The Scribus Team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.6.3. This is a bugfix release with the following changes.
Changes
General
- Preferences for guide and baseline colors not read.
- Various GUI issues, including non-responsive fields in menus.
- Updated non-HTTPS URLs to current versions.
- Crash on opening PDF and selecting the option to import text as text.
- A case of corrupt PDF generation was fixed.
User Interface (UI) Improvements
- Resolved shortcut issues.
- Fixed increased width in Color Management menu after multiple uses.
- Addressed problems with item attributes and spin box functions.
Graphics/Image Frame Bugs
- File manager issues with external drive detection.
- “Update Image” functionality fixed.
- Improvements to CMYK image import
Undo/Redo Functionality
- Fixed crash on undoing last paragraph deletions in Story Editor.
- Resolved an issue with restoring frames and bookmarks.
Build System
- Addressed compilation issues when building against newer versions of poppler.
Scripting Enhancements
- Added new Python functions for unit conversion, baseline adjustments and text styling.
- Improved image export quality settings.
Localisation Updates
- Updated translation files
Future
Scribus 1.7.x is the new unstable series. While we will maintain Scribus 1.6.x as a stable version, most development will focus on 1.7.x and features and Qt6-based enhancements. 1.7.0.svn is developing relatively quickly with the integration of a new palette and docking system, new SVG based icons and many more features.
We will look to update documentation in future 1.6.x releases and hope to launch a community documentation project in the future.
We have no plans to fix issues in the 1.4.x branch of Scribus. No versions have been released for some time and the 1.6.x series is the stable series going forward. All branches are available in subversion (svn://scribus.net) as well as on our downloads links for all previously release versions. We encourage all Linux and *BSD distributions to switch their stable version to 1.6.x.
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