Scribus 1.5.8 on Ventura

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zooterkin

I've been using Scribus 1.4.8 on Windows pretty happily.  I've just got a new Macbook.  I've discovered that 1.4.8 won't work at all on Ventura.  I've tried installing 1.5.8, but it doesn't seem to install properly (it doesn't get added as a new app, it seems to run the installation package each time), and when it does run all the icons seem to be missing.  Apologies for some of the vagueness, I'm new to MacOS, but I've installed other apps fine.  Also, there didn't seem to be the option to open a file from a network share, but that could be a consequence of not installing properly.

Is Scribus supported on MacOS 13?

utnik

hi zooterkin

Quote from: zooterkin on February 17, 2023, 09:32:14 AM...I've tried installing 1.5.8, but it doesn't seem to install properly (it doesn't get added as a new app, it seems to run the installation package each time)...
where did you get scribus 1.5.8?
try this! it's the official .dmg file for macOS.
on my macbook i run scribus 1.5.8, 1.5.9.svn and 1.7.0.svn – since a couple of days on ventura 13.2.1...

utnik

zooterkin

Yes, that's where I got it from.

utnik

ok. then i don't know what's wrong.
it works fine on my computer under ventura.

utnik

zooterkin

Quote from: utnik on February 18, 2023, 04:36:39 AMok. then i don't know what's wrong.
it works fine on my computer under ventura.

utnik
Thank you, that is useful information.  Knowing that it should work means it's worth investigating further.  I'll try to pin down what I'm doing wrong, thank you!

zooterkin

Ok, thank you for your help!  My problems were due to lack of familiarity with the MacOS environment.  Firstly, I hadn't properly installed the application, only run the install image.  What was then confusing me was that I had dark mode selected, and none of the icons were visible.  Switching to light mode fixed that (though it would be nice if scribus supported dark mode, or perhaps that's something else I need to find).


Anyway, thanks for your patience!  Time to find the differences from 1.4.8 now...

MrB

Dark mode/light mode OS detection is sourced via Qt, and as soon as we can collect that info via Qt, we will auto select the mode.
Good to hear you are up and running.

utnik

hi zooterkin

Quote from: zooterkin on February 18, 2023, 06:05:35 PM...that I had dark mode selected, and none of the icons were visible.  Switching to light mode fixed that (though it would be nice if scribus supported dark mode, or perhaps that's something else I need to find).
for dark mode you need to select a different icon set. ('preferences' → 'user interface' → 'main window' → 'icin set' → 'scribus 1.5.1 dark')

utnik