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#1
Linux / Re: Scribus 1.7.2 Imported Col...
Last post by Portreve - Today at 11:41:13 PM
Alright, so it's been some time, and I thought I'd add a little more to the discussion.

I'm now running Aurora OS (i.e. a Universal Blue packaging of Fedora / KDE) and running into the same issue as previously. BUT... WAIT FOR IT...

I installed the Flatpak version and it works perfectly. So, the new current conclusion I've come to is that containerization is a factor, and basically it's interfering with this program's normal functioning.
#2
General Discussion / Re: Multilingual management / ...
Last post by nenex-ordi-libre - May 16, 2026, 01:50:47 PM
When I said to do it manually, I was referring to the edits, not the translations themselves.

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Quand je disais le faire manuellement, c'est pour les modifications, pas les traductions elles-mêmes.
#3
User Interface / Re: Wrapping Text Around an Im...
Last post by utnik - May 16, 2026, 07:58:21 AM
    hi zerubbabel

    i don't know if there is a full documentation of the palettes of the development version. (i never searched for it...) but wrapping text around images works in the same way as in older versions.
    if it's just a rectangular image:
    • select it and go to ,properties' → ,shape'.
    • select the fourth text flow icon (the tooltip says: ,text flow around contour line').
    • click on ,edit'
    • at the bottom of the appearing ,nodes' palette click on the second icon (the tooltip says: ,activate contour line editing mode'. afaik this is the only difference to the previous versions where there was a checkbox for this...
    • here you can increase or decrease the contour line by fixed values or change it manually as in older versions.

    utnik
#4
General Discussion / Re: Multilingual management / ...
Last post by utnik - May 16, 2026, 07:33:52 AM
Quote from: nenex-ordi-libre on May 14, 2026, 09:14:34 AM...As for updating the text, you have to do it manually anyway, right?

there may be automated solutions. but you would need to correct the results anyway. that's why i would do it rather manually than dealing with garbage later...

utnik
#5
Layout Issues / Re: Choosing layout for a page...
Last post by Nermander - May 15, 2026, 08:54:43 PM
You can place a whole page of contents in the scrapbook. Doubleclicking the item in the scrapbook will insert them in the same places as when they were sent to the scrapbook.

The disadvantage of importing pages is you will also get the page properties (like left or right page), which may mean you need two of each "template".
#6
General Discussion / Re: Right to Left, RTL layout,...
Last post by a.l.e - May 15, 2026, 08:18:58 PM
First page left or right is not about the direction, only about the placement of the first page.

The newest development version does have what you are looking for (the RTL binding), but I don't think it's in the latest development release 1.7.3.

If you're on Linux and you're brave enough, you can look for the nightly Appimage.
Maybe, there is a snapshot for your system, or somebody can create: which OS are you using?

P.s: there's seems to be a very fresh snapshot for windows:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/scribus/files/scribus-svn/1.7.4.svn/

The Appimage is

https://gitlab.com/scribus/scribus/-/jobs/artifacts/master/raw/Scribus-nightly-x86_64.AppImage?job=appimage%3Alinux
#7
General Discussion / Right to Left, RTL layout, pag...
Last post by aadir - May 15, 2026, 05:25:34 PM
I hope this screenshot shows my issue enough..

I am working on an RTL design, and the pages are actually still flowing from left to right .
Look at the page numbers..
Page 2 should be on the right.   

In document setup, it doesnt matter if i choose first page as left or right, the pages always from left to right.

#8
Layout Issues / Choosing layout for a page fro...
Last post by lib - May 15, 2026, 03:24:37 PM
Hello!

To speed up a magazine creation, I have idea of creating layout template library (e.g. 100 different page layouts) and for each new issue choose e.g. 30 of them.

Is it better to import a similar page from one of the previous issues or copy a layout page from scrapbook? It seems to me that scrapbook is meant to be used for single elements (e.g. icons, etc.), not for whole page layout template (which can has several images, textboxes and shapes).

What would be the best solution for this? Is there some other "way"?

Thanks in advance!
#9
Beginner Talk / continous text frames cause ha...
Last post by aadir - May 15, 2026, 12:23:42 PM
hey there, first time user of Scribus here


I have about 40 pages in my doc currently, and now when i go to link a text frame to continue the previous ones, the whole software hangs for about 2 minutes..

my story is about 5000 words. 

Is there anything I should watch out for when doing this?

Thank you!
#10
General Discussion / Re: September 2025 - April 202...
Last post by MarkoFlow - May 14, 2026, 10:03:07 PM
Useful progress update. The full-document search and replace, preferences search, and UI logging window look especially helpful for everyday use.