Scribus 1.4.8

Deleting shape point triggers crash (jghali)

Color precision for fill colors has been expanded to 64 bit floating point.
Scribus can now handle color palettes in the new ISO standard CxF3 (See: https://www.xrite.com/de/page/cxf-color-exchange-format). CxF3 files cannot only store palettes in different color models (e.g., RGB, CMYK, LAB) and output intents, but also allow for storing spectral colors, which enables even greater colour precision. Scribus is the first DTP software that supports this demanding standard.
Existing import filters have been upgraded to support the LAB color model (where applicable).
The Barcode plug-in has been updated and offers new features.
Many bugs regarding fringe uses have been fixed in the PDF library, both for print PDFs and PDF forms.
Several new commands have been added to the scripting engine, so as to make the document creation via scripts easier and more versatile.
Thanks to the work of the Document Liberation Project and particularly David Tardon, experimental import filters for ZonerDraw vector drawings (versions 4 and 5) and QuarkXPress documents (versions 3 and 4) have been added.
Many potential stability and security issues revealed by Coverity scans have been fixed.

Color precision for fill colors has been expanded to 64 bit floating point.
Scribus can now handle color palettes in the new ISO standard CxF3 (See: https://www.xrite.com/de/page/cxf-color-exchange-format). CxF3 files cannot only store palettes in different color models (e.g., RGB, CMYK, LAB) and output intents, but also allow for storing spectral colors, which enables even greater colour precision. Scribus is the first DTP software that supports this demanding standard.
Existing import filters have been upgraded to support the LAB color model (where applicable).
The Barcode plug-in has been updated and offers new features.
Many bugs regarding fringe uses have been fixed in the PDF library, both for print PDFs and PDF forms.
Several new commands have been added to the scripting engine, so as to make the document creation via scripts easier and more versatile.
Thanks to the work of the Document Liberation Project and particularly David Tardon, experimental import filters for ZonerDraw vector drawings (versions 4 and 5) and QuarkXPress documents (versions 3 and 4) have been added.
Many potential stability and security issues revealed by Coverity scans have been fixed.

[General] Conflict with Python 3 prevent scribus to run.
[Import / Export] PDF-Bookmarks go to wrong target page on partial export.
[PDF] Javascript fails to execute on PDF opening when PDF security is enabled.
[Translation] German translation for scribus.desktop.
[Import / Export] importing eps-files with Scribus 1.4.6 and Ghostscript 9.22 fails.
[Import / Export] A blank character is added when importing an html file.
[Story Editor / Text Frames] Style replacement isn't correct.
[PDF] Fonts used only in patterns can't be embedded in PDFs.
[Typography] Portuguese sample text.
[Fonts] Crash with Noto-Coloremoji font.
[Documentation] German documentation update for 1.4.7.
[Translation] Incorrect French translation for "Glyph extension" in style manager.
[Documentation] Incorrect link to Mac OSX Ghostscript package.
[Translation] Backport translation fixes to 1.4.7.svn.
[Translation] Ukrainian UI fixes.
[Styles] Document Settings Tab Width spinbox does not accept values below one inch.
[General] combine polygons results in unexpected displacement.
[Fonts] Text preview truncated in Font Preview.
[Scrapbook] scrapbook doesn't work with images.
[User Interface] Text filter dialog unusable.
[PDF] Euro-sign (€) showing as squares or diamond shape in PDF forms.
[General] "Insert frames" incorrectly place frames on left pages when bleed is involved.
[General] Typo in PACKAGING.
[Translation] Ukrainian UI update and fixes.
[Translation] Ukrainian UI update and fixes.
[Import / Export] Bad PDF output caused by broken JPEGs embedding incorrect ICC profiles.
[Import / Export] Inkscape SVG freezes Scribus.
[Translation] Ukrainian UI update.
[General] Rotate Item show wrong icon when mouse over frame middle point.
[Styles] Crash caused by incorrect handling of reference to deleted styles by style manager.
[Releases] GNOME/KDE: Please install the supplied AppData file.
[Properties Palette] PP Rotation on multiple selections.
[PDF] Incorrect export of nested groups to PDF.
[General] Print preview has cropped shape on second page (also in print).
[PDF] incorrect export of inline groups to PDF when offset to baseline applied.
[OS-Linux] Please stop installing mimelnk/vnd.scribus.desktop.
[OS-Linux] Please install the .desktop file.
[Scripter] Missing Greek option in calendar script.
[OS-Linux] cmake can't find hunspell anymore since version >= 1.4.
[Translation] Slovak translator spelling.
[Usability] After deleting Master Page, wrong master page is shown.
[Typography] Hyphens align incorrectly when using right alignment.
[General] "Print Layer" is not in sync with Preview Mode (Backport from 0014059).
[Shape Drawing] Node Editor Horizontal Shear icons are the wrong way round.
[Story Editor / Text Frames] Shortcut CTRL-D delete two characters instead of one in Story Editor.
[General] "Lock Guides" checkbox status is not correctly set when switching documents.
[Graphics / Image Frames] Image editing doesn´t remain after saving.
[Story Editor / Text Frames] Alternatively clicking between 2 text blocks crashes w/ Signal 6.
[User Interface] Outline Window is limited in height (in 1.4.x).
[Graphics / Image Frames] CMYK jpeg file not imported properly.
[Story Editor / Text Frames] Text highliting in Story Editor disappears after changing font.
[General] Duplicating a color, no difference in edit color dialog between OK and cancel.
[OS-Win32] Import failure with jpeg files whose path contains chars not supported by current codepage on Windows.
[Translation] Italian documentation update.
[Translation] Updated Danish Translation.

