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NAME

       scribus - cross platform 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 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.

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.

       -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.

       ENVIRONMENT
              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.

FILES

       $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.

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/

       Fontmatrix - http://fontmatrix.be/

       Other affiliates may be listed in the footer on http://www.scribus.net/

BUGS

       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.

AUTHORS

       Please  see  the About Scribus option in the Help menu for a list of authors, translators,
       and contributors.

                                        Updated 2010-24-06                             scribus(1)