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.

       -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 ~/.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/.scribus/
              User preferences are stored in $HOME/.scribus/ on Unix or Linux . Most other  paths
              are configurable from the Scribus preferences. Scribus 1.3 preferences are separate
              from Scribus 1.2.x User preferences for Mac OS X, OS/2 and Windows  are  documented
              in  the help docs (F1) in Scribus.  $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  1.3.8  preferences  are
              separate from Scribus 1.3.3.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)