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#51
Beginner Talk / Scribus 1.4.8 and Kindle Creat...
Last post by DawnRenee - February 10, 2026, 05:05:59 AM
Hi all, new to forum but I'd like to use scribus files (.sla) in Kindle Create. I have an older machine (ergo 1.4.8) and my macine cannot handle the latest LibreOffice (but I do have the old OpenOffice.) I have a Win7/10 machine. I am unable to download latest version of Google drive (crap computer but too broke to get something new and frankly, this thing ain't broke.) I do have word on my cellphone. (It's a workaround thing.) However I have found that scribus formats the way I want: force justified without rivers, accepts tabs/indents for a uniform layout. The layouts I need are for a novel. No need for complex layouts.

Now to get the formatted files into Kindle Create!

Kindle accepts Word files. I suppose I could use my cellphone, download scribus, download LibreOffice, move .sla to .doc, save to computer by emailing attached document (no Google Drive, remeber), upload to Kindle and Bob's your uncle. BUT am I missing an easier way to do this?
#52
General Discussion / Re: Text shadow
Last post by Lynn - February 10, 2026, 02:49:07 AM
I don't know if this is a helpful method of comparing the user interfaces to anyone but me, but I made a PDF where I put the 1.6 and 1.7 palettes side-by-side and color coded where all the sections moved to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-QlgVZkg1HED_m9XaIzwUYpX6mfUOWS9
#53
General Discussion / Re: Text shadow
Last post by Lynn - February 10, 2026, 01:24:15 AM
You can still drop shadow text. Things have definitely moved around in 1.7.2 and the new icons take some getting used to.

In the text properties palette, you can apply a text shadow using the button all the way on the right at the top of the "Typography" section. You have to click on "Typography" to open up that section (See picture)

If you prefer to edit text in the story editor, it's the same icon as the text properties palette (an uppercase T, with the little arrow for the dropdown), it's located right next to the outline text button in the row with all the other effects.
#54
Free discussion / Re: Startup error
Last post by TondaSoucek - February 09, 2026, 08:46:34 PM
YES! YES! YES! THANK YOU SO MUCH GUY! It helped and I finally opened the file thanks to it. So it was a memory. My laptop from 2010 is just a veteran. Thanks again, I wish I could thank you more!
Best regards, Antonin
#55
General Discussion / Text shadow
Last post by anvalon - February 09, 2026, 08:03:22 PM
Hello everybody,

I just installed Scribus 1.7.2 but I'm not finding the button for the text shadow, that was present in the 1.6 version in the text edit box. If I import an old document where is some shadowed text, it correctly shows shadowed, so it seems that in Scribus 1.7.2 the feature is still present, but I cannot add a shadow to a new text. In the text edit box in Scribus 1.6 it was possible to set the shadow also to only a part of text.

Thanks
#56
Text and Typography / Re: Lorem Ipsum in Spanish
Last post by rickvera - February 09, 2026, 04:58:25 PM
I propose the text of Don Quixote de la Mancha.
#57
Scripts and Plugins / Re: Excessive processing time
Last post by Alcantara - February 09, 2026, 04:48:26 PM
Hello.

I have done a thorough rewrite of the code and managed to reduce the number of text frames on each page by almost 50%. In addition, each line and each text frame is styled as recommended in the wiki.

The script is now significantly faster, but still not fast enough.

Each page is composed of about 40 lines and about 40 text frames. From the logger, I see that not only does the time taken to process each page continue to increase steadily (albeit at a much slower rate than before), but the processing of each new page takes up about 2 megabytes of additional memory.

