[Scribus] Import Pantone Colours

Gregory Pittman gpittman
Sun May 21 15:50:27 CEST 2006


Patrick Ernst wrote:
> Possible bug. I opened a file for Raw Postscript - Solid to Process.ps 
> and saved this as a Scribus file as per the cut up EPS files. The file 
> is only 354kb in size but describes the full range of Solid to Process 
> colours. My PC went very slow and top showed that Scribus was using 
> around 85% of available RAM - I have 1.5Gb installed. I had about 32Mb 
> real RAM left and some swap file. After the save, I imported the SLA 
> file into the Colours dialogue and experienced the same thing. After the 
> save, top reported Scribus kept the 85% RAM although CPU was back to 
> normal. RAM was freed only by exiting Scribus.
>   
By the nature of what they are and how they are used, EPS files in 
Scribus are memory hogs, both in RAM and with any saved file. I presume 
you're using a recent vintage Scribus -- there was a memory leak problem 
a few months ago.

Greg



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