scribus - cross platform WYSIWYG desktop publishing app
scribus [-h|--help] [-v|--version] [-l|--lang language]
[-la|--langs-available] [-f|--file|--] [filename]
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
http://docs.scribus.net/ 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.
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.
- -pi,
--profile-info
- Shows the color profiles listing which Scribus can use. This can be used
for diagnosing missing or broken color profiles.
- -pr, --prefs
<filename>
- Use filename as path for user given preferences.
- -py, --python-script
<script> [arguments ...]
- Run script in Python [with optional arguments]. This option must be last
option used.
- -ns, --no-splash
- Suppresses display of the splash screen during Scribus start-up.
- -nns,
--never-splash
- Stop the showing of the splashscreen on startup. Writes an empty file
called .neversplash in ~/.config/scribus.
- -sb,
--swap-buttons
- Use right to left dialog button ordering (eg. Cancel/No/Yes instead of
Yes/No/Cancel)
- -u, --upgradecheck
- Downloads a file from our scribus server indicating latest available
versions.
Scribus respects the standard locale environment variables. Others
may be used through underlying libraries, such as Qt, or by programs used by
Scribus. http://docs.scribus.net/ 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.
- $HOME/.config/scribus/
- User preferences are stored in $HOME/.config/scribus/ on Unix or Linux.
Most other paths are configurable from the Scribus preferences. Scribus
1.5 preferences are separate from Scribus 1.3.x. User preferences for Mac
OS X, OS/2 and Windows are documented in the help docs (F1) in Scribus.
$HOME/.config/scribus/scribus150.rc Scribus preferences file -
formatted in a custom xml schema. May eventually be retired in favour of
new format prefs file. $HOME/.config/scribus/prefs150.xml Scribus
1.5.x preferences are separate from Scribus 1.3.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.
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
inkscape(1) - http://inkscape.org/
OpenClipArt - http://openclipart.org/
Fontmatrix - http://fontmatrix.be/
Other affiliates may be listed in the footer on
http://www.scribus.net/
See http://bugs.scribus.net/ 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.
Please see the About Scribus option in the Help menu for a list of
authors, translators, and contributors.