Great news! Congratulations from Serbia! Vlada
On 01/02/2012 12:23 AM, Renato Petrovic wrote: > Many thanks to The Scribus Team! > > Renato Petrovi?, > Belgrade, Serbia > > 2012/1/2 Craig Bradney<cbradney at scribus.info> > >> >> Hi >> >> We'd like to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.0 with the below >> information about the release, >> please also see http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.4.0_Release for the >> coloured wiki format. >> >> Thanks >> Craig >> >> >> Scribus 1.4.0 Released >> ====================== >> >> After almost 4 years of intensive work, the Scribus Team (www.scribus.net) >> has released the new >> stable version 1.4.0 of the Open Source desktop publishing program >> Scribus. Given this is the first >> major stable release in some time, this document outlines improvements >> over the last number of >> versions, rather than since just the last one. The idea is to form a >> general comparison between >> this and the last stable release. >> >> In summary, more than 2000 feature requests and bugs have been resolved >> since the development of >> this new version started. >> >> >> Major changes and improvements in comparison to the last stable version >> 1.3.3.14 are: >> >> - 1.4.0 is based on the Qt4 application framework. The initial >> transition from Qt3 was performed >> quite quickly, but fine tuning for cross-platform compatibility and >> taking advantage of new >> features took quite some time. As a result, Scribus now runs equally >> reliable on all supported >> platforms. >> - Thanks to the port to Qt4, the Scribus Team now also provides install >> files for Mac OS X 10.5 >> or later, as well as a native version for OS/2 Warp 4 and eComStation. >> Additionally, thanks to >> feedback from users of other UNIX platforms, Scribus will build and >> run on more of those >> platforms as well. >> - Feature enhancements to object handling (e.g. transform tools like in >> advanced drawing >> programs), with improvements to existing features like the Scrapbook >> and the Image Manager. >> - Many advanced options for text and typography, like character styles, >> optical margins, or >> glyph extension. Undo/Redo is finally available for almost all >> text-related actions, and a new >> script enables replacing straight quotes with typographical quotation >> marks based on language >> settings. Usability improvements include better cursor placement and >> movement, faster layout >> on canvas and interaction between linked frames. >> - New features for vector objects, like Boolean path operations, vector >> effects or a line style >> editor. >> - Major improvements to the handling of fills, like pattern fill, more >> gradient types, support >> for external color palette formats (AI, EPS, GPL, PostScript, SOC), >> and many new color >> palettes, including those from commercial vendors like Resene and dtp >> studio, as well as >> national/government standards. >> - A new frame type called "Render Frame" allows for rendering (and >> subsequently export) the >> output of every program that can create PostScript, PDF or PNG files >> via the command >> line (e.g. LaTeX, Lilypond, POV-Ray) inside Scribus. The initial >> version of which was >> developed as a project for Google Summer of Code and this project has >> developed to allow >> import of externally produced documents, scientific publications and >> formulas. More renderers >> can be added with a simple configuration file. >> - Vector import filters: Scribus 1.4.0 provides new import filters for >> the following file >> formats: Adobe Illustrator (both EPS and PDF-based), Macintosh Picture >> (PICT), >> Windows Metafile (WMF), Xfig (FIG), Calamus Vector Graphics (CVG), >> Kivio Stencils (SML), >> and DIA Shapes (SHAPE). >> - Regarding bitmap images, the handling of Photoshop files has seen many >> major improvements, >> like support of multiple clipping paths or PSD layers. The Image >> Manager has been rewritten, >> and new non-destructive image effects have been added. Moreover, >> Scribus 1.4.0 now supports >> EXIF data in images, and import of Windows and OS/2 bitmaps (BMP) has >> been re-enabled. >> - Among the major enhancements to Scribus's pre-press features, printing >> marks and the display >> of ink coverage in the Print Preview are the most important. In >> addition, Scribus now enables >> conversion of spot colors to process colors during PDF and PostScript >> export with a single >> click. >> - PDF export has seen major improvements as well. Scribus can now export >> to PDF 1.5, including >> PDF layers. Another new feature is the option to embed EPS and PDF >> files in exported PDFs as >> an alternative to rasterizing them. Also, both font embedding and >> substitution have been >> improved. >> - For color management, Scribus 1.4.0 now supports both littleCMS >> version 1 and 2. It's also >> possible to