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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.

       -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

       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)