'ello all. I'm a newbie on the list, but have been following scribus for some time. It seems an interesting (and awfully impressive) app with the habit of improving by leaps and bounds whenever I'm not looking ;-)
>>Slashdot is, for the most part, a forum for the uniformed and further, a >>podium for gossip... No one I know takes anything that is said at >>slashdot seriously or as true until it is confirmed by more reputable >>sources. With that said, everything at slashdot is off-topic. Hmm... I'd say I've seen some useful ideas there, but any intelligent comment does tend to be drowned out by the clamour of people who just KNOW they're right. > The only problem is that there are those who consider everything on /. > to be gospel and decide on the basis of that that Scribus is a pile of > dirt, best left on the ground for others to stomp in. Myself, I'd question their judgement and the need for concern over their opinions. Perhaps they'll learn about the usefulness of Scribus for their needs if they TRY IT not talk about it? >>Scribus is *FANTASTIC* and a major work regardless of operating system. >>Anybody who has been around the Linux community for any amount of time >>knows this. 'tis very interesting, and looks to be very handy indeed. A huge improvement from when I last tried it, too! I'll have to have a play with the CMYK support, PDF export and large image handling. Last time I downloaded a copy I had real problems with fonts, especially leading and italic text where characters overlapped. Personally, I'm amazed at what Scribus can already do. One issue I did notice - Scribus seems to be quite senstive to case in filename extensions, not finding files named *.JPG only *.jpg, for example. A pain when the photographer has a digital camera import program that has issues with case. Maybe I can do something about it, at least if I ever get some time. Craig Ringer POST Newspapers
