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On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Vladimir Savic < vladimir.firefly.savic at gmail.com> wrote: > Great news! Congratulations from Serbia! > > Vlada > > On 01/02/2012 12:23 AM, Renato Petrovic wrote: > >> Many thanks to The Scribus Team! >> >> Renato Petrovi?, >> Belgrade, Serbia >> >> 2012/1/2 Craig Bradney<cbradney at scribus.info> >> >> >>> Hi >>> >>> We'd like to announce the release of Scribus 1.4.0 with the below >>> information about the release, >>> please also see >>> http://wiki.scribus.net/**canvas/1.4.0_Release<http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.4.0_Release>for >>> the >>> coloured wiki format. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Craig >>> >>> >>> Scribus 1.4.0 Released >>> ====================== >>> >>> After almost 4 years of intensive work, the Scribus Team ( >>> www.scribus.net) >>> has released the new >>> stable version 1.4.0 of the Open Source desktop publishing program >>> Scribus. Given this is the first >>> major stable release in some time, this document outlines improvements >>> over the last number of >>> versions, rather than since just the last one. The idea is to form a >>> general comparison between >>> this and the last stable release. >>> >>> In summary, more than 2000 feature requests and bugs have been resolved >>> since the development of >>> this new version started. >>> >>> >>> Major changes and improvements in comparison to the last stable version >>> 1.3.3.14 are: >>> >>> - 1.4.0 is based on the Qt4 application framework. The initial >>> transition from Qt3 was performed >>> quite quickly, but fine tuning for cross-platform compatibility and >>> taking advantage of new >>> features took quite some time. As a result, Scribus now runs equally >>> reliable on all supported >>> platforms. >>> - Thanks to the port to Qt4, the Scribus Team now also provides install >>> files for Mac OS X 10.5 >>> or later, as well as a native version for OS/2 Warp 4 and >>> eComStation. >>> Additionally, thanks to >>> feedback from users of other UNIX platforms, Scribus will build and >>> run on more of those >>> platforms as well. >>> - Feature enhancements to object handling (e.g. transform tools like in >>> advanced drawing >>> programs), with improvements to existing features like the Scrapbook >>> and the Image Manager. >>> - Many advanced options for text and typography, like character styles, >>> optical margins, or >>> glyph extension. Undo/Redo is finally available for almost all >>> text-related actions, and a new >>> script enables replacing straight quotes with typographical quotation >>> marks based on language >>> settings. Usability improvements include better cursor placement and >>> movement, faster layout >>> on canvas and interaction between linked frames. >>> - New features for vector objects, like Boolean path operations, vector >>> effects or a line style >>> editor. >>> - Major improvements to the handling of fills, like pattern fill, more >>> gradient types, support >>> for external color palette formats (AI, EPS, GPL, PostScript, SOC), >>> and many new color >>> palettes, including those from commercial vendors like Resene and dtp >>> studio, as well as >>> national/government standards. >>> - A new frame type called "Render Frame" allows for rendering (and >>> subsequently export) the >>> output of every program that can create PostScript, PDF or PNG files >>> via the command >>> line (e.g. LaTeX, Lilypond, POV-Ray) inside Scribus. The initial >>> version of which was >>> developed as a project for Google Summer of Code and this project has >>> developed to allow >>> import of externally produced documents, scientific publications and >>> formulas. More renderers >>> can be added with a simple configuration file. >>> - Vector import filters: Scribus 1.4.0 provides new import filters for >>> the following file >>> formats: Adobe Illustrator (both EPS and PDF-based), Macintosh >>> Picture >>> (PICT), >>> Windows Metafile (WMF), Xfig (FIG), Calamus Vector Graphics (CVG), >>> Kivio Stencils (SML), >>> and DIA Shapes (SHAPE). >>> - Regarding bitmap images, the handling of Photoshop files has seen >>> many >>> major improvements, >>> like support of multiple clipping paths or PSD layers. The Image >>> Manager has been rewritten, >>> and new non-destructive image effects have been added. Moreover, >>> Scribus 1.4.0 now supports >>> EXIF data in images, and import of Windows and OS/2 bitmaps (BMP) has >>> been re-enabled. >>> - Among the major enhancements to Scribus's pre-press features, >>> printing >>> marks and the display >>> of ink coverage in the Print Preview are the most important. In >>> addition, Scribus now enables >>> conversion of spot colors to process colors during PDF and PostScript >>> export with a single >>> click. >>> - PDF export has seen major improvements as well. Scribus can now >>> export >>> to PDF 1.5, including >>> PDF layers. Another new feature is the option to embed EPS and PDF >>> files in exported PDFs as >>> an alternative to rasterizing them. Also, both font embedding and >>> substitution have been >>> improved. >>> - For color management, Scribus 1.4.0 now supports both littleCMS >>> version 1 and 2. It's also >>> possible to enable color management with a single click from the main >>> window. >>> - Additionally, the Scribus Team has added a feature to emulate color >>> blindness on screen. >>> - Hundreds of minor and major usability improvements have been