On 12/20/2011 10:17 AM, Julian Robbins wrote: > Hello > > I got caught out earlier today as I was surprised to find that Scribus > 1.3.9svn (from Nov 2010) couldn't open a file created in Scribus > 1.4.0rc6. This was also the case for a file created in 1.4.0rc4 too. > > In theory the file formats haven't really changed in this period, so has > this message been added to protect us from the text rendering change > which came in around 1.4.0rc4? If so its quite annoying. I understand > why the text layout engine had to be changed, (although this itself will > cause us many problems) but as so many people are/were using Scribus > 1.3.5+ series and on, compared to 1.3.3.13 for its many better features > and fixes its really going to break a lot of people's files they have > created just 6 months earlier !! > > Is this really sensible behaviour ? I totally appreciate that 1.3.5+ and > 1.4.0rc are not 'stable' releases, but as you know many users were using > it anyway as 1.3.3.13 is so old now, and that we were encouraged to use > it by many (including myself) on the mailing list. > This has happened before. The workaround is to simply open the SLA file in a text editor and substitute 1.3.9svn for the 1.4.0whatever you have in the Scribus Version variable, then save. At least this has worked for me many times.
Greg
