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#81
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: Errors with PDF Import - w...
Last post by Flaxx - November 11, 2023, 01:07:08 PM
Quote from: MrB on June 21, 2023, 10:13:37 PMWhat version of Scribus on what operating system?
Sorry, I'm not that often here and lost this posting. However, the problem still persists.
Scribus v1.5.8
Windows 10 Pro (and 11 Pro), haven't tested it under Linux Mint yet as it's still a fresh install to be my main system in a dual-boot environment.

BTW, it might be a similar or even the same reason that Scribus has problems with some svg-files containing text. Sometimes it helps importing them into picture frames, but often even this fails.
#82
PDF Generation / Re: Outoput pdf/x-4 doesn't wo...
Last post by Flaxx - November 11, 2023, 12:49:12 PM
Quote from: AdmFubar on November 11, 2023, 02:22:45 AMHow old are these files? and more specifically what version of scribus were they made with?
Most are marked as 1.5.4, but some of them might have been converted from 1.4.8. That has been the version I started using Scribus in 2018 (I think). The one I worked on yesterday was 1.5.5, just copied as a template and changed (a 2-pager greeting card containing just one photo as relevant element). This surely was originally created based on a 1.5.4 file.

I have to stress that I'm no pro in this field, working voluntarily in a NPO, and using Scribus rather occasionally. In order to be most flexible, I have Scribus installed as portable version on a fast USB-stick containing the content as well in order to assure a steady file structure (of course there are backups).
#83
PDF Generation / Re: Outoput pdf/x-4 doesn't wo...
Last post by AdmFubar - November 11, 2023, 02:22:45 AM
How old are these files? and more specifically what version of scribus were they made with?
#84
PDF Generation / Outoput pdf/x-4 doesn't work f...
Last post by Flaxx - November 11, 2023, 12:07:05 AM
Hi, while knowing for quite while that others have had similar problems and how to solve them, I still wasn't able forcing Scribus 1.5.8 to allow a file export to pdf/x-4.

  • Yes, color-management is on (in general settings without files and when the file is open).
  • The right profiles are installed.
  • Standard PDF-export setting is PDF/x-4 (without and with the respective file is opened.
  • I've even tried the export without any pictures or colored objects (all deleted) - pure b/w text boxes -  same result.

Finally I created in a second tab a new document, same size and amount of pages (okay, just two  ;D ) and copied and pasted the complete content of the old file. BINGO, IT WORKED. Nice, but I wasn't able to detect any different setting.

What the heck can be done without the need of transferring the content to a new file? Where can I look at? Is there any thing in the source file I specifically can change (using Notepad++ or Notepadqq in Linux)?

I have a massive stock of old files that need to be refreshed just a bit from time to time.

Any advice would be highly appreciated.


#85
General Discussion / Re: All my document windows op...
Last post by jrasicmark - November 10, 2023, 12:54:59 PM
 ;D Thanks so much! I did a search on my thumb drive for .rc files and found 2 called Scribus140. I had to change the main window position in both, but once I did that, the main window is back! WHEW! What a relief!
Thanks to all of you!
#86
General Discussion / Re: All my document windows op...
Last post by MrB - November 09, 2023, 10:29:55 PM
scribus15.rc will have a line line:
 <MainWindow ScreenNumber="1" XPosition="349" Maximized="0" Width="1131" YPosition="95" Height="845"/>

Edit XPosition and YPosition.
#87
General Discussion / Re: All my document windows op...
Last post by AdmFubar - November 09, 2023, 06:06:22 PM
PatJr's suggest would be the first to try. It is most likely an issue with your config file. rename it without scribus running and then start scribus and let it rebuild the config file and see if that sures the issue.
#88
General Discussion / Re: All my document windows op...
Last post by PatJr - November 09, 2023, 05:26:36 PM
can you put it on the local HD ?
is there a way to delete or rename the users config directory for it?
I don't use Windows but on lunix it's something like /hoem/USER/.config/scribus for a local install
the flatpak install I use has a path for the config files as
 /home/USER/.var/app/net.scribus.Scribus/config/scribus/

#89
General Discussion / Re: All my document windows op...
Last post by jrasicmark - November 09, 2023, 01:41:34 PM
I just tried re-installing Scribus Portable on the same thumb drive, thinking that might fix it, but the same problem persists.
#90
General Discussion / All my document windows open o...
Last post by jrasicmark - November 09, 2023, 01:07:31 PM
I'm using Scribus Portable on a thumb drive. The properties and align palettes are visible, but I can see the main document window opens on the far right, off the monitor screen.
I Googled ways of moving the window back using Windows shortcut keys, but they didn't work. I also tried using the various options for arranging windows using the taskbar, but they only rearranged the windows that are already visible on screen.
Since it's portable, I had been using the app on a PC that is set up to use two monitors as well as my own laptop at home (which is only one monitor), so I thought it had something to do with that. I thought I would be able to open it on the PC with 2 monitors and just move the window to the default monitor so I would see it on my home laptop. But the document window won't even show up with 2 monitors. It still opens off-screen on the right side of the right monitor.
Is there a way to fix this, either from Scribus or from Windows? I saw on another thread, someone suggested editing the Scribus preferences in Notpad and it gave the address on where to find the Scribus preferences in Windows. But since I'm using Scribus Portable, the address isn't the same. I thought I found the Scribus preferences file on the thumb drive, but when I opened it I couldn't find the line it said to look for (I think it said to look for a line containing "<MAINWINDOW" or something similar, but it wasn't there at all). Maybe it's in another folder on the thumb drive, I don't know.
The only other option I can think of is, the thumb drive is close to being full now. So is it possible that this is a memory issue? That maybe Scribus can't find enough memory from the empty space on the thumb drive to open documents properly?
If so, how can I fix it? Move it to a bigger portable external drive?
Any ideas?
Thanks.