W/Windows 2k/Sp4 1gb memory - a few megabytes that Ausus retains because AGP card is not used C:\Program Files\Scribus 1.3.3.12\gdiplus.dll Ghostscripts 8.63 GhostView 4.8 Scribus/External Tools: C:/Program Files/gs/gs8.63/bin/gswin32c.exe
My Windows 2k/Sp4 is very stable and I have used it for many years with the normal text, email, browser apps, as well as to develop numerous applications in Delphi and C. I need Scribus to produce publications with text and eps graphics My self-generated eps files contain True Type fonts and vector graphics only. They display perfectly in GhostView. With that goal, I have experimented with different Scribus versions over the last two years: scribus-1.3.3.5-1 scribus-1.3.3.9 scribus-1.3.4 Before ordering the Scribus book a few days ago and downloading scribus-1.3.3.12, I had good experience with scribus-1.3.4 displaying eps files. However, attempts with v1.3.4 to export the Scribus files that contained eps graphics to pdf resulted in Scribus locking up. Two years ago, I had good success with scribus-1.3.3.5-1 both importing my self-generated eps files (printed to Acrobat Distiller as a file) and then exporting my sla files with eps embedded to pdf. Again, my eps files display perfectly in GhostView. When I upgraded to scribus-1.3.3.9 I had the following problem: using right-click/Get Image brought up the dialog to select files. However if I clicked on an eps file, Scribus locked up. Upgrading to 1.3.4 (currently a defunct fork, I believe) eliminated that problem, but Scribus would lock up if I attempted to export the saved sla w/eps to pdf. Now with 1.3.3.12, I am back to the problem I had with 1.3.3.9: using right-click/Get Image brings up the dialog to select files. However if I click on an eps file, Scribus locks up. When the dialog comes up and I click on a pdf, then the preview appears ok in the dialog, and the same success with png. Importing the eps file directly to an sla results in a long trundle (for a small file) and then Scribus locks up. Any help with this issue will be greatly appreciated. Barry McKenna
