools Scribus depends on is Ghostscript. While it is
-not required for compilation, Scribus must be able to find a recent version of
-Ghostscript at runtime for all features to be present and fully working. In
-particular, printing, print preview, and PDF/EPS import will not be fully
-functional without Ghostscript. Ghostscript 8.x is STRONGLY recommended.
-Support for versions older than 8.x is untested and Scribus may not operate
-reliably using such an old version of gs.
-
-You can find out which version of GhostScript Scribus is using in the about
-dialog. If you have a newer version installed somewhere else you can
-specify its' location in the preferences.
-
-You can get a new version of Ghostscript from http://www.ghostscript.com/ .
-There is documentation on how to install a new version of Ghostscript on the
-Scribus website:
- http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&sm=dtptoolbox&page=toolbox7
-or you can just download it and install it in /usr/local, then set your PATH.
-
-Debian users who haven't installed their own newer version of Ghostscript may
-want to install gs-gpl then use
- `update-alternatives --config gs'
-as root to select gs-gpl as the default version of Ghostscript to use. The ESP
-GhostScript used by many Debian systems by default will not work as well as
gs-gpl.
-
-ICC Profiles for Colour Management
-----------------------------------
-
-Activating Color Management *requires* installation of CMYK and RGB ICC
-profiles. Please see the included help files, FAQ's on www.scribus.net and
-http://docs.scribus.net for details. As of the 1.3.1 release, Scribus ships
-with 2 icc profiles, which are installed only to enable color management
-functionality. (This is not true for some distribution packages, where
-licensing rules prevent the inclusion of a full set of profiles). The profiles
-*do not* provide meaningful color management for printing. Additional profiles
-are downloadable from www.scribus.net and depend on your hardware and printing
-environment.
-
-KNOWN ISSUES
-============
-
-Please see bugs.scribus.net for a more comprehensive list of known issues.
-
-PSD/CMYK TIFF Support
----------------------
-
-1.3.2+ now has support for CMYK PSD and 8-bit CMYK TIFF support. RGB PSD and
-16-bit TIFF support is being developed. PSD and TIFF support includes layers,
ICC
-profiles and embedding clipping paths. CMYKA is supported in Scribus 1.3.4+
-
-FONT ISSUES
------------
-
-There are extensive notes and detailed on documentation on fonts and trouble
-shooting of font issues in the help documentation and online at
-http://docs.scribus.net Please read these carefully before filing bugs.
-
-There are issues with the postscript naming conventions with the Computer
Modern
-Type 1 fonts, depending on distribution. In some cases, not all fonts from the
-same family are visible in Scribus. We are working on a more complete solution
-during a future release.
-
-
-
-BUILDING AND INSTALLING FROM SOURCE
-===================================
-
-Please see the `BUILDING' file for details on how to compile and install
-Scribus, library requirements, etc.
-
-
-
-
-DISTRIBUTION AND OS SPECIFIC NOTES
-=====================
-
-Debian
-------
-
-If Scribus does not start while complaining about the absence of
-Postscript fonts please install either xfonts-scalable or gsfonts-x11.
-They are in the "Recommends" and will be installed by all sensible apt
-front-ends.
-
-You may not see an entry for colour management in the Scribus preferences. If
-you do not, you must install the icc-profiles package from non-free to get a
core
-set of ICC profiles. This will not provide enough for you to get effective
colour
-managemnet, but will provide better RGB<->CMYK conversions than the unmanaged
mode.
-See the "ICC Profiles for colour management" section above for details.
-
-Also see the section entitled `GHOSTSCRIPT' above.
-
-SuSE
---------
-
-To enable direct CUPS support which recommended, make sure both cups-devel and
-openssl-devel are installed. Suse enables ssl support in CUPS. The current
-Scribus config checks do not test for this. See the BUILDING file for details.
-
-The Scribus Team builds rpms for all current releases and recommends their use
-over self compiling.
-
-Red Hat / Fedora
-----------------
-
-The Scribus RPMS in Fedora Extras are of very high quality and have been
-created with close cooperation from Fedora maintainers and the Scribus Team. We
-recommend them for most users as they will ensure correct integration with the
-menuing system and mime types. Alternately, you can use the Fedora Core
-repositories maintained on the build server - see the downloads section on
-www.scribus.info for details.
