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#1

Free discussion / Re: VivaDesigner

Last post by AdmFubar - Today at 12:34:59 AM

it is molasses in january slow.. i thought it might be a bad appimage implementation. interface is oddly limited.

#2

Free discussion / Re: VivaDesigner

Last post by utnik - July 15, 2026, 10:04:31 PM

hi admfubar

i used it in the nineties. it was called 'vivaPress' and brought some new possibilities quarkXPress and pageMaker didn't offer. but i never looked at it in the last 25 years. (compared with inDesign it was slow on the same hardware...)

what is the frustrating part of the actual versions?

utnik

#3

Free discussion / VivaDesigner

Last post by AdmFubar - July 15, 2026, 09:00:31 PM

Anyone here try it?  I've used 3-4 dtp programs over the years and i've found this one extremely frustrating to use just trying out some simple layout testing.

#4

Beginner Talk / Re: Remembering Image Location...

Last post by AdmFubar - July 14, 2026, 11:37:51 PM

these image folder, were they created manually? or did you do a collect for output for these two documents? if the former, then open the documents and do a collect for output "save". you will be prompted to create a save folder, i'm not sure if it will work with the current folders you have, but i dont think it should be an issue. the collect for output function will create a sub-folder for the images for that document. and scribus should reference the image directories separately for the respective documents.

let us know if this works for you.

#5

Beginner Talk / Remembering Image Locationa

Last post by guthpublication - July 14, 2026, 02:04:50 PM

I have two unrelated projects, A.sla and B.sla.
Images for ProjectA are located in a folder called ImageA.
Images for ProjectB are located in a folder called ImageB.
If I open and work on A.sla, then open B.sla, I would like B.sla to remember that the images it uses are in the ImageB folder, not in the ImageA folder I was using for the other project. Changing the folder where I have an image seems to change the settings globally, not for an individual sla [similar issues also with where I print a PDF etc]

#6

Layout Issues / Re: Creating columns when not ...

Last post by SyndrelaHong - July 12, 2026, 10:49:12 AM

One thing that's helped me with Scribus is creating a small test document first to make sure everything behaves the way I expect before applying it to the full project. It saves a lot of frustration if something is off. Let us know what version you're using too, since that can sometimes make a difference.

#7

Linux / Re: Scribus 1.7.3 crashes due ...

Last post by MrB - July 09, 2026, 10:02:16 PM

I think I have fixed this in 1.6.7.svn/1.7.4.svn

#8

Linux / Scribus 1.7.3 crashes due to S...

Last post by SilverGreen93 - July 09, 2026, 08:33:24 PM

Hi,

I am running Manjaro Linux with KDE Plasma and zsh shell.
I get this error when launching Scribus 1.7.3 after compiling it:

Code Select Expand

❯ scribus                                                       
scribus: magick/error.c:1049: ThrowLoggedException: Assertion `exception->signature == MagickSignature' failed.
Scribus Crash
-------------
Scribus crashes due to Signal #6
Calling Emergency Save
zsh: segmentation fault (core dumped)  scribus



#9

MacOS / Re: 1.6.6 Unstable on my Mac

Last post by MrB - July 08, 2026, 09:46:11 PM

~/Library/Application Support/Scribus and ~/Library/Preferences/Scribus are the two locations you'd want to delete files from, with Scribus closed. Unless your disk is corrupted, removing the Application files will likely do nothing.

#10

Layout Issues / Re: Text boxes, image boxes, a...

Last post by AdmFubar - July 08, 2026, 09:12:07 PM

When you want to attach a file to a post here, use the REPLY button, that will bring up a message editor with an option to attach a file