On Wednesday 23 February 2011 11:14:06 a.l.e wrote: > hi > > > I am fortunate enough to have adopted Slackware Linux over a > > decade ago for my main operating system. I keep both 1.4.0rc1 > > and 1.5.0 versions up to date on my system via svn. > > > > When I discuss Scribus with MSWin users, for example in my e-book > > listed below, what do they need beyond the svn download to get > > Scribus svn versions up and running? I can guess PostScript and > > Cygwin, but what else? > > a slackware install CD. > > jokes aside. the svn versions are not really meant for day to day > work. > > you need visual studio 9 to compile it on windows. > > but there are few chances that a windows user -- who uses scribus > and is not ready to try linux -- will be happy when she has to > compile it herself! > > good luck. > > a.l.e >
Thanks! So is the list: Cygwin Postscript Visual Studio 9 ? (Of course there are Gimp and TeX and stuff but I am talking about the bare essentials.) -- John Culleton Create Book Covers with Scribus: http://www.booklocker.com/p/books/4055.html Typesetting and indexing http://wexfordpress.com book sales http://wexfordpress.net Free barcode: http://www.tux.org/~milgram/bookland/