--- Log Session Start: 2026-02-09 16:11:47 ---

[2026-02-09 16:11:47] (+0:00:00.000419)
start

[2026-02-09 16:11:48] (+0:00:00.241822)
starting page 1

Memory used by the script: 251.78 MB

[2026-02-09 16:11:49] (+0:00:01.273202)
starting page 2

Memory used by the script: 253.73 MB

[2026-02-09 16:11:52] (+0:00:03.150408)
starting page 3

Memory used by the script: 255.84 MB

[2026-02-09 16:11:56] (+0:00:04.509947)
starting page 4

Memory used by the script: 257.58 MB

[2026-02-09 16:12:03] (+0:00:06.815275)
starting page 5

Memory used by the script: 259.71 MB

[2026-02-09 16:12:11] (+0:00:07.666422)
starting page 6

Memory used by the script: 261.43 MB

[2026-02-09 16:12:22] (+0:00:10.874998)
starting page 7

Memory used by the script: 263.51 MB

[2026-02-09 16:12:33] (+0:00:11.249659)
starting page 8

Memory used by the script: 265.19 MB

[2026-02-09 16:12:47] (+0:00:13.747667)
starting page 9

Memory used by the script: 267.40 MB

[2026-02-09 16:13:01] (+0:00:14.593259)
starting page 10

Memory used by the script: 269.10 MB

[2026-02-09 16:13:22] (+0:00:20.415355)
starting page 11

Memory used by the script: 271.16 MB

[2026-02-09 16:13:42] (+0:00:19.983406)
starting page 12

Memory used by the script: 272.87 MB

[2026-02-09 16:14:04] (+0:00:22.390132)
starting page 13

Memory used by the script: 274.93 MB

[2026-02-09 16:14:25] (+0:00:20.755356)
starting page 14

Memory used by the script: 276.66 MB

[2026-02-09 16:14:50] (+0:00:24.819259)
starting page 15

Memory used by the script: 278.74 MB

[2026-02-09 16:15:14] (+0:00:24.413419)
END

Memory used by the script: 280.68 MB

Is there a technique for freeing up the memory used after processing each page, so that Scribus processes each new page as if it were the first?





Quote from: a.l.e on February 08, 2026, 06:20:43 PMAre you linking / chaining the text frames?

No. Just simple text frames not linked.

Quote from: a.l.e on February 08, 2026, 06:20:43 PMIf you're not doing that, would you mind publishing a minimal script that reproduces the issue?

I'm working on a rather complex script that spans several Python files. I don't think it's appropriate to publish everything here.

As soon as I've put everything on a GitHub repository, I'll post the address here.

For now, I'll put the logger report here.

The details are as I've already said: forty lines per page, forty text frames per page; 107 pages in A5 format. Practically nothing else.
#58
Free discussion / Re: Startup error
Last post by AdmFubar - February 09, 2026, 12:14:48 AM
This should work.... From the file menu, save via the  "Collect for Output". This will ask for a directory to save to. Create one for this project and and let Scribus do its thing. You should get a su-bdirectory named "images" with your photos you are using in this project. You can then resize the images from that collection.
#59
General Discussion / Re: Scribus at full speed !
Last post by dragonfly - February 08, 2026, 11:40:27 PM
This post of mine fits under the heading Scribus at full speed!
I like tricks. Workarounds. You might accomodate that using two runs of Scribus Generator. One for light load and then another for full load. All in two csv's. Pointing to different image vaults. At a guess from memory. There are other ways I have found.

I tend to hop into this forum with years apart.

Here was my last touchdown.

https://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,3770.msg17851.html#msg17851

Today I am researching with AI backends and I have a workflow which can interface with Scribus, including Scribus Generator.

Since as an octogenarian developer I am rusty in driving the Scribus properties I am willing to exchange ideas in a sandbox with a collaborator .

I use Ubuntu but I can dual boot into Windows. The aim is to make the Scribus interface (which is daunting) easy to use even by a newbie.  Remote coaching. Using AI backend. That is demonstrable today but I don't use github yet. I use a zerotrust vault. I should point out at  that my dominant usage is on Ubuntu (for reasons which will become evident) but the ideas can later be applied to other OS workflows ahead. The Scribus UI autopopulated.
Any disruptors here? Watching their Scribus sandbox being populated while having a cop of coffee?  That is my goal.

#60
Free discussion / Re: Startup error
Last post by TondaSoucek - February 08, 2026, 08:26:40 PM
The problem is that I don't have photos in one folder. The file is a family chronicle, where we write daily. The photos are sorted by year and then by individual events (ZOO, Christmas, vacation, birth of children...). So you can't put all the photos in one file and make them smaller.
Unless you try a laptop with more RAM. I'll have to buy one, maybe that will solve the problem. Otherwise, I have a big problem.
The worst thing is that it never worked and I haven't done anything since. It doesn't work out of the blue.
But thank you very much for the help you offer!