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Ed > Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 01:20:59 +0200 > From: gregp_ky at yahoo.com > To: scribus at lists.scribus.info > Subject: Re: [scribus] Announce Scribus 1.3.7 Released > > On 06/03/2010 10:43 PM, mrdocs wrote: > > On 6/3/10 10:23 PM, mrdocs wrote: > > The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of Scribus 1.3.7. > > This new release brings us closer to version the next stable release 1.4. > > > > During this development period the team focused on stabilty and > > correctness. > > > > Almost 50 bugs have been resolved since the release of 1.3.6. In addition, > > Scribus 1.3.7 provides some minor enhancements: > > > > * New Scripter functions > > * Usability improvements > > * Translation updates > > * Updates to the documentation > > * PDF bookmark export fixes > > * Text layout fixes > > Some commentary about the documentation: > > Christoph and I will soon be starting work on the next edition of the > Official Manual, which will anticipate the future stable 1.4 version. > There is much to edit, much to add, and as many already know, we will > without a doubt be taking steps to avoid the many problems incurred with > our previous publisher. > > In the short term, I have begun some "translation" of the Working > with... series to a form more suitable to the online docs. I think you > will find it better than on the wiki, and it also contains some new > developments since the 1.3.3.x series. > > In the coming weeks/months, I hope to take the Scripter documentation in > a new direction, with a bit more of a tutorial/practical use approach. > a.l.e and pygmee did a workshop at LGM 2010, and it was quite obvious to > me that beginners really struggle to get much useful information from > the various beginner scripts on the wiki, and I think we all know that > the basic listing of commands might make some sense to an accountant > trying to categorize the various commands with mathematical precision, > yet fails to approach the practical task of making a script do some > useful function. I don't anticipate that this new Scripter approach will > become a part of the new manual version. > > I also hope to be able to use the new Scripter approach as a basis for a > workshop for LGM 2011 (as long as a.l.e and pygmee don't feel I'm > stepping on their toes). > > One of my personal biases, and something I think that can really set > Scribus apart from many other FOSS projects, is that we should be > looking at documentation as something that should be marching in step > with the developers, so that we begin to think that underneath the major > heading of Development we really have Program Development and > Documentation Development. > > I come to Scribus as a neurologist, but I would also point out that my > interests go far beyond neurology, computers, and Scribus in particular. > I also have interests in various new concepts in the business world, and > I suspect am one of the few neurologists, and probably the only LGM > participant who subscribes to the Harvard Business Review. The reason I > mention this is that there is the concept in the business world of > "value added", that as you provide some product or service which someone > might obtain by other means (and Scribus is both a product and a > service), you need to show in as many ways as possible why someone > should choose Scribus over its alternatives. Another concept is that it > is unwise to compete on price alone, thus the fact that Scribus is free > only goes so far. > > What these concepts help you do is to not ever strive for "good enough". > They also help you prioritize the choices about where to go next, > searching out the most important barriers to Scribus adoption, creating > an experience for the user which surpasses their expectations (called > the "wow factor" in some circles). > > It may be a surprise, but it turns out that one of the roles I perceive > for myself as a physician is that of cheerleader, cheering my patients > on as they follow some new direction of taking care of themselves, do > some hard work working with therapists to regain function, cheering on > the nurses and therapists I work alongside as they deal with difficult > problems and persevere for the sake of the patients they help. > > Likewise, I want to cheer on everyone who sincerely cares about this > project, from developers down to the users for their efforts to make > Scribus all it can be (and beyond). > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. 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