NAME
scribus - open source X11-based WYSIWYG desktop
publishing app
SYNOPSIS
scribus [-h|--help] [-v|--version] [-l|--lang
language] [-la|--langs-available] [-f|--file|--] [filename]
DESCRIPTION
Scribus is an open source desktop publishing
program. It provides true WYSIWYG editing, excellent PDF export
facilities, and a wide range of other input and output options.
Please see the scribus documentation at or the
program's built in help for more comprehensive and up-to-date
documentation.
This man page only provides summaries of some aspects of the
program's use. It's main purpose is to make sure you can find the
full documentation quickly and easily.
OPTIONS
The definitive options are in the program's usage
statement. Run: scribus --help to view the usage statement.
- -l, --lang xx
- Overrides the system locale and runs Scribus in language xx.
The language is specified with the same POSIX language codes that
are used in the LANG and LC_ALL environment variables. For example,
English can be selected with 'en' (generic English), 'en_GB'
(British English), 'en_US' (American english), etc. Similarly,
Deutsch can be selected with 'de' or 'de_DE'.
- -la, --langs-available
- Print a list of languages for which user interface translations
are available. To use that language run Scribus as 'scribus -l xx'
where xx is the short language code, or set the locale environment
variables as described below.
- -v, --version
- Prints the Scribus version number and exits.
- -f, --file
- Open the specified file. It's possible to simply pass the file
name as an unqualified argument instead of using this, though if
the name begins with a - you will need to use --, eg 'scribus --
-myfile.sla'.
- -h, --help
- Print a brief usage summary.
- -fi, --font-info
- Shows the font file listing as Scribus starts. This can be used
for diagnosing missing glyphs within fonts or possible broken font
files.
- -ns, --no-splash
- Suppresses display of the splash screen during SCribus
start-up.
ENVIRONMENT
Scribus respects the standard locale
environment variables. Others may be used through underlying
libraries, such as Qt, or by programs used by Scribus. and the
in-program documentation may note other environment variables used
by Scribus or the programs and libraries it uses.
- LC_ALL, LC_MESSAGES, LANG
- POSIX locale. See locale(1).
Scribus uses these three environment variables, in the listed order
of precedence, to select the language (including the user interface
translation) to use. If none are set, it will fall back on the
locale set by the underlying Qt library.
- PATH
- Scribus may search the PATH for external tools if their paths
are not specified absolutely. This is currently most likely to
affect you if you have multiple copies of gs(1) installed.
You can set an absolute path to the correct gs(1) in your
Scribus preferences and bypass the PATH search.
A few important environment variables from other programs are
summarised here for convenience, though you should check the
original program's documentation if you are having trouble.
- GS_FONTPATH
- GhostScript font path. Affects the font search path for
GhostScript, a component Scribus uses for some PostScript
operations. Add new directories containing fonts to this
colon-separated list to help GhostScript find fonts in non-standard
locations. See gs(1) and the
GhostScript HTML documentation for more information.
- GS_LIB
- GhostScript library path. GhostScript searches this path for
Fontmap files. Like GS_FONTPATH it's a colon separated list
of directories. You will usually want to use GS_FONTPATH
instead, though building a Fontmap file and using GS_LIB can
speed things up if you have a lot of fonts. See gs(1) and the
GhostScript HTML documentation for more information.
FILES
- $HOME/.scribus/
- User preferences are stored in $HOME/.scribus/ . Most other
paths are configurable from the Scribus preferences. Scribus 1.3
preferences are separate from Scribus 1.2.x
$HOME/.scribus/scribus13.rc Scribus preferences file -
formatted in a custom xml schema. May eventually be retired in
favour of new format prefs file. $HOME/.scribus/prefs13.xml
Scribus 1.3 preferences are separate from Scribus 1.2.x
- $HOME/.fonts/
- $HOME/.fonts.conf
- /etc/fonts
- Fontconfig, the library used by Scribus to locate fonts, is
normally configured with files in /etc/fonts, mainly
/etc/fonts/fonts.conf and /etc/fonts/local.conf . It may also use a
config file $HOME/.fonts.conf and fonts in $HOME/.fonts/ . See
fonts.conf(5)
and the fontconfig documentation for more information. Note that
Scribus may also use its internal font path to locate more fonts -
see the Preferences dialog and scribus help.
SEE ALSO
The scribus documentation site http://docs.scribus.net/ and home
page http://www.scribus.net/
gs(1),
the gs html docs, and http://www.ghostscript.com/
The Qt library - http://www.trolltech.com/
fonts-conf(5)
for info on configuring FontConfig
RELATED SOFTWARE AND AFFILIATES
inkscape(1)
- http://inkscape.org/
OpenClipArt - http://openclipart.org/
Other affiliates may be listed in the footer on http://www.scribus.net/
BUGS
See for the
Scribus on-line status tracker, which is used to track bug reports
and feature requests. If you intend to submit a bug report or
feature request, please search the bug database first.
AUTHORS
Please see the About Scribus option in the Help
menu for a list of authors, translators, and contributors.