Scribus v1.3.3.7 beta for OS/2 & eComStation
Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout.
Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.
The Scribus Team is very pleased to welcome a release on the OS/2 & eComStation platform. We would like to thank Paul Smedley who has taken the time to port Scribus itself, and those who have ported the other supporting libraries to OS/2. We will endeavour to find and resolve issues specific to the platform when they are discovered, specifically relating to levels of supporting libraries such as Qt.
- Supports OS/2 Warp4(R) and eComStation(TM)
- Requires libc061.dll - which is available from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip
- GhostScript is a recommended installation as per the standard Scribus install instructions. Set the PostScript interpreter in Scribus' preferences to point to your installation. Example: the AFPL GhostScript executable from their gs854os2.zip is gsos2.exe. This package includes install instructions (note the GS_LIB environment variable).
Known issues:
- Printing support is not complete, but PDF export is, you can easily
print via Acrobat Reader or another PDF viewer as a temporary
workaround.
- The Qt released on OS/2 is quite old and issues may arise due to
this fact.
General feedback can be provided to paul@smedley.info and via the normal Scribus communications methods (IRC, mailing list etc), bug reports should go to http://bugs.scribus.net.
Regards
Scribus Team
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Porter's Note
If you like this software and want to support continued OS/2 ports,
please consider donating via PayPal via the link at
http://smedley.info/os2ports,
or via the Mensys online store at http://www.mensys.net/os2ports
Cheers,
Paul Smedley
Adelaide, Australia
January, 2007