Subject: Re: Linux Desktop Publishing - Scribus
From: Bob (accessideas@subdimension.com)
Date: Tue Feb 25 2003 - 14:56:54 AKST
> Are there any DTP people on the list?
> Can anyone speak for the quality of Scribus?
I've used scribus on debian woody.
The latest version looks like it has some improvements.
It's a work in progress. As yet it's neither as powerful as Pagemaker no=
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easy to use as ms publisher.
It is IMHO a step in the right direction if you want a linux application,=
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GPL, and reasonable gui. =20
Look forward to a presentation by Fielder on TeX.=20
It however doesn't let you push text and image boxes (frames) around the=
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screen.. so for qed ( quick and dirty) go for scribus. =20
Bob Pelz accessideas@subdimension.com
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