dear teamttl
i do use scribus to publish.
not all the time but often enough.
and i happen to be a programmer.
i even have a plugin written by myself that nobody else uses.
(it will probably be in scribus as soon scribus "will be ready" for it)
so what?
now get ready for some digressions.
personally, i tend to see this sentence of yours
When it doesn't seem to function as it is supposed to though, may be nerve-racking for non-programmer folk.
as rude.
i see this as passive aggressive talk against programmers.
you're free to think it.
but it might not be the best attitude, when you're expecting some help from programmers (and the other people who make scribus without programming).
and, no, the world is not split into programmers and non programmers. it's you who has put yourself in the category of the non-programmers.
now, back to the main stuff. you've been told several times by multiple people (programmers and non programmers united) that you're wrong.
you got explanations on how the things do work.
i've even told you where to get the information to know if you're indeed wrong or we all are wrong.
but you don't seem to be much concerned by facts.
(intermezzo: a bit of logical thinking for you: we cannot prove you, that you're wrong, since we cannot demonstrate that something is not in the pdf specifications. but you can prove us wrong, if you find the thing we insist does not exist).
and still, you keep your bossy attitude and expect us to be thankful to you because you're poor enough to use scribus.
(oooops: "because they may not have a budget to pay for software on the market" is rather rude... if you did not notice)
please reconsider your attitude in this forum.
end of rant.
ciao & enjoy your weekend
a.l.e
p.s.: you might have missed the fact that PDF is not just some random computer thing but is an ISO standard that has been originally created by Adobe some 30 years ago. you can freely download and read some of the versions. PDF creators (like scribus) and readers (like evince) cannot do what they want and expect it to work. thankfully.
and, no, the pdf standard is not code. it just happens to be as easy to digest as a phone book (for those people who still know what is a phone book...) but it's not code. it's non discriminatory and just as boring for those who can program and those who cannot.
p.p.s:
https://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference.html