[HLUG] Scribus files

[Julian Robbins]

On 6 August 2010 15:31, info at lifespacedesign.co.uk <
info at lifespacedesign.co.uk> wrote:

> Ta for this Jools,
>
> Lack of backwards compatability is not a good thing, even in development
> software. This begs the question of which is the most stable current
> release,
> and is it backwards compatable to my existing .sla files.
>

Actually, the problem here was just a bug. Scribus have also been very clear
that the 1.3.3.13 series is the stable ones, and the 1.3.4-8 series the dev
one.

1.3.8 certainly has no problems reading the 1.3.5 file you sent me.

Julian


> I see a newer version of Scribus on the LXF dvd, I will have a look at that
> over
> the weekend.
>
> Pete
>
>
> On 06 August 2010 at 14:42 Julian Robbins <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 6 August 2010 12:48, info at lifespacedesign.co.uk <
> > info at lifespacedesign.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > I try to open a downloaded version of Jools .sla of the flyer and I
> get;
> > >
> > > Fatal Error
> > >
> > > File/ /Flyer.sla is not an acceptable format
> > >
> > > I used a usb stick to transfer the file from the download directory on
> my
> > > web
> > > box to my work station. Both running Mandriva 2010.
> > > The Scribus on my workstation is 1.3.5.1
> > >
> > > Any ideas ?
> > >
> >
> > I'm using Scribus 1.3.8, and although the files are supposed to be
> > compatible, there is/was a bug on their mailing list where 1.3.5 wont
> always
> > open files from newer versions (This is development software we're using
> > rather than the Stable branch ......)
> >
> > So two options :- see if you can upgrade to a newer version, or i'll see
> if
> > I can patch the file from here
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Julian
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Pete
> > > PS the pdf works fine!
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