Most Important Changes:
The most important change isn't immediately visible, namely a completely rewritten text layout engine, which supports complex scripts like Arabic, Hindi or Thai, as well as providing access to advanced OpenType features, such as ligatures and alternate glyphs.
Altogether, about 500 languages and/or scripts are supported. Please note that as of version 1.5.3, Scribus is supposed to render these diverse writing systems, which still needs thorough testing by those who are familiar with them.
Typing on the canvas and text rendering in general has become a lot faster.
Previews for fonts are now available in font selectors.
The "Text" tab has been removed from the Properties Palette and is now a separate UI palette.
The performance of copying and pasting objects in/from/to files with huge color palettes has been vastly improved.
An import filter for Krita's KRA format has been added.
Scribus now follows the XDG standard for configuration files. Therefore, the Scribus preferences directory has moved from ~/.scribus/ to a new default location: ~/.config/scribus/
Color selectors display the color values as a tooltip.
A longstanding problem with the launch option for an external image editing program has been resolved. Until version 1.5.3 it was necessary to manually close the external program before it could be started again from within Scribus. This is no longer necessary.
The "Wikipedia RAL Classic" color palette has been updated, this time using Wikipedia's LAB color values.
A script called "Caption" has been included, which adds a text frame to an image frame, based on the latter's proportions.
The "Autoquote" scripts now supports inverted guillemets via the "de-g" parameter.
New Dependencies:
As of version 1.5.3, the minimum Qt version to compile the program is 5.5.
Harfbuzz and libicu, as well as the related development packages are now required.
Caveats:
Some newly introduced features, like footnotes, may not function as desired, at least not yet.
The file format may undergo some changes between the current release and 1.6.0, so we advise caution when it comes to workflows that use automated document generation or parsing.
Vertical writing systems aren't supported for the time being, but support will be added in a later release.
The Online Help hasn't been completely updated, and it won't be until the final 1.6.0 release.

