Hello That's great :-)
What is the official SVN version of that 1.5 ? Is there a plan to create a 1.5 branch with new bug fixes (and without the new bugs of revolutionary 1.5.1 svn ?) JLuc Le 26/05/2015 00:08, "Christoph Sch?fer" a ?crit : > After many years of work and more than a thousand bugfixes and feature > implementations, the Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of > Scribus 1.5.0. Scribus 1.5.0 is a preview of the next stable version 1.6.0 > and has primarily been released for testing purposes, so more users can help > us with identifying and fixing bugs. It is not stable enough for use in real > production scenarios yet, but it can help users to become familiar with the > new interface and the amount of new features, the number of which has almost > doubled in comparison to the stable 1.4.x series. > > > ==Most Important Technical Changes== > > - Scribus 1.5.0 uses Qt 5 as its UI toolkit. The minimum version to compile > Scribus from source is Qt 5.4. > > - The file format has undergone significant changes and may change even > further before the release of 1.6.0. Thus, files created or edited in 1.5.0 > cannot be opened in earlier versions of Scribus. Potential changes to the > file format on the road to 1.6.0 notwithstanding, the Scribus Team will work > very hard to make sure that files created by 1.5.0 and the following > technology previews can be opened reliably in the next stable release. > > - Unfortunately we cannot offer GraphicsMagick and Open Scene Graph support > for all platforms yet, whereas on Linux (and probably *BSD), GM and and OSG > have become new dependencies. > > - Scribus will detect an installed version of UniConvertor and use it to > import some of the vector formats supported by this program into Scribus. > > ==Most Important New Features== > > ===General=== > > -The user interface has been overhauled and restructured in many places. For > example, the context menu takes a lot less screen estate than before, and the > Document Setup / Preferences dialog has been rewritten from scratch. The > Scribus Team is aware of the remaining deficiencies and will work on > resolving these issues before the release of 1.6.0. In some cases > inconsistencies in the UI (e.g. the "Drop Shadow" tab in the Properties > Palette) have been deliberately left in place to receive feedback from users > as to which way they prefer. > > - Scribus can now store bitmap images within its native file format. > Previously it was only possible to link to external images. > > - Scribus 1.5.0 now offers a "Symbol" or clone feature similar to Adobe > Illustrator: If one master object (Symbol) has been modified, all of its > copies (clones) are being modified as well. > > - With the new "Weld" feature, objects can be combined and moved without > being "grouped", i.e., each object remains fully editable. > > ===Text / Typography=== > > Scribus 1.5.0 provides some of the most often requested text features, among > them: > > - vertical scaling of text; > > - orphans and widows control; > > - foot and end notes; > > - text variables; > > - cross references. > > Moreover, Inline Objects in text frames are finally fully editable. > > ===Tables== > > In previous Scribus versions tables were nothing more than combined text > frames. Scribus 1.5.0 finally introduces "real" tables that resemble table > features in word processors and other DTP programs, including table styles. > > ===Graphics=== > > - A new feature-rich plug-in called 'Picture Browser' enables asset > management for graphics files by tagging them or creating graphics > collections. Graphics files can be dragged into a Scribus document from the > Picture Browser. > > - Scribus 1.5.0 supports all advanced gradient types available in Adobe > Illustrator and XARA Designer, including mesh gradients. > > - One of the most-requested features -- drop shadows -- is finally available, > albeit still experimental. > > - For documents that comprise many large (in terms of file size) bitmap > images, a configurable image cache has been added. It can buffer image files > to the hard drive and free RAM, so Scribus can continue to run smoothly. > > ===File Import / Export=== > > Scribus 1.5.0 is being shipped with a huge number of new or rewritten import > filters, although not all of them are of equal quality, and some are still > experimental. > > > ====DTP Files==== > > For the first time in its history, Scribus 1.5.0 can open / import files > created by other DTP programs, namely: Adobe InDesign XML (IDML), Adobe > InDesign Snippets (IDMS), Adobe PageMaker (P65, PMD), Apple iWorks PAGES, > Microsoft Publisher (PUB), QuarkXPress Tags (XTG), VIVA Designer XML, and > Xara Page & Layout Designer (XAR). > > Regarding DTP formats not yet supported, a workaround is sometimes to use an > output format as an option. Accordingly, Scribus 1.5.0's PDF importer has > been rewritten from scratch, and Scribus can now reliably open almost every > PDF file directly with the original layout intact. For Windows users, Scribus > 1.5.0 also comes with reliable import filters for Microsoft's PDF > alternatives XPS (Windows Vista and 7) and OXPS (Windows 8 and later). > > ====Vector