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#1
Installation and Setup / Re: Toolbar icons still tiny (...
Last post by a.l.e - September 24, 2023, 03:39:03 PM
hi dynamo

first: on gitlab, there is a "community maintained" CI that creates appimages for linux:

https://gitlab.com/scribus/scribus16

currently, only the future stable branch scribus 1.6 gets compiled.
as soon as 1.6 will be out, i will probably create a new docker image for the main branch (it's not hard, but it takes some time: if somebody wants to contribute to it, all the bits are on gitlab...).

currently, there is no important difference between 1.6 and 1.7, except that 1.7 contains nitram's contributions for a "new UI" (still a work in progress): that's why i'm not really in a hurry.

i'm not sure that it's easy / possible to create images for windows or mac os.
if you know how we could do them, your hints and contributions are very welcome.

finally, we had a discussion on using more modern development tools not so long ago:

https://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,4619.msg21609.html

the summary is:

- the two main developers (the team) do not really have an interest to go for it.
- for most other active developers having a community maintained mirror is good enough.
#2
Installation and Setup / Re: Toolbar icons still tiny (...
Last post by PatJr - September 24, 2023, 02:26:11 PM
... adding to the noise, I like the smaller icons, it leaves more room for my document
#3
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: error with many images
Last post by Nermander - September 24, 2023, 10:16:29 AM
The "unstable" versions of Scribus are usually stable enough for normal use around version 1.x.5-1.x.6.
#4
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: error with many images
Last post by JL-MZ - September 24, 2023, 09:21:39 AM
Thank you, as I am starting out, I favored the stable version rather than the one in development, but indeed, it works with 1.5.8

I'm running W10, with a Core I5, 8GB of Ram, +300GB free on an SSD, everything in the same directory and everything in jpg.
Thanks for your suggestion

 :)
#5
Installation and Setup / Re: Toolbar icons still tiny (...
Last post by Nermander - September 24, 2023, 07:05:44 AM
Quote from: Dynamo on September 24, 2023, 02:46:21 AMThe newest download version on the website is 1.5.8, and there's no 1.6 or 1.7 available. The Sourceforge repo has a 1.7 branch under a folder with an svn title.

A 1.7 download is needed on the website.

1.7.x is not a released version.
#6
Installation and Setup / Re: Toolbar icons still tiny (...
Last post by Dynamo - September 24, 2023, 03:40:46 AM
Here's 1.5.8. The only good news is that menu text isn't hugely blurry by default, like with 1.4x branch on Win10. I still disabled Windows scaling to get text perfectly sharp (this did not affect icon size, I experimented with all settings to try and boost this).

The bad news is i'm still having to manually adjust menu fonts to size 12, and the pictures, whilst a tiny bit more legible are still about 30% too small. eye strain central. Have the devel team looked at Canva and Adobe Express? big chunky buttons. Adored by people. No need to change the interface, but think bigger, chunkier, aesthetic. think less teeny tiny rushing to the optometrist with migraines.

For comparison, next to Scribus 1.5x is Firefox stable's latest version. look at those icons in comparison, way more readable, about 30% larger.
#7
Installation and Setup / Re: Toolbar icons still tiny (...
Last post by Dynamo - September 24, 2023, 02:46:21 AM
Quote from: MrB on September 22, 2023, 07:21:53 PMScribus 1.7.x now uses SVG based icons where we can scale, and recolor. We may be able to introduce different sizing for 1.6.x in a later release.

The newest download version on the website is 1.5.8, and there's no 1.6 or 1.7 available. The Sourceforge repo has a 1.7 branch under a folder with an svn title.

A 1.7 download is needed on the website.

Have you ladies and gents considered moving over to Github? It automatically compiles on-server for open source projects. You could then dish out executables for new versions easily. Audacity uses it to good effect.

I've re-read the website and it looks like 1.4 is stable but really out of date, but nobody wants to nail a flag to the mast on 1.5x and make it 1.6. In my opinion (unsolicited, sorry), it's time to put 1.6 out whatever the level of finish. 2012 was ten years ago, your stable branch is basically a ten year old program, and its going to kill this project.

Cyberpunk the game went out to retail almost unusable. From what you're saying, 1.5x is far more usable than unstable. 1.4x is an awful, unusable experience. It might be stable, but its so out of date, its just as non-useful as an app that crashes. Does it crash? No. Can it be used with normal modern equipment? also no. Stick a 1.6 number on 1.5.8. Be brave. or at least stop offering 1.4 for download, its awful.

#8
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: error with many images
Last post by PatJr - September 24, 2023, 01:16:56 AM
Why not give 1.5.8 a try? It works very well and is more 'stable' then the unstable imply.

OS ?
CPU?
memory?
free disk space on the drive you are saving the file to?
are your pictures in the same directory, sub directory as the scribus file?
all pictures jpg?
1.5.8 has an image cache setting that might help for your document?

Pat Jr.
#9
Raster and Vector Graphics / error with many images
Last post by JL-MZ - September 23, 2023, 10:52:05 PM
Hello
I recently started using Scribus 1.4.8. My goal is to make a photo book of about 200 pages, each image is about 2MB. But from 140 pages, the images are no longer displayed, (we just see the name in red) as if it saturated. Is this normal, what is the limit?. If I try to make a PDF, it does not work. If I do not display the photos on the document, the problem is the same.
Excuse my bad English
JLM
#10
General Discussion / Re: Importing Multiple pages f...
Last post by AdmFubar - September 23, 2023, 07:04:52 PM
Quote from: chalo24a on September 23, 2023, 03:12:56 PMWhen I go to Import the PDF Document, I only have the option to choose a single page- even though the source document is multi-page. Other radio button options are greyed out. Is this expected behaviour?

What version of scribus are you using? In 1.5.8 i get to select all pages, single page, or a range of pages.