-
-There is a separate file, PACKAGING for detailed hints and notes on building
-packages for Scribus.
-
-On Fedora, if you report a crash bug, it would be extremely handy if you could
-build a debug version of Scribus (-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debug argument to cmake)
-and get a stack trace. This is not required, but does help us diagnose the
-problem more quickly and reliably. Some information on stack traces can be
-found here:
-
-http://fedora.linux.duke.edu/wiki/StackTraces
-
-Mac OS X
---------
-
-A Mac OS X native Aqua port is available. More information can be found on
-http://aqua.scribus.net/ .
-
-Microsoft Windows
------------------
-
-There is a separate readme for Windows, please see readme-win32.html in
-scribus/doc .
-
-Additional information
-======================
-
-More hints and other information are on the www.scribus.net and
docs.scribus.net
-sites. Full compile, install and FAQ's are available there.
-
-There is a lively on-line community, both on IRC @ #scribus on irc.freenode.net
-and the mailing list. Mailing list info can be found at:
- http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
-
-Thanks to the many translators, testers, packagers and contributors who make
-the Scribus community so special.
+=Whatâs New in Scribus 1.5.0?=
+
+This is a cursory overview over the most important changes in Scribus compared
to the latest stable version 1.4.x.
+
+Please note that the file format has changed and is not backwardly compatible
with any prior stable version (1.4.x or earlier). To be precise, you will not
be able to open 1.5 files with version 1.4.x or any earlier version.
+
+Also note that the 1.5.x series is not an officially stable version. Instead,
all 1.5.x versions are technical previews of the upcoming stable Scribus 1.6.0!
If you try to do some serious work with 1.5.x, you do so at your own peril.
+
+==General==
+
+- Qt 5: As of version 1.5.0, Scribus is being built using version 5 of the Qt
toolkit.
+
+- More dependencies: Scribus 1.5.x makes extensive use of many more external
libraries than earlier versions, especially for import filters. In most cases
Scribus needs to be explicitly compiled against these libraries, so they become
dependencies. In other cases (e.g. UniConvertor), Scribus will detect an
installed version automatically. Note that full support for some libraries may
not be available on Mac OS X and Windows until the final 1.6.0 release.
+
+==Text and Typography==
+
+===Typography===
+
+- Vertical alignment of text.
+
+- Orphans and widows control.
+
+===Text===
+
+- Foot- and endnotes.
+
+- Freely defineable text variables.
+
+- Text references.
+
+- Anchored text frames.
+
+- Automatic numbering and bullets.
+
+- Automatic creation of text frame links.
+
+- Vertical alignment of text. This has been one of the most-requested features
with respect to Scribusâs text features. Text in a frame can now be aligned
to the top, the center and the bottom.
+
+- Auto-adjustment of text frames to text size.
+
+- Inline Objects in text frames are finally fully editable.
+
+==Tables==
+
+The tables tool has been completely rewritten. Tables in Scribus work now more
like those in other DTP and wordprocessing software. Basic table and cell
styles have also been implemented.
+
+==Graphics==
+
+===Picture Browser===
+
+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.
+
+===Vector Tools===
+
+- New vector types: Arcs and Spirals.
+
+- Calligraphic pen.
+
+- New path tools: Flattening and smoothing of paths.
+
+- One of the most requested features â drop shadows â has been added and
works in all export formats.
+
+===Raster Images===
+
+- Image cache: To prevent Scribus from slowing down with many high resolution
images being loaded into a document, an image cache for raster images has been
added.
+
+- Embedded images: Raster images can now be embedded in Scribus files. Beware,
though, that the resulting SLA or even SLA.GZ files can be huge.
+
+===Frame Fills and Lines===
+
+- Enhanced resource management: Solid colors, gradients and patterns can be
managed in a single dialog ("Colors & Fills").
+
+- More supported color palette formats: Scribus can now read and use swatches
from Adobe Photoshop (ACO) and AutoCAD (ACB).
+
+- More gradient fills: Scribus can import GIMP gradients via the "Colors &
Fills" dialog. Moreover, the number of available gradient options in Scribus
has grown significantly and includes, among others, mesh gradients.
+
+- Hatchings: As of this version, Scribus supports real vector hatchings with
various options.
+
+- New frame stroke and line options: All types of lines, including frame
strokes, can now use a gradient or a pattern instead of only a color.
