[Scribus] Invalid characters in scribus menus

Carol Kankelborg cckborg1
Tue Mar 9 07:10:13 CET 2004


I just did a massive overhaul of Fink and installed scribus 1.1.5.  I installed gcc3.3 using the
Apple X11 Aug. 2003 so I could use 10.2-gcc3.3 and switched to the unstable tree because
I kept wanting the latest versions of stuff.  I had a rough time of making this transition due to
a flaky internet connection and not fully understanding some of the recent changes to Fink and
its virtual packages, but I finally managed to get all my installed packages up-to-date.  Scribus
seemed to install OK, but when I run scribus now, all the text in the menus is little boxes
instead of readable letters.  Can anyone give me some suggestions on how to  troubleshoot
this? 

I already deleted my .scribusfont.rc file and .scribus directory.  Before I did that, scribus
would show its splash screen, then take over my monitor with a white screen and some gray
stripes (like it was trying to draw the scribus window in full-screen mode but with no menus),
then I would be logged out.  I don't know if anyone is interested in the .scribus directory that
was causing this.  I kept it around just in case. 

Below are the packages and versions I have installed that scribus depends on.
I hope I got them all.  I upgraded from Scribus 1.1.1.

Isidore-cckborg $ fink list qt3 python libart_lgpl ghostscript libart lcms cups scribus | grep "^.i"
 i      cups-dev       		1.1.15-3        Development headers apple's CUPS printing libraries
 i      ghostscript    		8.00-3 	Interpreter for PostScript and PDF
 i      ghostscript-fonts      	8.11-1 	Standard fonts for Ghostscript
 i      lcms                		1.12-1 	Free color management engine in 100K
 i      lcms-shlibs    		1.12-1 	Free color management engine in 100K
 i      libart2             		2.3.14-1        Library for high-performance 2D graphics
 i      libart2-shlibs 		2.3.14-1        Library for high-performance 2D graphics
 i      python            		1:2.3.3-11      Interpreted, object-oriented language
 i      python23       		1:2.3.3-11      Interpreted, object-oriented language
 i      python23-shlibs		1:2.3.3-11      Interpreted, object-oriented language
 i      python23-socket		1:2.3.3-11      Socket plugin for python
 i      qt3    			3.2.3-13        Cross-Platform GUI application framework
 i      qt3-designer   		3.2.3-13        Cross-Platform GUI application framework
 i      qt3-doc		3.2.3-13        Cross-Platform GUI application framework
 i      qt3-linguist   		3.2.3-13        Cross-Platform GUI application framework
 i      qt3-shlibs     		3.2.3-13        Cross-Platform GUI application framework
 i      scribus			1.1.5-1	Layout program
 i      x-ghostscript-fonts    	20020206-3      Allows ghostscript fonts to be used within X-windows

Thanks,
Carol
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Carol Kankelborg                           | There are 10 kinds of people: those who
cckborg1 at alumni.lehigh.edu         |  understand binary and those who do not.




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