Oh, that's very kind of you, thank you! I will retrace my steps so I can be more specific in my feedback.
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Oleksandr Moskalenko <malex at scribus.info> wrote: > * Alison Saylor <alison.saylor at gmail.com> [2009-01-21 12:50:59 -0800]: > >> Oh, I see. I wish I knew what all those terms meant that you just >> used. I hate to think my lack of understanding will prevent me from >> using the program. Thank you for explaining it though, I appreciate >> it. > > Alison, > > If the documentation at http://www.scribus.net/?q=debian is not sufficiently > understandable please tell the specifics, so I could improve it. The > step-by-step instructions were created to aid people who might not know > anything > about installing software packages on Debian/Ubuntu Linux. So, if you run into > problems and describe them it could help me improve documents for others to > come > after you. > > Cheers, > > Alex. > >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Oleksandr Moskalenko >> <malex at scribus.info> wrote: >> > * Alison Saylor <alison.saylor at gmail.com> [2009-01-21 10:49:17 -0800]: >> > >> >> Thank you for writing! Yes, I did try that page. When I clicked on >> >> the link for my version of Ubuntu, it took me to a page that said I >> >> was not authorized to access the page. >> > >> > Alison, >> > >> > It's not a website for clicking around. It's a software repository. You are >> > supposed to add it to your package manager using the instructions provided >> > at >> > http://www.scribus.net/?q=debian. Then, scribus packages from the >> > repository >> > will become available in your package manager software and you can install >> > or >> > upgrade to them. >> > >> >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Alison Saylor wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I used Scribus 1.3.3.11 for a newsletter and it took forever because >> >> >> you could only import text files as .txt so all the formatting was >> >> >> lost and had to be redone for each article. I heard that subsequent >> >> >> version were going to fix this but I can't seem to find any definite >> >> >> information about this anywhere. >> >> >> >> >> >> Thought I'd download version 1.3.3.12 and just try it and see but >> >> >> somehow I can't find a simple way to do this. Every link I tried on >> >> >> Scribus.net took me to a dead end. It was so simple downloading it >> >> >> the first time so it's confusing. >> >> >> >> >> >> I am able to install applications easily with the add/remove feature >> >> >> in applications (I'm using Ubuntu Hardy) but there's no way to tell >> >> >> before installation what version it is. At least I can't figure out >> >> >> how to tell. >> >> >> >> >> >> Any help anyone could provide me with would be much appreciated. Thank >> >> >> you! >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > Have you tried the instructions on this page?: >> >> > >> >> > http://www.scribus.net/?q=debian >> >> > >> >> > Greg >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > scribus mailing list >> >> > scribus at lists.scribus.info >> >> > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> scribus mailing list >> >> scribus at lists.scribus.info >> >> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > scribus mailing list >> > scribus at lists.scribus.info >> > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> scribus mailing list >> scribus at lists.scribus.info >> http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
