Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-14 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Just in case you are interested, the problems I had with scribus-ng seem to be caused by the package maintainer not updating the dependencies when they went from sarge to etch. It was still calling for sarge qt3 libraries and they weren't available, and it wouldn't work with them if they were avai

Re: Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)

2007-04-14 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 17:25 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > GNOME (and other DE's I expect) happily uses magic number tests to look > > up the mime type for files without extensions. > > > > That said, I agree that it's best to always add an extension. > > Before I wrote that, I tested it: in Naut

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 15:48, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Adam Frank wrote: >>> >>> I zipped up the strace output and attached it. Hope that is OK. >>> It is way too big to just paste it in! >>> >> >> Looks like your missing some stuff... what does "ldd >> /usr/bin/

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 17:00, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/13/07 14:27, Adam Frank wrote: > Here's an interesting read about Scribus on Debian: http://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=4&page=1 >> >

Re: Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 16:09, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 15:59 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: please try to remember to add .txt to text file names. It makes things easier for GUI tools. >>> Really? I thought that was strictly a DOS/

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 14:27, Adam Frank wrote: Here's an interesting read about Scribus on Debian: http://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=4&page=1 That page is out-of-date, at least as far as Sid is c

Re: Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)

2007-04-13 Thread Pierre THIERRY
Scribit Ron Johnson dies 13/04/2007 hora 15:59: > >> please try to remember to add .txt to text file names. It makes > >> things easier for GUI tools. > > Really? I thought that was strictly a DOS/Windows-ism. > Nope. Otherwise, how would it know which app to open a file with? By looking at the

Re: Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)

2007-04-13 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 23:09:50 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 15:59 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > >> please try to remember to add .txt to text file names. It makes > > >> things easier for GUI tools. > > >> > > > Really? I thought that was strictly a DOS/Windows-ism. > > >

Re: Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)

2007-04-13 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 15:59 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> please try to remember to add .txt to text file names. It makes > >> things easier for GUI tools. > >> > > Really? I thought that was strictly a DOS/Windows-ism. > > > > "The more things change the more they remain the same!" > > Nope.

Re: Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 15:43, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/13/07 13:05, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > [snip] > I zipped up the strace output and attached it. Hope that is OK. It is way too big to just paste it in! > >> ple

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Adam Frank wrote: I zipped up the strace output and attached it. Hope that is OK. It is way too big to just paste it in! Looks like your missing some stuff... what does "ldd /usr/bin/scribus-ng" say? I was just going to post that on the scribus bug list, but since you asked ... dgwicks

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 14:27, Adam Frank wrote: > Here's an interesting read about Scribus on Debian: > http://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=4&page=1 That page is out-of-date, at least as far as Sid is concerned. - -- Ron Johnso

Re: Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 13:05, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: [snip] I zipped up the strace output and attached it. Hope that is OK. It is way too big to just paste it in! please try to remember to add .txt to text file names. It makes thi

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Adam Frank
Here's an interesting read about Scribus on Debian: http://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=4&page=1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 08:56, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: >> Greetings; >> >> I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker. >> >> I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on my system. I re

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Adam Frank
I zipped up the strace output and attached it. Hope that is OK. It is way too big to just paste it in! Looks like your missing some stuff... what does "ldd /usr/bin/scribus-ng" say? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)

2007-04-13 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 04/13/07 13:05, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > [snip] >> I zipped up the strace output and attached it. Hope that is OK. >> It is way too big to just paste it in! > > please try to remember to add .txt to text file names. It makes >

Next time you make a trace file... ( was Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker)

2007-04-13 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 04/13/07 13:05, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: [snip] > I zipped up the strace output and attached it. Hope that is OK. > It is way too big to just paste it in! please try to remember to add .txt to text file names. It makes things easier for GUI tools.

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Greg Folkert wrote: Are you using Etch/Stable or Lenny/Testing or Sid? Please try this, additionally: strace scibus-ng Please paste the output and send it here. I am using etch upgraded from sarge after etch went to stable. I zipped up the strace output and attached it. Hope that

All Read!! Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Johannes Wiedersich wrote: Dennis G. Wicks wrote: No big mystery there. "Session" follows [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux dgwicks 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ scribus-ng --help Floating point exception [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Dennis G. Wicks wrote: >> > No big mystery there. "Session" follows > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux dgwicks 2.6.18-4-686 #1 SMP Mon Mar 26 17:17:36 UTC 2007 i686 > GNU/Linux > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ scribus-ng --help > Floating point exception > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ That's strange. On

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Greg Folkert
On Fri, 2007-04-13 at 11:30 -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:25:09AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > >> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > I need a DTP program t

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:30:27AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Kevin Mark wrote: > >On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:25:09AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > > > >>Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >> > >>>On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > >>> > >>> > Greeti

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread David Goodenough
On Friday 13 April 2007 17:26, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > David Goodenough wrote: > > On Friday 13 April 2007 15:25, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > >> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > I need a DTP program to fun

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Kevin Mark wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:25:09AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Greetings; I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker. I installed Scribus but it doesn't

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
David Goodenough wrote: On Friday 13 April 2007 15:25, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Greetings; I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker. I installed Scribus but it doesn't work o

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Kevin Mark
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 09:25:09AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > >On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > > > >>Greetings; > >> > >>I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker. > >> > >>I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread David Goodenough
On Friday 13 April 2007 15:25, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > >> Greetings; > >> > >> I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker. > >> > >> I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on my system. I

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: Greetings; I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker. I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on my system. I reported the bug but after a few hours of activity I haven't heard anything f

Re: Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 08:00:06AM -0500, Dennis G. Wicks wrote: > Greetings; > > I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker. > > I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on my system. I reported > the bug but after a few hours of activity I haven't heard anything > from them for sever

Need DTP to replace PageMaker

2007-04-13 Thread Dennis G. Wicks
Greetings; I need a DTP program to functionally replace PageMaker. I installed Scribus but it doesn't work on my system. I reported the bug but after a few hours of activity I haven't heard anything from them for several days. Is there another package I could take a look at or try out? It would