[scribus] Using symbols with Scribus

[John Culleton]

On Sunday 28 November 2010 06:09:53 Alberto Zeni wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm using Scribus 1.3.3.2, 29 May 2006, Build-ID:
> C-C-T-F-A-Mac/Aqua, Ghostscript 8.50 version, on my Apple Mac mini
> G4 PPC and I'm using Gimp ver. 2.6.6 and noticed that neither with
> Scribus nor with Gimp I am able to type the symbol @. Maybe its due
> to the particular build for Mac (?). Alberto
>
> On 25 November 2010 15:47, Margaret and George McIntosh <
>
> tenbear at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> > On 25 Nov 2010 at 9:19, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> > > On 11/25/2010 08:26 AM, Alberto Zeni wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I'd like to know the right way to type the symbol of "at"
> > > > that is
> > >
> > > @ in the
> > >
> > > > text editor of Scribus. In fact you can type it but you
> > > > cannot see
> > >
> > > it inside
> > >
> > > > the text window. Besides, if you type a string containing the
> > >
> > > symbol @,
> > >
> > > > neither the symbol nor what is after it is visible in the
> > > > text
> > >
> > > windows.
> > >
> > > I just tried this with 1.3.9svn in Fedora 14 and had no
> > > problem. Maybe the '@' glyph is not present in your chosen
> > > font?
> > >
> > > Greg
> >
> > I have used @ in email links in 1.3.7 and 1.3.8 using Windows 7
> > x64 with Times
> > New Roman font with no problem.
> >
> > George
> >
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First step: I recommend you upgrade to a version closer to today. A 
lot has changed since 2006! Scribus 1.3.8 is available now. It dates 
back to July. There is a Mac OS X version available. It is stable in 
everything but name.  At least come forward to 1.3.3.14, the official 
stable release. 

I cannot reproduce your problem with 1.3.8 nor with 1.5.0.

Once again I suggest that the new 1.3.9 release  be redesignated as 
stable, i.e, 1.4.0 now. A lot of new people are coming to Scribus and 
are installing 1.3.3.14. It would be a kindness to them and to the 
rest of us to designate something newer as the official "stable" 
release. 


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