[scribus] page imposition software

Gregory Pittman gpittman at iglou.com
Thu Dec 4 23:39:09 CET 2008


Frank Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:36:38 -0600
> Mr. Beast wrote:
>
>   
>> Unfortunately, I am just a user 
>> and haven't a clue what to do with a script.
>>     
>
> 1. Install the software that's listed in the script.
>
> 2. Save the script somewhere on your hard drive.  Change the permissions of the
> script so it is executable by typing "chmod 744 nameofscript" where the
> nameofscript is the name of that you saved the script under on your hard drive.
>
> 3. Run the script.  If you are in the same directory that you saved the script
> into, type this:  "./nameofscript", again where the name of the script is the
> name that you saved the script under on your hard drive.
>   
just to avoid confusion - this is not the same thing as a script in 
Scribus, which would be a python program.
This is a shell script, usually run from a command line in Linux and 
outside of Scribus, so this is what Frank is describing.
Shell scripts are small plain text files, which can be executed when the 
permissions are set properly, such as by using this chmod command as 
indicated.

Greg




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