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diff --git a/README.old b/README.old new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab9d06a --- /dev/null +++ b/README.old @@ -0,0 +1,218 @@ +This is Scribus Version 1.3.5. + +CHANGES 1.3.3.x to 1.3.5 +======================== + +1) Because of the new file format features, Scribus documents saved in 1.3.5 + are *not* backward compatible with 1.3.3.x or 1.2.x . + +2) You *can* install both versions in parallel and run them at the same time. + The only caveat is to install them using different prefix/ directories e.g + 1.3.3.x in /usr/local and 1.3.5 in /opt or $home/bin. You can use the + -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/path/to/install/dir + argument to CMake to set where Scribus should be installed. + +3) In some cases Scribus 1.3.3 uses wrong character sizes when layouting text. + This might cause differences in linebreaking if you open a 1.3.3.x + document in 1.3.5. + +CHANGES 1.2.x to 1.3.x +====================== + +Important notes on the differences between 1.2.x and 1.3.x: + +1) Because of the new file format features, Scribus documents saved in 1.3.x + are *not* backwardly compatible. + +2) Because of the new enhanced menu/keyboard shortcuts code, 1.2.x keyboard + short cuts are not migrated and will need to be recreated once on the first + launch 1.3.x. + +3) On initial launch, 1.3.x will offer to convert preferences to the new 1.3.x + format. This is recommended. Scribus 1.3.x will store its preferences + separately from 1.2.x. Moreover, 1.3.2 caches available fonts. The first + startup may take longer than anticipated. + + +4) You *can* install both versions in parallel and run them at the same time. + The only caveat is to install them using different prefix/ directories e.g + 1.2 in /usr/local and 1.3 in /opt or $home/bin. You can use the --prefix + argument to configure to set where Scribus should be installed. + +CONVERTING 1.1.x DOCUMENTS +========================== + +Newer versions of Scribus use a different way to find fonts from Scribus 1.1.1. +To convert older( =< 1.1.1) documents follow the procedure below: + +1) Create a document with the old Version of Scribus containing all your Fonts. +2) Open the new Scribus and go to the Font Substitution List. +3) Clear out all current substitutions. +4) Open the Document created in 1) and substitute all the fonts with the + correct new fonts. + +When you now open old documents Scribus will convert all font names +automatically. + +For detailed changes please see the ChangeLog. + +LANGUAGE SUPPORT +================ + +To use Scribus in your native language be sure that the environment variable +LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, LANG, Qt locale, OR the command line option of -l/--lang +<lang> is set correctly. This is also can be changed in the preferences and +takes effect immediately. + +REQUIRED TOOLS, LIBRARIES AND OTHER FILES +========================================= + +GhostScript +----------- + +One of the more crucial tools Scribus depends on is Ghostscript. While it is +not required for compilation, Scribus must be able to find a recent version of +Ghostscript at runtime for all features to be present and fully working. In +particular, printing, print preview, and PDF/EPS import will not be fully +functional without Ghostscript. Ghostscript 8.x is STRONGLY recommended. +Support for versions older than 8.x is untested and Scribus may not operate +reliably using such an old version of gs. + +You can find out which version of GhostScript Scribus is using in the about +dialog. If you have a newer version installed somewhere else you can +specify its' location in the preferences. + +You can get a new version of Ghostscript from http://www.ghostscript.com/ . +There is documentation on how to install a new version of Ghostscript on the +Scribus website: + http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&sm=dtptoolbox&page=toolbox7 +or you can just download it and install it in /usr/local, then set your PATH. + +Debian users who haven't installed their own newer version of Ghostscript may +want to install gs-gpl then use + `update-alternatives --config gs' +as root to select gs-gpl as the default version of Ghostscript to use. The ESP +GhostScript used by many Debian systems by default will not work as well as gs-gpl. + +ICC Profiles for Colour Management +---------------------------------- + +Activating Color Management *requires* installation of CMYK and RGB ICC +profiles. Please see the included help files, FAQ's on www.scribus.net and +http://docs.scribus.net for details. As of the 1.3.1 release, Scribus ships +with 2 icc profiles, which are installed only to enable color management +functionality. (This is not true for some distribution packages, where +licensing rules prevent the inclusion of a full set of profiles). The profiles +*do not* provide meaningful color management for printing. Additional profiles +are downloadable from www.scribus.net and depend on your hardware and printing +environment. + +KNOWN ISSUES +============ + +Please see bugs.scribus.net for a more comprehensive list of known issues. + +PSD/CMYK TIFF Support +--------------------- + +1.3.2+ now has support for CMYK PSD and 8-bit CMYK TIFF support. RGB PSD and +16-bit TIFF support is being developed. PSD and TIFF support includes layers, ICC +profiles and embedding clipping paths. CMYKA is supported in Scribus 1.3.4+ + +FONT ISSUES +----------- + +There are extensive notes and detailed on documentation on fonts and trouble +shooting of font issues in the help documentation and online at +http://docs.scribus.net Please read these carefully before filing bugs. + +There are issues with the postscript naming conventions with the Computer Modern +Type 1 fonts, depending on distribution. In some cases, not all fonts from the +same family are visible in Scribus. We are working on a more complete solution +during a future release. + + + +BUILDING AND INSTALLING FROM SOURCE +=================================== + +Please see the `BUILDING' file for details on how to compile and install +Scribus, library requirements, etc. + + + + +DISTRIBUTION AND OS SPECIFIC NOTES +===================== + +Debian +------ + +If Scribus does not start while complaining about the absence of +Postscript fonts please install either xfonts-scalable or gsfonts-x11. +They are in the "Recommends" and will be installed by all sensible apt +front-ends. + +You may not see an entry for colour management in the Scribus preferences. If +you do not, you must install the icc-profiles package from non-free to get a core +set of ICC profiles. This will not provide enough for you to get effective colour +managemnet, but will provide better RGB<->CMYK conversions than the unmanaged mode. +See the "ICC Profiles for colour management" section above for details. + +Also see the section entitled `GHOSTSCRIPT' above. + +SuSE +-------- + +To enable direct CUPS support which recommended, make sure both cups-devel and +openssl-devel are installed. Suse enables ssl support in CUPS. The current +Scribus config checks do not test for this. See the BUILDING file for details. + +The Scribus Team builds rpms for all current releases and recommends their use +over self compiling. + +Red Hat / Fedora +---------------- + +The Scribus RPMS in Fedora Extras are of very high quality and have been +created with close cooperation from Fedora maintainers and the Scribus Team. We +recommend them for most users as they will ensure correct integration with the +menuing system and mime types. Alternately, you can use the Fedora Core +repositories maintained on the build server - see the downloads section on +www.scribus.info for details. + +There is a separate file, PACKAGING for detailed hints and notes on building +packages for Scribus. + +On Fedora, if you report a crash bug, it would be extremely handy if you could +build a debug version of Scribus (-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debug argument to cmake) +and get a stack trace. This is not required, but does help us diagnose the +problem more quickly and reliably. Some information on stack traces can be +found here: + +http://fedora.linux.duke.edu/wiki/StackTraces + +Mac OS X +-------- + +A Mac OS X native Aqua port is available. More information can be found on +http://aqua.scribus.net/ . + +Microsoft Windows +----------------- + +There is a separate readme for Windows, please see readme-win32.html in +scribus/doc . + +Additional information +====================== + +More hints and other information are on the www.scribus.net and docs.scribus.net +sites. Full compile, install and FAQ's are available there. + +There is a lively on-line community, both on IRC @ #scribus on irc.freenode.net +and the mailing list. Mailing list info can be found at: + http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus + +Thanks to the many translators, testers, packagers and contributors who make +the Scribus community so special. |