scribus(1)

1scribus(1)                  General Commands Manual                 scribus(1)
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NAME

6       scribus - cross platform WYSIWYG desktop publishing app
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SYNOPSIS

9       scribus  [-h|--help]  [-v|--version] [-l|--lang language] [-la|--langs-
10       available] [-f|--file|--] [filename]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Scribus is an open source desktop publishing program. It provides  true
14       WYSIWYG  editing,  excellent PDF export facilities, and a wide range of
15       other input and output options.
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17       Please see the scribus documentation at http://docs.scribus.net/ or the
18       program's  built in help for more comprehensive and up-to-date documen‐
19       tation.
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21       This man page only provides summaries of some aspects of the  program's
22       use. It's main purpose is to make sure you can find the full documenta‐
23       tion quickly and easily.
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OPTIONS

26       The definitive options are  in  the  program's  usage  statement.  Run:
27       scribus --help to view the usage statement.
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30       -l, --lang xx
31              Overrides the system locale and runs Scribus in language xx. The
32              language is specified with the same POSIX  language  codes  that
33              are used in the LANG and LC_ALL environment variables. For exam‐
34              ple, English  can  be  selected  with  'en'  (generic  English),
35              'en_GB' (British English), 'en_US' (American english), etc. Sim‐
36              ilarly, Deutsch can be selected with 'de' or 'de_DE'.
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38       -la, --langs-available
39              Print a list of languages for which user interface  translations
40              are  available.  To use that language run Scribus as 'scribus -l
41              xx' where xx is the short language code, or set the locale envi‐
42              ronment variables as described below.
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44       -v, --version
45              Prints the Scribus version number and exits.
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47       -f, --file
48              Open  the  specified file. It's possible to simply pass the file
49              name as an unqualified argument instead of using this, though if
50              the name begins with a - you will need to use --, eg 'scribus --
51              -myfile.sla'.
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53       -h, --help
54              Print a brief usage summary.
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56       -fi, --font-info
57              Shows the font file listing as Scribus starts. This can be  used
58              for  diagnosing  missing  glyphs within fonts or possible broken
59              font files.
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61       -pi, --profile-info
62              Shows the color profiles listing which Scribus can use. This can
63              be used for diagnosing missing or broken color profiles.
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65       -pr, --prefs <filename>
66              Use filename as path for user given preferences.
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68       -py, --python-script <script> [arguments ...]
69              Run script in Python [with optional arguments]. This option must
70              be last option used.
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72       -ns, --no-splash
73              Suppresses display of the splash screen during Scribus start-up.
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75       -nns, --never-splash
76              Stop the showing of the splashscreen on startup. Writes an empty
77              file called .neversplash in ~/.config/scribus.
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79       -sb, --swap-buttons
80              Use  right  to  left  dialog  button ordering (eg. Cancel/No/Yes
81              instead of Yes/No/Cancel)
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83       -u, --upgradecheck
84              Downloads a file  from  our  scribus  server  indicating  latest
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88       ENVIRONMENT
89              Scribus respects the standard locale environment variables. Oth‐
90              ers may be used through underlying libraries, such as Qt, or  by
91              programs  used by Scribus.  http://docs.scribus.net/ and the in-
92              program documentation may note other environment variables  used
93              by Scribus or the programs and libraries it uses.
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95       LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, LANG
96              POSIX  locale. See locale(1).  Scribus uses these three environ‐
97              ment variables, in the listed order of precedence, to select the
98              language  (including  the user interface translation) to use. If
99              none are set, it will fall back on the locale set by the  under‐
100              lying Qt library.
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102       PATH   Scribus  may  search  the PATH for external tools if their paths
103              are not specified absolutely. This is currently most  likely  to
104              affect  you  if you have multiple copies of gs(1) installed. You
105              can set an absolute path to the correct gs(1)  in  your  Scribus
106              preferences and bypass the PATH search.
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108       A  few  important  environment  variables  from other programs are sum‐
109       marised here for convenience, though you should check the original pro‐
110       gram's documentation if you are having trouble.
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112       GS_FONTPATH
113              GhostScript  font  path. Affects the font search path for Ghost‐
114              Script, a component Scribus uses for some PostScript operations.
115              Add  new  directories  containing  fonts to this colon-separated
116              list to help GhostScript find fonts in  non-standard  locations.
117              See gs(1) and the GhostScript HTML documentation for more infor‐
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120       GS_LIB GhostScript library path. GhostScript  searches  this  path  for
121              Fontmap  files.  Like GS_FONTPATH it's a colon separated list of
122              directories. You will usually want to use  GS_FONTPATH  instead,
123              though building a Fontmap file and using GS_LIB can speed things
124              up if you have a lot of fonts. See  gs(1)  and  the  GhostScript
125              HTML documentation for more information.
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FILES

128       $HOME/.config/scribus/
129              User preferences are stored in $HOME/.config/scribus/ on Unix or
130              Linux. Most other paths are configurable from the Scribus  pref‐
131              erences.  Scribus  1.5  preferences  are  separate  from Scribus
132              1.3.x. User preferences for Mac OS X, OS/2 and Windows are docu‐
133              mented   in   the   help  docs  (F1)  in  Scribus.   $HOME/.con‐
134              fig/scribus/scribus150.rc Scribus preferences file  -  formatted
135              in  a  custom xml schema. May eventually be retired in favour of
136              new  format  prefs   file.    $HOME/.config/scribus/prefs150.xml
137              Scribus 1.5.x preferences are separate from Scribus 1.3.x
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139       $HOME/.fonts/
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143       /etc/fonts
144              Fontconfig, the library used by Scribus to locate fonts, is nor‐
145              mally   configured   with   files    in    /etc/fonts,    mainly
146              /etc/fonts/fonts.conf  and  /etc/fonts/local.conf  . It may also
147              use a config file $HOME/.fonts.conf and fonts in $HOME/.fonts/ .
148              See  fonts.conf(5)  and  the  fontconfig  documentation for more
149              information. Note that Scribus may also use  its  internal  font
150              path  to  locate  more  fonts  -  see the Preferences dialog and
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RELATED SOFTWARE AND AFFILIATES

165       inkscape(1) - http://inkscape.org/
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167       OpenClipArt - http://openclipart.org/
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169       Fontmatrix - http://fontmatrix.be/
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171       Other affiliates may be listed in the footer on http://www.scribus.net/
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BUGS

176       See  http://bugs.scribus.net/  for  the Scribus on-line status tracker,
177       which is used to track bug reports and feature requests.  If you intend
178       to  submit a bug report or feature request, please search the bug data‐
179       base first.
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AUTHORS

182       Please see the About Scribus option in the Help  menu  for  a  list  of
183       authors, translators, and contributors.
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187                              Updated 2010-24-06                    scribus(1)