Dear list, a while ago, our internet got much much faster (we are working in rural West Africa) and at last I have got an up-to-date OpenSuse (13.1).
Today at 11-49h local time I have compiled and installed my first ever program under Linux! I am using Linux since 2004 but have mainly focused on programs and output, not much on the system, so this was a milestone. Guess what, I did the latest Scribus SVN according to the very helpful writeup here: http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Building_SVN_versions_with_CMake There was just one package slightly miss-named, so that I could not find it. I have finally found it and have corrected the Wiki page, maybe some veteran might check if I did it right. I will probably later share some questions and observations. But today I first of all want to compliment and thank the developers!!! On this list I have been reading about SVN for months and could never even have a look. Now I got the very latest on my machine: - It looks very much like my 1.4.3 so I was almost disappointed (there was much talk about new stuff), but not really, since it means I can keep working like before. - I had a look around and there are many details which are very nice. I like the drop-shadow tool, having tried to do my own manually once. - I very much like the details that new texts can be more freely pre-configured under preferences: We have standardized font-size 16pt for most of our printed documents and that size was never available in present versions. (Not many people here have the glasses which they would need for their eyes, so we are printing rather big.) Any other OpenSuse users on this list? Right now I am exited (but always busy) and maybe I could (or should) update this page http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/OpenSuse concerning the SVN options available for OpenSuse 13.1. (Because having just managed to compile, I got bold and started researching how to make a package from it and found that (only for 13.1) there are SVN packages being offered regularly.) Maybe there is a real docu-team out there and I do not want to step on any toes, especially since I cannot commit to any regular volunteer work. I just like to write up, if I find something useful, to help others. greetings and thanks again and now really looking forward to 1.6 for our entire office Martin -- ZASKE Martin responsable G?G? BP 50 - Bassila - B?nin tel G?G? 66.66.11.11 tel pers 97.44.62.95
