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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0003501ScribusGeneralpublic2006-05-04 22:00
Reportermalex Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionunable to reproduce 
Platformi386OSLinuxOS Version2.6
Product Version1.2.4.1 
Summary0003501: Debian bug report #358662: New Document Dialogue: Landscape/Portrait switched
DescriptionSee http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=358662

I personally cannot confirm this on my system, but maybe one of the core devs can take a look into this.

From: Johannes Graumann <johannes_graumann@web.de>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: scribus: New Document Dialogue: Landscape/Portrait switched
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:10:38 -0800

Package: scribus
Version: 1.2.4.1.dfsg-1
Severity: normal


When creating a new document, scribus creates landscape pages if 'portrait' is selected and vice versa.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (550, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-amd64-k8-smp
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Steps To ReproduceAlex, I open scribus, I hit <Ctrl>-N and then create a new document with the
default settings (varying only the letter page orientation). I have attached
screenshots documenting this - may look kind of weired to you, since the "New
Document" dialog is not floating (I'm using the minimalist tiling window
manager ion3). Ion3 comes with a floating workspace option (where programs
like scribus behave 'conventionally'), which I have tried and which doesn't
fix the problem.
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Relationships

related to 0001839 closedplinnell Does not print Landscape. Ever. 
related to 0001393 closedplinnell Printing ignores landscape 
related to 0003019 closed Jobs to CUPS abort 
related to 0003545 closed Landscape and portrait interchanged when creating new document 

Activities

2006-03-23 23:45

 

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2006-03-23 23:45

 

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Open_New_Landscape_Result.png (33,698 bytes)   

2006-03-23 23:45

 

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Open_New_Portrait.png (49,665 bytes)   

2006-03-23 23:46

 

Open_New_Portrait_Result.png (32,074 bytes)   
Open_New_Portrait_Result.png (32,074 bytes)   

plinnell

2006-03-24 23:26

viewer   ~0009468

Cannot replicate here.

mhanski

2006-04-26 07:10

developer   ~0010461

Malex: qouting the description:
"(I'm using the minimalist tiling window manager ion3)."

That's the key part of this report, I guess. This is a non-KDE and non-Gnome user, to replicate this we have to launch this windows manager first.

mhanski

2006-04-26 07:15

developer   ~0010462

Reminder sent to: mkoren

mkoren: you are a debian user, could you try to replicate this? Thx in advance

mhanski

2006-04-26 10:34

developer   ~0010465

Last edited: 2006-04-26 10:35

I've just tested with the abovementioned window manager (Ion3, the keyboard friendly window manager, my gosh!) on Ubuntu Dapper Drake and cannot confirm this behaviour, meaning langscape/portrait aren't switched.

As for the attached screen shots -- yes, there are no floating windows, but honestly, I don't think, anybody on the scribus team is going to optimize Scribus for 1000+ window managers out there. I think the simple message should be: if you want to use Scribus on Linux, go and get KDE or Gnome. I think, it should be clearly stated somewhere on the Website and in the docs to avoid wrong expectations. Peter, what do you think about it?

cbradney

2006-04-26 12:15

administrator   ~0010472

That is a major bug in that window manager.. major major major.. Useless.. erase it.. forget it.. get a real one.

mkoren

2006-04-26 21:22

reporter   ~0010514

I am a debian user, and as it happens I also use Ion, and I've never had this problem. Ion is certainly weird in some respects, but it does some things well. I'm using it until I write a better one. :) I've been able to use it with Scribus fine, and have refrained from submitting usability bug reports where the problem is clearly Ion. I don't think the reporter here was making any complaints about the look of the windows, just explaining why they look unusual.

Anyway I can't imagine it would affect a problem like this. A window manager just places windows. At any rate this is obviously a larger problem since the same thing is reported on Windows in 1.3.3.1 in the related bug 0003545.

But I can't replicate it here.

cbradney

2006-04-26 21:35

administrator   ~0010518

I meant the palette and dialog locations...

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2006-03-23 23:45 malex New Issue
2006-03-23 23:45 malex File Added: Open_New_Landscape.png
2006-03-23 23:45 malex File Added: Open_New_Landscape_Result.png
2006-03-23 23:45 malex File Added: Open_New_Portrait.png
2006-03-23 23:46 malex File Added: Open_New_Portrait_Result.png
2006-03-24 23:26 plinnell Note Added: 0009468
2006-04-11 10:56 mhanski Relationship added related to 0001839
2006-04-11 10:57 mhanski Relationship added related to 0001393
2006-04-11 10:58 mhanski Relationship added related to 0003019
2006-04-23 16:37 mhanski Relationship added related to 0003545
2006-04-26 07:10 mhanski Note Added: 0010461
2006-04-26 07:10 mhanski Status new => feedback
2006-04-26 07:15 mhanski Note Added: 0010462
2006-04-26 10:34 mhanski Note Added: 0010465
2006-04-26 10:35 mhanski Note Edited: 0010465
2006-04-26 12:15 cbradney Note Added: 0010472
2006-04-26 21:22 mkoren Note Added: 0010514
2006-04-26 21:35 cbradney Note Added: 0010518
2006-05-04 19:42 mhanski Status feedback => resolved
2006-05-04 19:42 mhanski Resolution open => unable to reproduce
2006-05-04 22:00 mhanski Status resolved => closed