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#1
General Discussion / Re: AI generated SLA file and ...
Last post by lib - June 01, 2026, 02:58:38 PM
I understand why this question is "curious" to you.
My idea is to, when writing the magazine, to get pages "designed" from various templates at the beginning using AI and then I use Scribus to change it, give it "human touch" and fix the possible  errors (that is why SLA is needed, not PDF).
The main goal is the first draft of magazine pages and speed.
Thanks for Python API info, I'll give it a look.
#2
Beginner Talk / Re: Scribus alternate sites, l...
Last post by PZL_P11c - June 01, 2026, 09:16:51 AM
Quote from: utnik on May 31, 2026, 06:17:56 PM
Quote...Is the web site scribus . fr legitimate?

it looks ok to me.
...and the links under télécharger scribus for the different operating systems lead to the usual sourceforge site.

utnik
The text for the download shows Sourceforge, but the actual link behind points to "digisplendid.com/scribus-download/". That's why I believe the .FR site has been hacked or is a malware platform
#3
Beginner Talk / Re: Scribus alternate sites, l...
Last post by MrB - May 31, 2026, 10:48:33 PM
Its not an official Scribus site, even if it has Scribus content.
#4
FYI, I'm using Scribus 1.5.8 on a MBP 2015 under Monterey.
#5
Beginner Talk / Re: Scribus alternate sites, l...
Last post by a.l.e - May 31, 2026, 10:15:41 PM
As far as I know, the site is not related to the Scribus project.

My browser marks it as potentially having malware and does not want me to see it.

Use it at your own risk.

I'm disabling the links.
#6
Yes, I'm one of the very few people who uses the Spiral Tool!
(I'm typesetting a friend's upcoming sci-fi noir novella in which springs play a major role, and the Spiral tool provides THE PERFECT graphical element. I'm using it as a section divider sigil. Looks great!)

BUT something has gone wrong. At first, I could change the Spiral tool's settings and the next time I used the tool it would indeed reflect the changes. Now when I change the settings (Start Angle, End Angle, Factor), a new drawn spiral only reflects the previous settings---it's stuck drawing a spiral that starts at the bottom and winds outward & clockwise 4.25X, ending on the left side.

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. I just discovered that although my new settings have been retaining in the preferences for Spiral (even after restart of the app), I can create NEW DOCUMENT and the new settings are effective there. Just not in any existing document (even though the new settings still show in the Preferences.)

I suppose I could just toss some preferences file associated with the old document in question, but I have no idea where to find/how to do that. (The fact that the settings for the tool are retaining my update, but not drawing according to the update in existing documents, is the bug I'm reporting.)
#7
Beginner Talk / Re: Scribus alternate sites, l...
Last post by utnik - May 31, 2026, 06:17:56 PM
Quote...Is the web site scribus . fr legitimate?

it looks ok to me.
...and the links under télécharger scribus for the different operating systems lead to the usual sourceforge site.

utnik
#8
Beginner Talk / Scribus alternate sites, like ...
Last post by PZL_P11c - May 31, 2026, 04:07:54 PM
Hello everyone,
I am a newbe here, and so far did not found an answer in the search engine of this forum.
Is the web site scribus . fr legitimate?

When I started to look after scribus, I was directed to the .FR site as I am french speaking person.

I did realize something was wrong when I started to download the exe files. The link is not directing to source Forge , but rather to an endless loop of ads.

Anyways, I do enjoy Scribus, and I hope to learn and contribute trough this forum.

#9
General Discussion / Re: AI generated SLA file and ...
Last post by a.l.e - May 30, 2026, 10:11:07 AM
Let's start from the end.
Scribus does have a Python API that lets you generate .sla and .pdf files.
You can get the documentation by pressing F1 in your copy of Scribus.

On the other side, generating .sla files with AI seems "curious" (let's be kind) to me.
If you're going to generate your documents with AI, why don't you directly go for generating the PDF, with AI generated text and images?
It's not the data that is missing...

P.S.: someone other's AI will summarize it for the reader... your document doesn't even need to be nice!
#10
General Discussion / AI generated SLA file and prog...
Last post by lib - May 29, 2026, 12:29:56 PM
Hello!
Does anybody play with AI models for generating SLA files with the use with AI models? I have tried few times and didn't get good results. Obviously, there is no enough data for AI to be able to generate SLA file from zero.
Also, does anybody uses programming languages for creating or updating SLA files?
If so, what useful information and where can be found?