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#1
Beginner Talk / Re: Tuturials...Again?
Last post by Aleks100 - December 19, 2025, 11:15:01 PM
Skip TopCLAX.
Author does not overprints black, does not use bleed in print design & who knows what else.
#2
Beginner Talk / Re: Tuturials...Again?
Last post by AdmFubar - December 19, 2025, 10:28:36 PM
also these
https://www.youtube.com/c/TopCLAX

the robotic voice is a bit jarring..
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Zjna3JiTmM7YJEEvF2-ug

there are a couple that i've found that are hour or so presentations that might be useful, but these two short videos on a specific feature. much easier to find that item then having to hunt it down in a longer video.
#3
Scripts and Plugins / Re: greps – new version (v1.5)
Last post by AdmFubar - December 19, 2025, 10:08:48 PM
does the mac even have tk available for it?
#4
Installation and Setup / Re: Corrupted Copy
Last post by AdmFubar - December 19, 2025, 10:05:10 PM
Follow your standard procedure uninstalling on the mac. It should uninstall the program. Your data files are your and do not get uninstalled from removing the program. However, before you uninstall the program, try renaming the preferences for scribus. do the rename without scribus running and let it recreate the default prefs. This might be the source if the issues you are having.

How old is your system? and is it a ssd or a spinning harddrive?
#5
Installation and Setup / Corrupted Copy
Last post by Sheba2 - December 19, 2025, 09:01:40 PM
In taking some online tutorials, it brought to mind that my copy of the program may be corrupted because things will work and then they don't work and then they work! Also, when striving to follow along with the tutorials, my compluter would not always function properly when following the instructions online. My question is: If I uninstall Scribus 1.6.4 on my MacBook and re-install it, will I lose the files I currently have in Scribus? How do I COMPLETELY uninstall it on the MacBook?
#6
Beginner Talk / Re: Tuturials...Again?
Last post by Sheba2 - December 19, 2025, 08:57:52 PM
These tutorials are excellent.
#7
General Discussion / Re: TOC functionality in 1.7.x
Last post by a.l.e - December 19, 2025, 05:44:41 PM
It should not be hard to let the user define character styles for the text, the tab, and the page number.

Would you mind to check if there is a ticket for it in https://bugs.scribus.net and if not create one?

It might also be rather easy to create a Python script that applies those character styles on demand.

p.s.: Oh the "nice" memories of 1.3.3.14...
#8
General Discussion / Re: Indexing functionality in ...
Last post by a.l.e - December 19, 2025, 05:44:06 PM
For the shortcut, you can use the "Action search"

- ctrl+/
- type "index"
- Enter

If you are a fast typist, it might be faster than a ("bad") dedicated shortcut.
#9
Scripts and Plugins / Re: greps – new version (v1.5)
Last post by a.l.e - December 19, 2025, 05:40:06 PM
At some time in Spring, I'd like to give a new try at building a new scripting engine based on pybind11 and having access to Qt for Python...

Sadly, I have no way to access a Mac and can't even try if it will work there.
Or why Tk does not work there.
#10
General Discussion / TOC functionality in 1.7.x
Last post by sersha - December 17, 2025, 10:08:56 PM
Finally started to test the version 1.7.1 and love it so far! Immediately tried to create a TOC with styles for a test file, and it worked wonderfully.
My only wish would be to have a better flexibility in page numbers there. As is now, they follow the style of entry, which is fine if the whole TOC is made in a single style.
But, if I want to preserve styles for different levels in different font sizes, it becomes not so nice, since the numbers will also be smaller, bigger, bold or whatever, creating an imbalance.
I hope it is not too difficult to give an option to choose a separate style just for page numbers in TOC? It would be such a nice addition.
Thank you for wonderful work! I enjoy working with Scribus since before version 1.3xx. Best regards, S.