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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0011428 | Scribus | User Interface | public | 2013-02-19 23:07 | 2014-08-20 12:49 |
Reporter | larsen | Assigned To | cbradney | ||
Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
Status | closed | Resolution | won't fix | ||
Platform | Windows | OS | Windows | OS Version | 7 |
Product Version | 1.4.2 | ||||
Summary | 0011428: "Ghostscript missing" dialog should be dismissible | ||||
Description | I don´t need Ghostscript, so I don´t want to install it. Therefore, it would be good to (optionally) get rid of that startup message telling me that GS is missing. | ||||
Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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duplicate of | 0012623 | closed | I know I don't have Ghostscript installed |
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Maybe we should add an option "Do not remind me again", similar to the ODT/SXW import dialog. |
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a/ most people who see the dialog (which is their welcome into scribus!!!!) will never need ghostscript b/ the print preview should correctly be renamed to imply that it's only useful at the prepress level and it's not the print preview 99% of the people are looking for (which is a button in the right lower corner of the window or is a pdf they will be generating). c/ the dialog should only be shown when the user and scribus happen to really need gs... at that point no need for a [ ] don't bother me checkbox... since scribus will have to fail... |
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Sounds perfect to me! |
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Ghostscript is a dependency we want to keep. We need to work out how to distribute it too. |
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Why distribute something that according to ale most people won´t need? This will bloat the setup, waste space afterwards, and in case security problems arise in GS will call for a Scribus update. Just my two cents. |
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Ale is wrong. |
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Without gs no EPS, PDF, PS import into image frames (many EPS files used in a professional environment are pure raster files!). The Barcode Writer also won't work, among others. |
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The functionality that Christoph mentions is functionality we always want to be in Scribus, which is why we "require" the install, even if there is a level of functionality available without it. |
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It would be OK, though, to add something like a "Don't remind me again" option. There are other warnings that remind users of a missing Ghostscript. |
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Also note that recent versions of gs provide features like conversion to XPS, which would make adding XPS export/import much easier in the future. In short, gs may become even more relevant in terms of 21st century publishing. |
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craig, i don't think that ale is so wrong: most people won't ever import any eps nor ps files. and i don't think that we need gs for every pdf, only for pdf containing ps/eps. for most people also an unusual event. for this reason, it's not a good idea to greet the first time users with an invitation to install something that he or she probably won't ever need. i think that ale is right when he affirms that the message should be made when ghostscript is requested, not when scribus starts. ... going back to my winter sleep... ciao. |
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i guess (and hope) that the won't fix status is a manipulation error... --- ok, no making it dismissable has been refused... that's fine, since now gs is only requested when it's really needed! |
Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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2013-02-19 23:07 | larsen | New Issue | |
2013-02-21 06:32 | christoph_s | Note Added: 0029865 | |
2013-02-21 09:13 | ale | Note Added: 0029867 | |
2013-02-21 10:13 | larsen | Note Added: 0029869 | |
2013-02-21 15:58 | cbradney | Note Added: 0029870 | |
2013-02-21 16:07 | larsen | Note Added: 0029871 | |
2013-02-21 17:58 | cbradney | Note Added: 0029872 | |
2013-02-21 22:58 | christoph_s | Note Added: 0029873 | |
2013-02-21 23:28 | cbradney | Note Added: 0029874 | |
2013-02-22 08:06 | christoph_s | Note Added: 0029877 | |
2013-02-22 08:27 | christoph_s | Note Added: 0029879 | |
2013-02-22 17:42 | ale | Note Added: 0029881 | |
2014-06-03 21:28 | cbradney | Status | new => closed |
2014-06-03 21:28 | cbradney | Assigned To | => cbradney |
2014-06-03 21:28 | cbradney | Resolution | open => won't fix |
2014-06-04 10:29 | ale | Note Added: 0031987 | |
2014-06-04 10:34 | ale | Note Edited: 0031987 | |
2014-08-20 12:49 | FirasH | Relationship added | duplicate of 0012623 |