+
+- Advanced transparency effects: Transparency effects that were previously
only available for multi-layer Photoshop files in an image frame, as well as
additional effects are now available for all frames and layers via the new
"Transparency" tab in the Properties Palette.
+
+==Import Filters==
+
+A considerable amount of work has been spent on new import filters, as well as
improving existing filters.
+
+===Improved Import Filters===
+
+- Adobe Illustrator: The Adobe Illustrator importer has been compelety
rewritten. In hybrid AI files itâs now possible to select either the PDF or
the AI part of the file.
+
+- OpenDocument Graphics: The ODG importer has been completely rewritten and
now also supports OpenDocument Presentation files (ODP).
+
+- PDF: The PDF importer has been completely rewritten and now opens most PDF
files with the layout 100 % intact. PDF forms elements are being recognized as
such and can be edited in Scribus.
+
+- PostScript: The PostScript importer has been completely rewritten and now
opens most PS files with the layout 100 % intact.
+
+===New Import Filters===
+
+- Adobe PageMaker: Scribus 1.5 includes an early version of a filter for files
created in versions 6.5 and 7.0 of the once popular DTP program. It uses
libpagemaker.
+
+- Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM): CGM is a 2D vector format standard that
has been around for a long time and is still being developed, especially for
technical drawings. The new filter is supposed to import most CGM files
correctly.
+
+- CorelDraw (CDR, CDT, CMX): Thanks to the tireless work on libcdr, Scribus
can now import files created by CorelDraw from version 1 to the present.
Moreover, adding support for libcdr not only allows for importing CDR files,
but also CorelDraw Templates (CDT) and CorelDraw Presentations Exchange (CMX)
files.
+
+- Enhanced Metafile (EMF): EMF files are 32-bit versions of the 16-bit Windows
Metafile Format (WMF), which has already been supported by Scribus 1.4.x.
+
+- GraphicsMagick Plug-in: Almost all bitmap formats supported by
GraphicsMagick can now be imported into Scribus. Note, though, that to save
space in the drop-down menu of the file selectors, the many formats arenât
listed separately.
+
+- InDesign/InCopy: While the reverse-engineering efforts regarding
InDesignâs binary format (INDD) by third-party developers havenât reached
the stage of producing anything useful yet, Adobe has released a complete
specification of the XML version of that format (IDML). Scribus 1.5 is being
shipped with a basic import filter for this format, which will be improved and
refined over time. It will also import InDesign XML Snippets (IDMS) and some
InCopy XML files (ICML).
+
+- iWorks Pages (PAGES): Pages is Appleâs word processing software, which
also provides many DTP features. A native importfilter has been developed to
import files created with Pages â08 and later versions.
+
+- Micrografx Draw (DRW): This a file format of the once popular Micrografx
Draw graphics software for Windows 3 and 95. Since many vector collections
using this format are still around, an import filter has been written.
+
+- Microsoft Publisher (PUB): An importer for PUB files has been made possible
by the creation of libmspub, wich is also used for Publisher import into
LibreOffice. It is supposed to import all Publisher versions.
+
+- Microsoft Visio (VSD, VXD): An importer for Visio files has been made
possible by the creation of libvisio, which is also used for Visio import into
LibreOffice. It is supposed to import at least Visio versions from 2000â2013.
+
+- Open Raster File (ORA): Open Raster is an open standard for complex bitmap
files. Itâs supported by all major Free image editors, including GIMP and
Krita.
+
+- Photoshop Custom Shapes (CSH): CSH is a vector format used for simple vector
graphics collections in Adobe Photoshop. They can be imported via the new
"Custom Shapes" manager.
+
+- Progressive Graphics File (PGF): This is a fairly new image format, designed
to replace JPEG, just like JPEG 2000 does, but emphasizing speed and quality
over compression ratio.
+
+- StarView Metafile (SVM): This is an old Metafile format (similar to WMF)
that was used by OpenOfficeâs / LibreOfficeâs predecessor StarOffice. Since
both successors still use SVM in OpenDocument Graphics, the SVM import filter
was a by-product of the new ODG filter.
+
+- UniConvertor Plug-in: As with the GraphicsMagick plug-in, Scribus wonât
list any of the file types supported by UniConvertor to save space in file
selectors. It will also ignore UniConvertor for importing file formats for
which Scribus provides generic importers.
