Author: craig
Date: Fri Nov 6 13:55:03 2020
New Revision: 24188
URL: http://scribus.net/websvn/listing.php?repname=Scribus&sc=1&rev=24188
Log:
Update README
Modified:
trunk/Scribus/README
Modified: trunk/Scribus/README
URL:
http://scribus.net/websvn/diff.php?repname=Scribus&rev=24188&path=/trunk/Scribus/README
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--- trunk/Scribus/README (original)
+++ trunk/Scribus/README Fri Nov 6 13:55:03 2020
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
==General==
-Qt 5: As of version 1.5.6, Scribus is being built using version 5.10 of the Qt
toolkit.
+Qt 5: As of version 1.5.x, Scribus is being built using version 5 of the Qt
toolkit. Scribus 1.5.6 requires at least Qt 5.12.
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.
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@
===Typography===
- Vertical alignment of text.
-- Orphans and widows control.
+- Orphans and widows control.
+- The text layout engine has been completely rewritten and now supports about
500 languages and scripts, including right-to-left scripts like Arabic or
Hebrew, and complex Asian scripts like Devanagari.
+- Support for advanced OpenType features like automatic ligatures and
alternate glyphs.
===Text===
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@
===Picture Browser===
A new feature-rich plug-in called âPicture Browserâ 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.
-
+It's now possible to create an âimage queueâ by selecting multiple images
in a file selector while pressing the CTRL key. Images can then be inserted
into frames in the order of selection, the cursor turning into a preview of the
next image in the queue.
===Vector Tools===
@@ -103,7 +105,9 @@
- 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.
+- Krita (KRA): This is the native format of the digital painting program Krita.
- Macromedia FreeHand (FH*): An experimental import filter using libfreehand
has been added.
+- A filter for text files using Markdown as a formatting language has been
added.
- 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.
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@
==PDF Features==
- Support for PDF/X-4: PDF/X-4 is a significant improvement over PDF/X-3 in
that it permits transparencies.
+- Support for PDF 1.6: As version 1.5.6, export to this PDF version is
possible.
- 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 â3D Annotation.â It enables the import
of 3D objects in many formats and offer limited editing features, such as
display mode or lighting.
- Font embedding: The font embedding code, as well as the related UI has been
completely rewritten.
@@ -137,11 +142,16 @@
- New icon set: As of version 1.5.1 Scribus uses a new and modern icon set.
It's mostly in black and uses color only where necessary.
- 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.
+- Context-sensitive Palette: The Properties Palette has become a bit hard to
use, due its many added functions. As as of version 1.5.6 all
item-type-specific options have been removed from the PP. They are now
available in a separate palette that will change its apperance depending on the
kind of object you have selected.
+- Menu bar: The menu bar has been restructured and now takes less screen
estate, as well as being much more clearly arranged.
+- Context menu: The context menu has been redesigned and is now much smaller.
+- Visual feedback for rejected fonts: As of version 1.5.6, you don't need to
start Scribus from the command line to see which fonts where rejected by
Scribus. In the font manager you'll find a new tab called "Rejected Fonts",
which list all of them (if any).
+- Tooltips in font selectors: In a font selector you can hover with the mouse
over a listed font to learn its name. This is helpful for symbol fonts.
- 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.
+- New output preview: The output preview is now PDF-based.
+- Easier handling of grouped items: It's now possible to "cycle" through the
items in a group by pressing the key combination Alt+Ctrl/Cmd while using the
mouse wheel.
- Symbols: Scribus 1.5 introduces a great time saver called Symbols. Every
object can be converted to a Symbol or âmaster item.â All copies or
âchild itemsâ of this object will inherit every change made to the Symbol.
- A new snap mode: Items can now be snapped to other items.
- âWeldâ feature for objects: Move objects together without grouping them.
@@ -155,12 +165,21 @@
==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.
+- 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.
-==Known Issues in 1.5.x==
+- You can now search for a function by using Ctrl+/ or Cmd+/, respectively.
This feature is also accessible via the Help menu.
-- Properties Palette functionality has grown significantly and needs to be
split into separate palettes later in the 1.5.x series.
+- Note that the Online Manual will probably not be updated until the release
of 1.6.0.
+
+
+== Miscelleanous ==
+
+- Scribus now follows the XDG standard for configuration files. Therefore, the
Scribus preference directory has moved from ~/.scribus/ to a new default
location: ~/.config/scribus/.
+- With the the exception of the Windows platform, Scribus now uses a PDF-based
and newly written printing engine. PostScript is still available, but will be
removed over time.
+- Scribus has been updated to run smoothly on the latest versions of Windows
10 and macOS.
+
+== Known Issues in 1.5.6 ==
+
- Undo/Redo functionality may not be reliable for certain new features yet.
- Certain older scripts that come bundled with Scribus may not work.
- Some of the "Table" settings in the Properties Palette don't work.
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