Peter, Sorry I wasn't able to help. I don't know anything about Macs. There are a lot of much wiser and more experienced Scribus users on this list. I am sure they will be able to help.
George On 22 Apr 2010 at 16:02, Peter Thorkelson wrote: > hello, george, > > thanks a lot so far. > > I'm on a mac, OSX 10.5.8. > > when I go to preferences (under the scribus menu), I get what looks > like a lot of gibberish, except that three of the fields say "name > of > executable." as it happens, executables are not available to the > mac, > or at least, so I've been told. they are the exclusive province of > windows. maybe they're available under linux, I wouldn't know. > > the "image processing tool" window contains the word "gimp." as it > happens, I have gimp on my computer. I seem to be able to give > scribus the location of that program, but when I tried to insert > ghostwriter in the postscrpt interpreter window, I was stymied > because > ghostscript is a folder with hundreds of, I don't know, apps?, plug- > ins? whatever. I wasn't able to tell the preferences window what > to > ask for. > > I hope you're able to help some more. thanks again so far, > Peter T > > > On Apr 22, 2010, at 2:57 PM, Margaret and George McIntosh wrote: > > > On 22 Apr 2010 at 14:02, Peter Thorkelson wrote: > > > >> dear list, > >> > >> I am a true beginner-to the business of all but completely > >> prepackaged > >> software. > >> > >> I downloaded scribus (1.3.6), and was informed upon trying to > open > >> it > >> that I was missing some software: > >> > >> "The following programs are missing: > >> Ghostscript : You cannot use EPS images or Print Preview" > >> > >> is what it said. I went looking for "ghostscript," and was > >> introduced > >> to the terms "tarball" and "distro." I have since gleaned > (rightly > >> or > >> wrongly) that a tarball is a collection of small bits of > software, > >> but > >> apparently I should know what a distro is, since I'm supposed > to > >> report that when asking for help. > >> > >> SO. what's ghostscript, where do I get it and how do I install > it? > >> > >> what's distro? > >> > >> if I get and install ghostscript, will I then be able to use > scribus > >> unimpeded? seems unlikely. > >> > >> btw, I re-downloaded scribus as a dmg file (haven't opened it > yet), > >> and notice that it's 1.3.5.1. what are the relative pros and > cons > >> of > >> using this over 1.3.6? > >> > >> I appreciate what help I can get. > >> > >> thanks, > >> Peter T > >> > > Peter > > > > What operating system are you using? If Windows, you can forget > > about tarbals and > > distros. > > > > You can get Ghostscript at sourceforge.net. You should install it > > before you install > > Scribus but if you have already installed Scribus, and it doesn't > > recognise Ghostscript, > > you can go to File, select Preferences, then External Tools and > tell > > Scribus where to > > find Ghostscript. If you are using Windows 7 64x, it will probably > > be installed in > > C:\Program Files (x86)\gs\gs8.70\bin\gswin32c.exe. Other windows > > versions will be > > similar. > > > > My understanding is that V1.3.5 is a development version. 1.3.3.14 > > is their "stable" > > version and I am using 1.3.6, which I like better then 1.3.3.14 > and > > I find it stable, > > enough so for a 8 page newsletter. > > > > Welcome to Scribus. > > > > George > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
