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#21
Scripts and Plugins / Re: ISBN barcode -- with the h...
Last post by jeepe - September 18, 2023, 12:01:16 PM
So,

The solution was there, only I didn't realize it...

What we want is the barcode without the second block, without the 5 digit block -- "the 5 digit addon"...


To achieve this, it is NOT the method that need be changed but just the input :) :)
Namely, we have to omit the additional 5 digits from the input sequence.


for example:

Data:    978-1-873671-00-9 54499
Options: includetext guardwhitespace
Encoder: isbn


this will produce the 2 block barcode...

while this:

Data:    978-1-873671-00-9
Options: includetext guardwhitespace
Encoder: isbn


will produce the one block version...
cause there is no additional 5 digits at the end of the input sequence...


ALL is clear!! :)

as explained here:
https://github.com/bwipp/postscriptbarcode/wiki/ISBN

case closed, I guess :)
#22
Tutorials, Tips and How-Tos / Re: Typesetting a novel with S...
Last post by jeepe - September 17, 2023, 10:49:36 PM
I think if someone is typesetting her/his novel, s/he'll be a beginner or an amateur, anyway, new to Scribus and to the entire concept of book layout...


Therefore, Scribus is  a wrong choice of tool...
Libreoffice allows for a a high level of flexibility with the text...
you can modify it... you can keep working on it...

With Scribus, you need to have a set plan... and a finished final text...
and if you want to change "something", it might expose you to very tough problems...
that you can solve if you're a pro... using scripts...

Anyway, the first 2 tutorial is bad enough, completely ignoring what someone new would like to know
regarding typesetting... I guess he's reconstructing his own book making trip, that's why he's not starting with a "what do we need to do?" kind of exposition...

I believe (I'm no PRO, and I'm new to Scribus) Libreoffice is better for most people... (for typesetting a novel)
Scribus is "only" better for those who are into very professional work...
and who work with finished text :) AND images! Text and images!

Whenever that comes up, Scribus is way-way-way ahead of Librreoffice...
But a novel won't really have images...




#23
Tutorials, Tips and How-Tos / Re: Getting started with Scrib...
Last post by jeepe - September 17, 2023, 10:15:17 PM
Quote from: a.l.e on January 25, 2018, 03:13:56 PMWhat do you think about it?


Hi!

A good tutorial book, as it exists for Libreoffice, is a key thing, absolutely! So, even bringing this up is a very cool, strategic move already!

I have checked the first 3/4 docs at github...
and my impression is: lots of space for improvement! :) (this is good news)


The "problem" with these texts is that they start in the void...
somewhere far-far off...

So, suggestion #1:  a tutorial should be written linearly!
from the first chapter on...

The linked "Introduction" chapter is, strangely, only an introduction to the manual itself (that doesn't exist yet) ...
I'm talking about an introduction to Scribus, of course :)

Suggestion #2:  let's start with "the" introduction chapter!


Suggestion #3: let's speak to 2 types of Scribus users...

people working on their first projects... -- free and creative individuals, at the beginning of their Scribus journey..

seasoned book editors / typographers / layout designers... working in teams / in professional context, having used other software already...


my suggestion for a title: can I trust Scribus with my project?  (an introduction)


In this chapter, I'd like to read about the workflow...
including what role to give Inkscape ... and even Gimp ... and what role Scribus is adequate for...

I would also like to read about Libreoffice being compared to Scribus...

And all this on two levels -- for the free creative individuals, and the seasoned ones working in professional context...

The "trust" question, I  believe, is a very basic one, cause this is what happens when someone tries Scribus... a decision is being made... based on the experiment and the impressions...

And I would emphasize that Scribus is a very robust, stable "application", and that it is highly sophisticated... meaning that artistic / professional vision never has to bump into a wall, anything is possible, and possibly much more than you  can imagine at once :)


I believe that a PDF would be the good format, as opposed to an online "library" -- which is a good thing otherwise!! And the tutorial, or "handbook" could have version numbers, too...


Well, this is what I think


#24
Scripts and Plugins / Re: ISBN barcode -- with the h...
Last post by jeepe - September 17, 2023, 09:24:32 PM
well, the options are predefined in the script...
see: https://github.com/bwipp/postscriptbarcode/wiki/Options-Reference

I know you know this :)

I mean, the UI can't offer more options than the script...

My intuition is that terry has got soooo many requestS, including the "Aztek Mesas",
and trillions of other areas where they use barcode,
that ISBN has become just a little old project for him... solved ages ago :)

#25
Scripts and Plugins / Re: ISBN barcode -- with the h...
Last post by MrB - September 17, 2023, 06:47:05 PM
Terry writes the Scribus barcode plugin. Ask him and see if it's allowed in the barcode specs and he could add it if it's really not possible right now. There are lots of options when creating the barcodes in the UI though.
#26
Scripts and Plugins / ISBN barcode -- with the human...
Last post by jeepe - September 17, 2023, 03:51:35 PM
hi,

Another forum member had asked a very similar question not so long ago (https://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,4558.0.html)

My question is perhaps more specific:

Is there really not an option to have a single block ISBN barcode (without the 5 digit price block), but with the "human readable ISBN atop of it?

Cause that seems to be the case...

Lots of variations under
"point of sale" and "GS1 data family"...

But none of them has the readable ISBN code above the barcode...


I checked Terry Burtun's page and the available options reference page:
https://github.com/bwipp/postscriptbarcode/wiki/Options-Reference

and there is no solution there...
I know, I can just place it there manually :)
But if I mistype it...



So, I don't know what to say...
as I have no question :)

I only wish this could be arranged with Terry Burton...

at github, perhaps? https://github.com/bwipp/postscriptbarcode/wiki/Options-Reference


//  as my OS and stuff: Linux Mint 20.3, Scribus v 1.5.8 (appimage)  //
#27
Scripts and Plugins / Re: PANTONE® & RAL® color pale...
Last post by admoraes - September 15, 2023, 07:08:56 PM
Sorry. Solved here. I've reinstalled Python and now everything is working.
#28
Scripts and Plugins / Re: PANTONE® & RAL® color pale...
Last post by a.l.e - September 15, 2023, 07:04:33 PM
you seem to be following

https://github.com/fundevogel/we-love-colors

after having done `pip install farben" in the terminal, you can then run `farben` as a "command" in the same terminal, as described in

https://github.com/fundevogel/we-love-colors#getting-started

you probably need to carefully read the whole README file on github to understand how to use `farben` (and also learn a bit how to use the terminal / console).

good luck!
#29
Scripts and Plugins / Re: PANTONE® & RAL® color pale...
Last post by admoraes - September 15, 2023, 06:45:00 PM

Hi. Newbie here. First time I have contact with Python. I'm having difficulty running farben.

I installed Python on the Desktop. I ran the command "pip install farben". Afterwards, I couldn't move forward with anything else. No commands worked.

Sorry, but I'm completely lost.
#30
Free discussion / Re: Provocative question: Bett...
Last post by NathanUp - September 14, 2023, 04:37:16 PM
QuoteIntegration between Inkscape and other TDP software (including Scribus) could be a useful approach.
[Moderation: The quote above is from a spam post that has been deleted]

What sort of integrations do you have in mind? I've often wished that something like Adobe CC's Libraries existed for FLOSS creative software; specifically, I would find syncing character, paragraph, and object styles, swatches, and vector and raster assets, between Scribus, Inkscape, Krita and Kdenlive incredibly useful. I have a feeling that even making synced assets interoperable would be tricky though, and then there's the matter of actually syncing (although maybe this could be left for the user to figure out using git, syncthing, nextcloud, or whatever).