added. >>> - The included scripts have been updated, including the addition of the >>> "Autoquote" script in >>> the Script menu to convert straight quotes in a text frame to correct >>> quotation marks for >>> many languages. >>> - Scribus 1.4.0 is being shipped with many more templates than previous >>> versions. >>> - The content of the Help System has been rewritten and updated. >>> >>> Now that Scribus 1.4.0 has been released, the Scribus Team will focus on >>> stabilizing the 1.5 >>> development branch, which will comprise amazing new features like support >>> for PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-4 >>> and PDF/E, Mesh Gradients, native PDF import, XAR import, a completely >>> rewritten table >>> implementation, a rewritten text system, and much more. The 1.4.x version >>> is now in >>> stable/maintenance mode, which means few features will be backported from >>> the 1.5 development >>> branch. In general, only bugs will be fixed in subsequent 1.4.x versions, >>> along with new content, >>> like new translations, new templates, or additional color palettes. >>> >>> >>> Important Information >>> ===================== >>> >>> If you are working with a team, try to make sure that all team members >>> use >>> the same Scribus version >>> ? this will avoid many headaches and extra work. >>> >>> Users should be warned that 1.3.3.x cannot open 1.4.0 files. >>> >>> The Scribus Team recommends that all distributions package Scribus 1.4.0 >>> as "Scribus" (and replace >>> the outdated Scribus 1.3.3.14). >>> >>> The 1.4.x branch will now be developed in the Version14x branch of our >>> Subversion repository, >>> leaving the Version135 one behind. This also fixes the version numbering >>> issues of the past, with >>> just two main versions, 1.4.x and 1.5.x >>> >>> The Scribus Team will continue to implement new features and improvements >>> in the development >>> branch 1.5.x. >>> >>> We recommend the additional packaging of 1.5 only if it is marked as a >>> development version and can >>> be installed alongside an existing Scribus 1.4.0 (for example as >>> scribus-ng). >>> >>> The English online help has been mostly updated to match the new >>> features. >>> Translations have >>> temporarily disabled, since they need to be synchronised with the English >>> version once the update >>> is complete. Further updates will be included with subsequent 1.4 >>> releases. >>> >>> >>> >>> Primary Download Location >>> ========================= >>> >>> - Installation packages and the source code are available here: >>> >>> http://sourceforge.net/**projects/scribus/files/**scribus/1.4.0/<http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus/1.4.0/> >>> - Upstream Debian/Ubuntu repo: http://debian.scribus.net/ >>> - Fedora RPMS: http://download.opensuse.org/** >>> repositories/home:/mrdocs<http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs> >>> - OpenSUSE, Mandriva and SLED RPMs: >>> http://download.opensuse.org/**repositories/home:/mrdocs<http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs> >>> - All download options are listed at: >>> http://wiki.scribus.net/**canvas/Download<http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Download> >>> >>> >>> Download Verification >>> ===================== >>> >>> Description File Name Sha1sum >>> Source scribus-1.4.0.tar.bz2 >>> af38413420eaa783d20f2db189aef4**08be844048 >>> Source scribus-1.4.0.tar.xz >>> 0e3afb98a56084c2938a8402df2d89**214c42b809 >>> OS X Leopard or higher (DMG) scribus-1.4.0.dmg >>> eae5adacdc207f4bda6136dc48c26b**83dcbf6b9a >>> OS X Leopard or higher (PKG) scribus-1.4.0.pkg >>> 64df9a61b33183dbc85b9a3090a648**c75f320640 >>> Windows 32/64 Bit scribus-1.4.0-windows.exe >>> 268b9e8658528677ceac6252dae348**c49643d159 >>> OS/2 / eComStation scribus-1.4.0-os2ecs.zip >>> 4fe0b3cf562cda4e1b78bf89a2340b**b868610014 >>> >>> >>> >>> Credits >>> ======= >>> >>> The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their >>> continued hosting of all of >>> the Scribus websites. >>> We are also grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la >>> Francophonie >>> and >>> Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring. >>> As of July 2011, the Scribus Team is also pleased to welcome Resene >>> Colours (New Zealand) and >>> Marabu-Druckfarben (Germany) as Special Supporters and donors of colour >>> palettes which are part >>> of the 1.4.0 release. >>> Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, >>> translators, testers and >>> contributors who helped us with this important release. >>> >>> >>> About Scribus >>> ============= >>> >>> Scribus is an Open Source program for professional page layout with >>> press-ready output to PDF files. >>> Underneath a modern and user-friendly interface, Scribus supports >>> professional publishing features, >>> such as color separations, CMYK and Spot Color support, ICC color >>> management, and versatile PDF >>> creation. >>> >>> ___ >>> Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net >>> Edit your options or unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.scribus.net/**mailman/listinfo/scribus<http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus> >>> See also: >>> http://wiki.scribus.net >>> http://forums.scribus.net >>> >>> >> >> >> > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/**mailman/listinfo/scribus<http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus> > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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