- [wayland] Windows have broken size and headerbar drawn over content
- gtk2 Swing/AWT GUIs in java-based extensions crash gtk3 libreoffice
- [dark theme] Adwaita:dark not fully supported
- Special character favorites (comment 28 for scope)
- FILESAVE: ODT file’s OLE objects are lost when you export to DOCX format
- : horizontal/vertical flip of inserted picture is not persisted
- RTF: INCLUDEPICTURE image not shown
- OneDrive Integration Request
- EDITING: Text drag and drop doesn't work correctly
- Export as JPEG missing something
- Outline Numbering for DOCX not working when new headings inserted in between
- EMF: dashed lines in background grid are rendered as solid lines
- TOOLBAR: empty values in button names not respected
- File->Properties->General Tab size property
- EDITING: Compress image removes flip settings
- writer crashes in page preview when reducing number of pages due to hidden format
- Extra blank lines added to comments after each save as .DOCX
- Exporting jpeg format from DRAW, resolution does not follow options setting
- FILEOPEN RTF: Superscripts are run together
- can't add password to macro library
- unable to select the right column characters in catalog table on math editor
- FORMATTING Tab Handling in automatic table of contents
- A frame is not saved correctly if the document is saved as a docx file
- buttons header or footer disappear
- UI: Crash when deleting List Style after trying to create new style with same name
- GtkSalMenu: menu File>Templates>Manage executes action from the wrong submenu
- formating (bold, underline, color etc) corrupted when save as xlsx
- DOCX Import: Incorrect display of the headings - numbering style indents
- EDITING: PostgreSQL direct connection - Default for Text isn't CharacterType of PostgreSQL
- Switching spreadsheet tab triggers crash, no data provided
- Very slow previewing of (or blank, invisible..) master pages - resizing panel refreshes them instantly
- EDITING: Comments double when copying Sheets
- UI: Mismatching "Styles and Formatting" icon at toolbar and sidebar
- assert: attempt to subscript container with out-of-bounds index
- IFERROR not working correctly under array-evaluation
- Tab stops incorrectly indented by 5cm when it's 0cm in MS Word
- Deleting inserted code from object catalogue hangs office
- autocorrect replacement table has transient black background when resized
- missing borders in some autocorrect replacement table elements
- [DISPLAY] Presentation mode renders graphics wrong
- FILESAVE: Imported custom properties missing from exported RTF
- Menus open in the wrong place with RTL interface under gtk3
- UI: 'Save to remote server' error: 'A file named "$file" already exists' though file is not present on target WebDAV server.
- EXPORT to GIF, PNG, EPS: background transparency is lost
- "Tools/Customize" panel should be resizable
- Slow and different rendering of vector graphics in attached document
- LibreOffice unresponsible after entering | symbol in particular document
- Artifacts for italic text in GL rendering mode
- Sorting causes LibO to crash - applies to some files
- Slide transition can't be removed once assigned
- SUM formulas, in the cell below one with the same formula (and maybe more?) are not calculate correctly in 5.1 (with more then ~100 rows)
- FILEOPEN DOCX: Text Covered by Shape
- FILEOPEN: Impress crashes loading a file with Page Title field
- Document properties: Wrong icon for deleting custom field row
- Writer crash on print selected area with specific document [Xisco Fauli]
- REPORT: Function SECONDS() of a timefield will sometimes produce one second less than expected
- DPI scaling doesn't work with export to png or jpg
- If you try to open on a WebDAV server a file that doesn't exist, no error is shown
- INSERT: SVG <line> and <polygon> attributes ignored
- Further fix SUMming in the software interpreter
- CPU burned re-compressing JPEGs to make them bigger
- TDR triggered: opengl rotation of huge images shrunk to tiny pixel size.
- OpenGL: dissapear field controls in dialogue Format-Page, tab Page (Calc)
- divide by zero bug
- FILEOPEN: arrowheads added to lines within groups
- Recalculate does not always work
- gtk3 / odd behavior of Opengl options in Tools->Options->Libreoffice->View
- CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE not available under Tools>Customize>Keyboard
- gtk3 / CTRL_SPINBUTTONS oddness ...
- FILESAVE DOC Does not preserve the font size in tables
- Input areas in Header dialog get wider and bottom area disappears
- Can't connect to mde or accde databases from Base
- FILEOPEN: bad rendering of .WMF image in .ODT when OpenGL enabled
- "Wrap text automatically" setting is forgotten when a file is saved in XLS or XLSX
- Help still mentions option "Allow to save document even when the document is not modified"
- CMIS: File > Properties > CMIS Properties tab crashes LO when closing.
- Pipe socket directory permissions checks incorrect (R_OK not needed) and inconsistent
- Toolbar: No shortcuts displayed for extensions
- Array Formula Incorrectly Evaluated
- opengl: font anti-aliasing
- FILEOPEN Calc crashes on opening xlsx document
- Crash when modifying minor grid
- Remote File dialog showing wrong details in columns
- Changes Occur When Canceled
- REMOTE FILE: "The specified device is invalid." error dialog when attempting to add a service
- severe UI regressions
- PDFIMPORT Images are imported into Writer rotated and mirrored
- Croatian hunspell dictionary update

