On Thursday 27 March 2008 05:16:31 pm Plinnell wrote: > On Thursday 27 March 2008 19:36:06 John Culleton wrote: > > I have Linux Slackware 12 but no form of Windows beyond Win 98 on > > my oldest machine. I am writing an e-book for new/naive Scribus > > users who may want to design covers for POD printers like LSI. I > > need to list what else they need to download and install. Thus > > far I have come up with: > > > > Open Office (for more fonts and CMYK files.) > > Ghostscript > > > > ImageMagick may be added for flattening files containing layers > > (transparencies etc.) unless someone comes up with a better > > solution. > > > > What else should I add to the list? > > Everything listed here: > http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=toolbox with the > exception of Krita and KSnapshot which are not yet totally cross > platform. (They exist on Win32 in very alpha state.) > > Peter
Do you mean that the novice who is only creating book covers needs all those programs? Or are some of them in the "nice to have" category? I don't want to scare them off with too much downloading and installation. -- John Culleton Resources for every author and publisher: http://wexfordpress.com/tex/shortlist.pdf http://wexfordpress.com/tex/packagers.pdf http://www.creativemindspress.com/newbiefaq.htm http://www.gropenassoc.com/TopLevelPages/reference%20desk.htm