Drawings==== > > - The import filter for Adobe Illustrator files has been rewritten from > scratch and Scribus's graphics capabilities have been expanded accordingly, > so most AI files can be imported or opened flawlessly. Moreover, Scribus can > now detect hybrid AI files and enables users to choose between the AI and the > PDF version. > > - The import filter for OpenDocument graphics files has been rewritten from > scratch and expanded, so Scribus can now open and import ODG drawings and ODP > slide shows without issue. > > - "Layers" in SVG files are now supported if an SVG document is being opened > (as opposed to being imported into an existing document). > > - Thanks to the libraries provided by the Document Liberation Project, > Scribus can now import native MS Visio and CorelDraw files. > > - Other new import filters: Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM), Photoshop > Custom Shapes (CSH), Micrografx Draw (DRW), Enhanced Metafile (EMF), StarView > Metafile (SVM), WordPerfect Graphics (WPG), Xara Designer (XAR). > > ====Bitmap Files=== > > - Scribus 1.5.0 supports the open standard Open Raster (ORA) for complex > bitmap files, including advanced features like layer effects or paths. > > - With GraphicsMagick installed, Scribus can import all bitmap files > supported by this program, including GIMP's native XCF format. > > - Scribus 1.5.0 can import PGF bitmaps, an open alternative to JPEG 2000. > > ====3D==== > > With OpenSceneGraph installed, Scribus 1.5.0 can import 3D objects in all > formats supported by OSG into a new frame type called "3D Annotation". > Scribus also offers limited editing functions, such as setting the lighting > source or the default display mode for a PDF-3D-capable PDF viewer. > > ====Colors and Fills==== > > Scribus 1.5.0 can use color palettes in the Adobe Color Swatch (ACO) and > AutoCAD ColorBook (ACB) formats, as well as GIMP Gradients (GGR) and GIMP > Patterns (PAT). The former color manager has been extended to a "colors and > fills manager" to reflect Scribus's new capabilities. > > ===Output=== > > The most important new feature with respect to output is the support of > PDF/X-4 in the PDF exporter. Another important addition, at least in some > environments, is an exporter for Microsoft's XPS format. > > For a cursory overview of all new features, see: > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus_1.5_Readme > > > A data sheet is available here: > > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/File:Data_sheet-Scribus150.pdf (English) > > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/File:Datenblatt-Scribus150.pdf (Deutsch) > > > The complete changelog is available here: > http://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php?version_id=60 > > > ==New Website== > > Thanks to Carsten Liersch and Dennis Groenewegen van der Weijden, we're also > pleased to present Scribus via a new and modern website to the world. > > > ==Primary Download Locations== > > - Installation packages for Windows, Mac OS X and the source code are > available here: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-devel/1.5.0/ > > - Fedora and CentOS RPMs: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs > > - OpenSUSE, SLED, and SLES RPMs: > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/mrdocs > > - Packaging for *BSD, Solaris and OpenIndiana is beyond our influence. We > recommend updating the respective repository data on a regular basis. > > ==Download Verification== > > Description File Name Sha1sum > Source scribus-1.5.0.7z > 7a8dbe7ae7790ecc194dbe9c6c23726bb3b226d7 > Source scribus-1.5.0.tar.xz > fdf451037073ee648f135669535508813d61ee7e > OS X Mavericks or higher (DMG) scribus-1.5.0.dmg > 55a1e0800b73f7b7b0b136b3ebc1eb6a03ef0b07 > Windows 32/64 Bit scribus-1.5.0-windows.exe > 9a0ce39350e77d6a907f8aae2b6d803ba6345ef7 > Windows 64 Bit scribus-1.5.0-windows-x64.exe > 42d489fe1098797772a14113ca2ac49244a4dbd2 > > > > ==Credits== > > The Scribus Team would like to thank Anduin.net and Modirum for their > continued hosting of all of the Scribus websites. > > We are grateful to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie and > Linux New Media (Germany) for sponsoring. > > Special thanks go to Carsten Liersch/Bauwerk Design (Germany) and Dennis > Groenewegen van der Weijden for the design of the new Scribus website. > > The Scribus Team is also honored to have Resene Colours (New Zealand), dtp > studio oldenburg (Germany), GiveLife Color System (Spain), Scientific > Illustration Services Corp. (USA), the Newspaper Association of America (USA) > and Software Consulting Services (USA) as Special Supporters and donors of > color palettes and other content since the 1.4.x release, just like we are > grateful to the owner of Vector Portal for the permission to distribute some > of his work as Scribus Templates. > > Porting Scribus to OS/2 and eComStation is being supported by Mensys BV (The > Netherlands) and Serenity Systems (USA). > > Finally, the Scribus Team would like to thank the many end users, > translators, testers and contributors who helped us with this release. > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net >
