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#1
Free discussion / Re: Startup error
Last post by TondaSoucek - Today at 01:46:42 PM
Thank you very much everyone, I wrote to the developers. I will hope, I tried everything you wrote above and nothing.
Thanks Antonin
#2
Scripts and Plugins / How to use 'createCustomLineSt...
Last post by Alcantara - Today at 12:39:16 PM
Hello.

The Scribus help section provides the following definition:

QuotecreateCustomLineStyle(...)

  createCustomLineStyle(styleName, style)

Creates the custom line style 'styleName'.

This function takes a list of dictionaries as a parameter for "style".
Each dictionary represents one subline within the style.
Dictionary can have those keys: [...]

1. What does "list of dictionaries" mean?

Is this the correct usage?

scribus.defineColorRGB("red_r", 254, 10, 10)
line_style = [
    {"Color": "red_r"},
    {"Dash": 1},
    {"LineEnd": 1},
    {"LineJoin": 0},
    {"Shade": 100},
    {"Width": 20.0}
]
scribus.createCustomLineStyle("aCustomStyle", line_style)

Or this?

scribus.defineColorRGB("red_r", 254, 10, 10)
line_style = [
  {"Color": "red_r",
  "Dash": 1,
  "LineEnd": 1,
  "LineJoin": 0,
  "Shade": 100,
  "Width": 20.0
  }
]
scribus.createCustomLineStyle("aCustomStyle", line_style)

2. How do you use the style created this way?

The scribus.setLineStyle() function accepts a number to indicate the style to assign to a line, not the string passed to createCustomLineStyle.

A short working example would make me happy. Thank you.
#3
Free discussion / Re: Startup error
Last post by a.l.e - Today at 11:32:36 AM
Please upload your file to this forum or if you want to keep it private, to https://bugs.scribus.net (and mark the ticket as private: only the developers will be able to see it).

If it's a Scribus issue (and not a failure of your disk), we might be able to make the file readable again.
#4
Free discussion / Re: Startup error
Last post by sersha - Today at 10:22:05 AM
Have you tried to "Collect for output" and then checking if everything is in your chosen folder, that folder "Images" is present and in it are your image files indeed existing , then opening the .sla file from that folder.
At least, it would help you to pinpoint the problem. Obviously, it is something related to your images.
Good luck! S.
#5
Free discussion / Re: Startup error
Last post by prcek - Today at 12:19:01 AM
Hi Antonin, Scribus files are XML files, that can be modified in a text editor. So you can play with a COPY of the document and try to remove some of recently added elements.
Not sure what causes the crash, though.
Is it possible you have saved document in compressed format and there is not enough memory/disk space to decompress it?
What happens when you disable or enlarge image cache in preferences?
#6
Free discussion / Re: Startup error
Last post by TondaSoucek - February 07, 2026, 10:07:32 PM
Hello.
Thank you very much for your advice. I have tried everything, but unfortunately nothing. I will probably have to contact some professional company. If I were to lose the book, then .... I don't even want to think about it.
Thank you very much again! AV
#7
Free discussion / Re: Startup error
Last post by Lynn - February 07, 2026, 03:22:58 PM
I'm not sure what the cache errors you're seeing look like, but if the file loads with the images disconnected and crashes when they're available, I would guess that your computer doesn't have enough memory to open the file because the image files are too big/numerous.

Personally, I'd probably try splitting the file in half - make two copies of the original file and open one of them while the drive with the images is disconnected. Try deleting all the images from the back half of the file. Then attempt reopening the copy with the drive connected. If it works, that's good! You can repeat on the other copy, removing the images from the front half of the file. If you eventually go to export the PDF you can tell it to export just the half with images from each file and then merge them together in one of the many PDF merge programs online.

Another option is that your images are really high resolution (if, say, Scribus is scaling them to 10% or 20% and showing 300 dpi as the resolution? That means you could shrink the files to 1/5-1/10 of their current size and have zero difference in your print output). You could address this by:
- making a copy of your images in their own folder (say, "ResizedChronicleImages")
- resizing the copies to be smaller
- temporarily renaming the folder where the original images were
- when you open Scribus it won't be able to find the original images, so it should be able to open.
- You can then go to Extras > Manage Images. All your pictures will have an x over them. Click on one image and then on Search, which is on the right. In the window that pops up, click on Change and select your resized image folder in the file picker.
- Scribus will search for your image and find it in the new folder as long as the filename is the same! The important thing here is to click the Apply to All Matching Images checkbox at the bottom. Scribus will then find the copies of all/most of your images that are in the new folder.
- You might have to repeat that a few times if it misses a few

A third option that I can't give much advice about might be to check your computer specifications or test the file on a borrowed computer with more memory from a friend or family member. I know I used to run Scribus on a laptop with 8 GB of RAM and I now run it on one with 32 GB of RAM and it is night and day how well this program runs on big files.
#8
Free discussion / Startup error
Last post by TondaSoucek - February 07, 2026, 02:15:36 PM
Hello everyone. I have been creating a family chronicle for over five years and now, when I want to open the file (chronicle) again, the Scribus program reports an error. I have version 1.5.7 and I tried 1.6.2 = same error. It loads about 38% and then it says that I have no space in the cache - I deleted it and the problem repeats. When I disconnect the external drive where I have saved the photos, the program starts with only text. I reconnect the drive and the file does not open. Other files (other books) work fine. I am desperate and do not know what to do with it.
It says the error: "Scribus crashes due to the following exception: UNKNOWN EXCEPTION." It also says error number 5324 and 5188.
I would be very grateful for your help!!!
Thank you very much, Antonin Vltavsky
#9
Text and Typography / Re: Lorem Ipsum in Spanish
Last post by a.l.e - February 07, 2026, 09:39:56 AM
As Lynn correctly wrote, many (most?) people are used to the "latin" Lorem Ipsum.

For a few languages, Scribus also has a localized sample text.

The idea behind it, is that it might look less distracting than a gibberish text.

Feel free to suggest a text that could be used for Spanish. The text will need to fulfill two conditions:

  • It should be considered a "void" text by Spanish reader (the person looking at the document should unmistakably recognize that it's a placeholder text).
  • The text need to be free of copyrights (as an example, the author had died more that 70 years ago; or the text is under a liberal Creative Common license).

This having been said, I wonder how useful / good the texts that have made it into Scribus are...

All in all, the best thing would probably be to remove all but the "real" one and allow the user to add custom ones...
#10
Text and Typography / Re: Lorem Ipsum in Spanish
Last post by rickvera - February 07, 2026, 12:00:09 AM
I'm referring to the sample text option for filling empty text boxes. There are other languages ��available, but Spanish isn't one of them.