- Support for the CIE L*a*b* and CIE HLC color models, which are also available in the color editor;
- Support for SwatchBooker's SBZ file format, which means, among others, that all color palettes from the Open Colour Systems Collection can be used inside Scribus with their original colour model (CIE L*a*b*) intact. Moreover, Scribus 1.5.1 can now use Adobe Color Book files (ACO), as well as Adobe Swatch Exchange files (ASE).
- The import filter for XPress Tags is finally working as expected (some minor glitches notwithstanding) and has been tested with XTG files from XPress 3 to 2015;
- Two oft-requested text import filters have finally made their way into Scribus, namely RTF and DOCX;
- Scribus 1.5.1 enables applying a background color for selected text and also offers this option for character and paragraph styles;
- The ODT importer has been rewritten from scratch and now not only supports more ODT features, but is also much more tolerant with ODT files written by programs other than LibreOffice or OpenOffice.
- An experimental version of an import filter for FreeHand files has been added;
- PDF import has been massively improved;
- The font embedding code, as well as the related user interface, has been completely rewritten;
- The Resource Manager for online resources provides a new option to show the licence for the respective resource before downloading.
- As of version 1.5.1, Scribus includes two new color palettes, namely CIE LAB and CIE HLC. They are the first palettes in Scribus to use CIE L*a*b* color values.

# Most Important Changes
* Scribus is now being shipped with the most recent version of Barcode Writer in Pure PostScript.
* Updates to the Scripter that enable more control on PDF export. There is also a new command in Scripter, applyMasterPage(), which allows you to apply an existing Master Page.
* Updates to the Resene color palettes, including, for the first time, The Resene Total Colour System (TCS) Master Palette.
* Many translation updates and improvements.
* Usability improvements.
* Better application icons.
* New templates.

* Most Important Changes
- PDF/X-1a export.
- The Barcode plug-in has been updated to reflect the latest changes in the underlying Barcode Writer in Pure PostScript (BWIPP).
- The Autoquote script has been rewritten and enhanced. It now provides more options and adds thin spaces to French texts where appropriate.
- A script to align images in frames has been added.
- Full support of the OpenICC Directory Proposal
- The handling of transparencies in Photoshop-generated TIFF files has been improved.
- Page borders can now act as guides (and thus be used for snapping of items).
- The CMYK color palette created by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) for newspaper advertisements has been integrated into Scribus.
- A new color palette for professional geographers has been added.
- Export to various bitmap formats has been re-enabled on Mac OS X.
- Several issues related to the user interface and canvas display have been resolved.
- Adjustments for Windows 8.x.
- An issue with the spellchecker, resulting in a crash, has been resolved.
- Documentation and translation updates and improvements.

# Important enhancements:
* Scribus has been ported to the Haiku operating system.
* The Barcode Writer has been updated and supports many more barcodes, including QR.
* The Galaxy Gauge™ color matching system and color tools have been included.
* New color palettes from government agencies (Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom) have been included.
* More Open Source color palettes have been included.
* Improvements to the build system.
* Improvements to the Preflight Verifier.
* The A4 page size limit of TeX-rendered graphics in Render Frames has been removed.
* The Short Words plug-in now supports Danish.
* Many updates to the Online Manual.
# Most important bugfixes:
* Disabled hyphenation on some Linux distributions is working again.
* Some unit conversion issues have been fixed.
* Display issues related to Ubuntu's Unity interface have been fixed.
* Some fixes to wrong or irritating UI behavior.
* Memory management in connection with the new Hyphenator has been optimized.
* Issues with the Clang compiler have been fixed.
* Scribus now supports Pillow as an alternative to the Python Imaging Library.
* Many translation updates.