enable color management with a single click from the main >> window. >> - Additionally, the Scribus Team has added a feature to emulate color >> blindness on screen. >> - Hundreds of minor and major usability improvements have been added. >> - The included scripts have been updated, including the addition of the >> "Autoquote" script in >> the Script menu to convert straight quotes in a text frame to correct >> quotation marks for >> many languages. >> - Scribus 1.4.0 is being shipped with many more templates than previous >> versions. >> - The content of the Help System has been rewritten and updated. >> >> Now that Scribus 1.4.0 has been released, the Scribus Team will focus on >> stabilizing the 1.5 >> development branch, which will comprise amazing new features like support >> for PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-4 >> and PDF/E, Mesh Gradients, native PDF import, XAR import, a completely >> rewritten table >> implementation, a rewritten text system, and much more. The 1.4.x version >> is now in >> stable/maintenance mode, which means few features will be backported from >> the 1.5 development >> branch. In general, only bugs will be fixed in subsequent 1.4.x versions, >> along with new content, >> like new translations, new templates, or additional color palettes. >> >> >> Important Information >> ===================== >> >> If you are working with a team, try to make sure that all team members use >> the same Scribus version >> ? this will avoid many headaches and extra work. >> >> Users should be warned that 1.3.3.x cannot open 1.4.0 files. >> >> The Scribus Team recommends that all distributions package Scribus 1.4.0 >> as "Scribus" (and replace >> the outdated Scribus 1.3.3.14). >> >> The 1.4.x branch will now be developed in the Version14x branch of our >> Subversion repository, >> leaving the Version135 one behind. This also fixes the version numbering >> issues of the past, with >> just two main versions, 1.4.x and 1.5.x >> >> The Scribus Team will continue to implement new features and improvements >> in the development >> branch 1.5.x. >> >> We recommend the additional packaging of 1.5 only if it is marked as a >> development version and can >> be installed alongside an existing Scribus 1.4.0 (for example as >> scribus-ng). >> >> The English online help has been mostly updated to match the new features. >> Translations have >> temporarily disabled, since they need to be synchronised with the English >> version once the update >> is complete. Further updates will be included with subsequent 1.4 releases. >> >> >> >> Primary Download Location >> ========================= >> >> - Installation packages and the source code are available here: >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.0/ >> - Upstream Debian/Ubuntu repo: http://debian.scribus.net/ >> - Fedora RPMS: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs >> - OpenSUSE, Mandriva and SLED RPMs: >> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs >> - All download options are listed at: >> http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download >> >> >> Download Verification >> ===================== >> >> Description File Name Sha1sum >> Source scribus-1.4.0.tar.bz2 >> af38413420eaa783d20f2db189aef408be844048 >> Source scribus-1.4.0.tar.xz >> 0e3afb98a56084c2938a8402df2d89214c42b809 >> OS X Leopard or higher (DMG) scribus-1.4.0.dmg >> eae5adacdc207f4bda6136dc48c26b83dcbf6b9a >> OS X Leopard or higher (PKG) scribus-1.4.0.pkg >> 64df9a61b33183dbc85b9a3090a648c75f320640 >> Windows 32/64 Bit scribus-1.4.0-windows.exe >> 268b9e8658528677ceac6252dae348c49643d159 >> OS/2 / eComStation scribus-1.4.0-os2ecs.zip >> 4fe0b3cf562cda4e1b78bf89a2340bb868610014 >> >> >> >> Credits >> ======= >> >> The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their >> continued hosting of all of >> the Scribus websites. >> We are also grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie >> and >> Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring. >> As of July 2011, the Scribus Team is also pleased to welcome Resene >> Colours (New Zealand) and >> Marabu-Druckfarben (Germany) as Special Supporters and donors of colour >> palettes which are part >> of the 1.4.0 release. >> Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, >> translators, testers and >> contributors who helped us with this important release. >> >> >> About Scribus >> ============= >> >> Scribus is an Open Source program for professional page layout with >> press-ready output to PDF files. >> Underneath a modern and user-friendly interface, Scribus supports >> professional publishing features, >> such as color separations, CMYK and Spot Color support, ICC color >> management, and versatile PDF >> creation. >> >> ___ >> Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> See also: >> http://wiki.scribus.net >> http://forums.scribus.net >> > > >
