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#51
Raster and Vector Graphics / Re: Replacing images while kee...
Last post by a.l.e - January 29, 2025, 06:23:39 PM
sadly no

https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=5542

... it's aging well...

and, sadly, i don't have the revised version of the patch anymore:

https://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=12253

... but it would probably not easily apply, after all those years.

anyway, without a comment from the team, stating in what direction the patch should go (and if they want the feature) i will not further work on that.
#52
MacOS / Re: Scribus 1.6.3 does not run...
Last post by dragginDaybrake - January 29, 2025, 05:17:58 PM
Quote from: MrB on January 25, 2025, 10:08:37 PMI downloaded it again from SF and it works for me

Strange. I had to download the non-arm version to get it working...
#53
MacOS / Re: Scribus 1.6.3 does not run...
Last post by dragginDaybrake - January 29, 2025, 05:16:38 PM
It turns out that the Arm build and the Intel builds of 1.6.3 of mixed up. So the non-arm dmg is the one that runs on arm:
scribus-1.6.3.dmg

And if you need the Intel version you should download this one:
scribus-1.6.3-arm64.dmg
#54
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Scripter: is LayerLocked
Last post by GBW - January 29, 2025, 04:12:37 PM
Hi, well thank you very much, I rearely find a genuine bug and hope this helps others.!
#55
Raster and Vector Graphics / Replacing images while keeping...
Last post by rumple - January 29, 2025, 12:11:49 PM
Is there any way to replace an image and keep scale and position?

The 'edit image' button is one route, but I have a long technical document where I can't do that.

(As a power user of QuarkXPress I'm sure that could do it but I've not used it for 25 years!)
#56
Beginner Talk / Re: Color of guides and snappi...
Last post by a.l.e - January 28, 2025, 09:41:16 PM
for centering, you can use the "align and distribute" tool...

you can even align the center to a guide : - )
or to the page...

not as "intuitive" as centering by snapping...
... but, on the other side, too much snapping makes it also harder to correctly place the items...
#57
Beginner Talk / Color of guides and snapping t...
Last post by kenerling - January 28, 2025, 07:12:03 PM
Hello to all!

I'm learning the ropes for Scribus and so far having great fun doing so.

I do have two questions (Windows 10 Home, Scribus 1.6.2):

1) At File>Preferences>Guides>Color, you can set any color for the Guides (Select color > Click OK to close the dialog box > Click OK again to close the Preferences dialog), and in theory, the chosen color should become the default guides color for all documents.

As long as I don't close Scribus, this works just fine, but when I do close the program, when I reopen it, the guides color is reset to its default color.

Is there something I'm missing, or is this a bug?

2) Is there not a way to snap the center of a frame?

When snapping is turned on (Page > Snap to Grids/Guides/Items), the edges and corners of frames snap as expected, but the frame's center point does not snap anywhere, with one exception: When "Snap to Items" is activated, the center of a frame can be snapped to the corner or center of another frame, but that's all. A frame's center won't snap to a guides intersection either.

Being able to snap the center of a frame would be extremely useful for, e.g., centering it on a page, or between the margins without having to go through the up-to five clicks needed via the Align and Distribute window.

Thanks in advance for any clarifications or advice you may have!
#58
Features / Re: Node based automation like...
Last post by Nermander - January 28, 2025, 04:34:35 PM
When I write VBA macros for MS Office (mostly Word and Excel), I usually record a macro when doing what I want to see how the code needs to look, and then I adapt it.

I guess that for me a visual way to write simple macros would probably be useful.

(I haven't written any scripts for Scribus, yet.)
#59
Announcements and Forum Rules / Re: Scribus 1.7.0 Released
Last post by AdmFubar - January 28, 2025, 04:38:55 AM
Finding bugs.
The object horizontal/vertical alignment buttons are mislabeled/swapped.  Depend on how you want to look at it.  The terminology used is confusing and inconsistent  with the wording for aligning text.
#60
Layout Issues / Re: Multiple layouts with same...
Last post by a.l.e - January 27, 2025, 10:53:06 PM
in the csv, you can put the path to the images...