+
+- WordPerfect Graphics (WPG): Scribus uses an improved version of libwpg to
import the clipart format of WordPerfect Office.
+VIVA Designer XML (XML): Like InDesign, VIVA Designer allows for exporting XML
versions of its native format. These can now be imported into Scribus.
+
+- Xara Designer (XAR): Xara Designer (formerly known as Xara Xtreme) is known
as one of the most powerful vector drawing programs. Its file format (XAR) is
well-documented, and thanks to many contributions from professional Xara users,
the Scribus Team has been able to create an excellent XAR filter, whose
implementation resulted in the addition of many new features in Scribus.
+
+- XML Paper Specification (XPS, OXPS): XML is an alternative to PDF originally
developed by Microsoft and now maintained and updated by ECMA International.
Scribus 1.5 can import both the original Microsoft version (XPS) and the
modified versions as standardized by ECMA (OXPS).
+
+- XPress Tags (XTG): XTG is a format created by Quark to exchange text layouts
between documents. Scribus 1.5 provides a basic import filter for XTG files
created by Quark XPress, which will be improved and refined over time. Note
that XPress Tags is not identical to Xtags, which is an enhanced version of
XPress Tags provided by a third party.
+
+==PDF Features==
+
+- Support for PDF/X-4: PDF/X-4 is a significant improvement over PDF/X-3 in
that it permits transparencies.
+
+- Substantial improvements to PDF forms: The PDF forms code has been
completely rewritten, and Scribus now supports all features of PDF forms.
+
+- Support for PDF 3D features, using OpenSceneGraph: Recent versions of the
PDF specification allow for 3D objects to be stored in PDF files. Scribus 1.5
introduces a new PDF element called "3D Annotation". It enables the import of
3D objects in many formats and offer limited editing features, such as display
mode or lighting.
+
+==Other Export Features==
+
+XPS: A basic XPS exporter has been added.
+
+==Usability/User Interface==
+
+- Docked palettes: All palettes can now be docked to the right or left side of
the screen space.
+
+- New Properties Palette: The PP has had a lot of functionality added over
time due to other improvements. We will be looking to simplify it in coming
1.5.x releases.
+
+- Context Menu: The context menu has been redesigned and is now much smaller.
+
+- The new context menu has shrunk a lot.
+
+- Document Setup/Preferences: Both settings dialogs have been rewritten from
scratch and now offer many more options.
+
+- File preview: The preview in file selectors works for all types of output,
DTP, vector and bitmap files.
+
+- Tabbed view mode: If more than one document is open, users can choose a
tabbed view mode for easier access to a particular document.
+
+- Symbols: Scribus 1.5 introduces a great time saver called Symbols. Every
object can be converted to a Symbol or "master item". All copies or "child
items" of this object will inherit every change made to the Symbol.
+
+- A new snap mode: Items can now be snapped to other items.
+
+- "Weld" feature for objects: Move objects together without grouping them.
+
+- Snap mode: The âsnapâ mode for guides is now active by default.
+
+- Layers: Items can now be selected across layers.
+
+- Document update: It's now possible to update the display of the whole
document via a single menu entry.
+
+- Document Outline: Items can now be moved (up and down, in and out of groups)
in the Document Outline.
+
+- Undo/Redo: The Action History has been completely rewritten and now works
for all actions.
+
+==Help System==
+
+For the 1.5/1.6 series, the online manual now uses a CSS file to control and
enhance the appearance of the text. The file is called manual.css, and like
many aspects of Scribus can be modified to your liking. If available, the file
will choose the typeface Fontin for various headings. This is a freely
available font which can easily be added to your system.
+
+Note that the Online Manual will probably not be updated until the release of
the stable 1.6.x series.
+
+==Known Issues in 1.5==
+
+- Properties Palette functionality has grown significantly and needs to be
split into separate palettes later in the 1.5.x series.
+
+- CTL (Complex Text Layout) like RTL/CJK is not supported yet (but is under
development).
+
+- Unable to add diacritic marks in Text Editor or directly into a text box
(depending on OS/distro).
+
+- Undo/Redo functionality may not be reliable for certain actions yet.
+
+- Certain scripts that come bundled with Scribus do not work.
+
+- Trackpads may cause strange mouse behavior on scribus canvas.
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