On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Craig Bradney <cbradney at scribus.info>wrote:
> On 4/27/11 6:53 PM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Louis Desjardins < > > louis.desjardins at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> 2011/4/26 Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> > >> > >>> On 04/26/2011 03:21 AM, a.l.e wrote: > >>> > >>>> hi > >>>> > >>>>> First of all, you can ignore the message about not having > >>>>>>>>> Ghostscript and use Scribus without any trouble. The only > >>>>>>>>> thing is that you won't be able to create PDF files of your > >>>>>>>>> documents. Since that's often important, it's worth getting > >>>>>>>>> Ghostscript, but again, you can get to work in the meantime. > >>>>>>>>> This isn't true, BTW. Ghostscript has nothing to do with > >>>>>>>>> creating PDFs or even exporting as EPS. > >>>>>>>>> I stand corrected. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> That depends very much on what the content of the document is. In > >> some > >>>>> cases that is true. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> well, i know it may sound picky, but i prefert to fix this thread, > >>>> before somebody picks it up from the archive and gets a wrong advice: > >>>> > >>>> - ghostscript is not needed by scribus to create PDFs. > >>>> > >>>> - you can work with scribus without having to install ghostscript. > >>>> > >>>> - you only need ghostscript for some specific functions (print > preview, > >>>> ...) or to include specific type of content (loading a PDF or an EPS > >>>> into an image frame, ...) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> so: > >>>> > >>>> - it's correct that you probably can start working with scribus > without > >>>> installing ghostscript > >>>> > >>>> - it's not correct that you need ghostscript to create PDFs > >>>> > >>>> - it's correct that you need ghostscript to include some types of > >>>> contents (into your documents or PDFs) > >>>> > >>>> -- when you are rasterizing a vector file into an image frame > >>> > >> > >> Considering the confusion around Ghostscript would it be possible to > modify > >> the warning into something that would simply state that. Getting an > error > >> message on the first install of Scribus is not fun from the user > >> perspective. It's not appealing, to say the least. > >> > >> This question is often raised. While we cannot control all the > parameters > >> when someone installs Scribus, we could at least mention what is > important > >> and what is not. I know we could put it in a readme file but a bit more > >> verbose warning could well solve the issue. > >> > >> > > I with Louis on this one. High among the things I detest are error > messages > > that don't give a clear indication of the problem from the newbie's > > perspective. Often, Linux applications suffer from this and I figure > it's > > because programmers expect Linux users to be more learned or > sophisticated > > PC users. While that may or may not be true, a good error message should > > explain itself to even the most unsophisticated user. > > The current version of the message points people to > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Ghostscript > > Please update that page as you see fit, we cannot include all the > instructions in the world on a single dialog. > > Thanks > Craig > > FWIW, no one asked you to do that. Must be a troublesome day for ya, huh? I understand. I've had one of those today, myself. -- John Ghormley KJ4UFG Editor, SERA *Repeater Journal* Walkertown, NC 27051 editor at sera.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110427/557961d4/attachment.html>