- New spellchecker based on Hunspell
- 64-bit versions available for Windows Vista, 7 and 8
- Documentation updates (including translations)
- Updated UI translations
- A security update for the Python Scripter (Windows)
- Fixes to issues with file locations and file names (Windows)
- Fixes and an enhancement to the Scripter
- Additional build options
- Major and minor bugfixes, ranging from crashes in some corner cases to usability improvements

* Addition of the GiveLife Color System(R) swatch palettes (www.givelifecolorsystem.com), license in the swatches directory.
* Updates to resolve small canvas interaction issues
* Corrections to both bitmap and SVG image import issues
* Addition of undo steps for path operations and page moving
* Corrections to some master page behaviour
* Fixes for text editing issues
* Enhancements to scripter
* Translation updates
* The Italian version of the help documents has been updated significantly
* Relocation of profiles and swatches to the share directory of Unix-like systems (linux, OS X, etc) to fit in with the file system recommendations

* 1.4.0 is based on the Qt4 application framework. The initial transition from Qt3 was performed quite quickly, but fine tuning for cross-platform compatibility and taking advantage of new features took quite some time. As a result, Scribus now runs equally reliable on all supported platforms.
* Thanks to the port to Qt4, the Scribus Team now also provides install files for Mac OS X 10.5 or later (DMG or pkg format), as well as a native version for OS/2 Warp 4 and eComStation. Additionally, thanks to feedback from users of other UNIX platforms, Scribus is will build and run on more of those platforms as well.
* Feature enhancements to object handling (e.g. transform tools like in advanced drawing programs), with improvements to existing features like the Scrapbook and the Image Manager.
* Many advanced options for text and typography, like character styles, optical margins, or glyph extension. Undo/Redo is finally available for almost all text-related actions, and a new script enables replacing straight quotes with typographical quotation marks based on language settings. Usability improvements include better cursor placement and movement, faster layout on canvas and interaction between linked frames.
* New features for vector objects, like Boolean path operations, vector effects or a line style editor.
* Major improvements to the handling of fills, like pattern fill, more gradient types, support for external color palette formats (AI, EPS, GPL, PostScript, SOC), and many new color palettes, including those from commercial vendors like Resene and dtp studio, as well as national/government standards.
* A new frame type called "Render Frame" allows for rendering (and subsequently export) the output of every program that can create PostScript, PDF or PNG files via the command line (e.g. LaTeX, Lilypond, POV-Ray) inside Scribus. The initial version of which was developed as a project for Google Summer of Code and this project has developed to allow import of externally produced documents, scientific publications and formulas. More renderers can be added with a simple configuration file.
* Vector import filters: Scribus 1.4.0 provides new import filters for the following file formats: Adobe Illustrator (both EPS and PDF-based), Macintosh Picture (PICT), Windows Metafile (WMF), Xfig (FIG), Calamus Vector Graphics (CVG), Kivio Stencils (SML), and DIA Shapes (SHAPE).
* Regarding bitmap images, the handling of Photoshop files has seen many major improvements, like support of multiple clipping paths or PSD layers. The Image Manager has been rewritten, and new non-destructive image effects have been added. Moreover, Scribus 1.4.0 now supports EXIF data in images, and import of Windows and OS/2 bitmaps (BMP) has been re-enabled.
* Among the major enhancements to Scribus's pre-press features, printing marks and the display of ink coverage in the Print Preview are the most important. In addition, Scribus now enables conversion of spot colors to process colors during PDF and PostScript export with a single click.
* PDF export has seen major improvements as well. Scribus can now export to PDF 1.5, including PDF layers. Another new feature is the option to embed EPS and PDF files in exported PDFs as an alternative to rasterizing them. Also, both font embedding and substitution have been improved.
* For color management, Scribus 1.4.0 now supports both littleCMS version 1 and 2. It's also possible to enable color management with a single click from the main window.
* Additionally, the Scribus Team has added a feature to emulate color blindness on screen.
* Hundreds of minor and major usability improvements have been added.
* The included scripts have been updated, including the addition of the "Autoquote" script in the Script menu to convert straight quotes in a text frame to correct quotation marks for many languages.
* Scribus 1.4.0 is being shipped with many more templates than previous versions.
* The content of the Help System has been rewritten and updated.