On Saturday 15 July 2006 20:12, Michael J Millett wrote: > I am a new user of Scribus Aqua 1.3.3.2-2 for Mac (System 10.3.9), > and am having trouble with a few things for which I request some > help. The documentation seems to be for a different version.
It mostly for 1.2.x stable 1.3.x is development and lots of things are changing. > > 1. Scribus will not import EPS or PDF into a file. The only file > I've been able to get it to import into a graphics box is JPEG. As > best I can tell, Ghostscript is installed correctly and is > correctly pointed to in External Tools." Nevertheless, here are > the contents of my > > folders: > :~/Library/Frameworks] michaelm% ls > > Fontconfig2.framework libjpeg.framework printafm.1 > Freetype.framework liblcms.framework ps2ascii.1 > Ghostscript.framework libpng.framework ps2epsi.1 > Qt.framework libtiff.framework ps2pdf.1 > eps2eps.1 pdf2dsc.1 ps2pdfwr.1 > font2c.1 pdf2ps.1 ps2ps.1 > gdevdsp.h pdfopt.1 wftopfa.1 > libart.framework pf2afm.1 > libexpat.framework pfbtopfa.1 > > and . . . > > ~/Library/Frameworks/Ghostscript.framework] michaelm% ls > Ghostscript Resources bin man > Headers Versions doc > > and . . . > > Computer:Frameworks/Ghostscript.framework/bin] michaelm% ls > gs_init.ps gsc > > As far as I know, I have Scribus pointed to Ghostscript properly in > the preferences (External Tools): > > /Users/michaelm/Library/Frameworks/Ghostscript.framework/Versions/8 >.54/ bin/gsc > > 2. I have not been able to get columns to work. I found the > columns setting in Page/Manage Guides, but the settings I have > entered have been ignored whether I click on Update or OK. > > 3. Clicking on Style/Font results in nothing to click on. I can > select fonts from the StoryEditor, but even then, not all the fonts > in my system are made available. > > 4. At one point, Scribus griped that it could not find GIMP. A > search of GIMP on my system turns up 18 items. So, not being a > programmer, I do not know which to point Scribus to. > http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=settings13 has MacOSX specific hints for Ghostscript and GIMP. > 5. I have not been able to find where to adjust kerning. I see it > in the documentation, but it doesn't seem to be found in the same > location in the version of Scribus I have. > The docs are based on 1.2.x and many UI bits have changed in 1.3.x. I am now updating more docs for 1.3 specific things, but some parts of the UI will change again in 1.3.x. > Thank you ahead of time for any help provided. > > Michael Immediate help is always available on IRC. http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=irc Peter -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20060715/10841181/attachment.pgp
