[scribus] 1.4.0 RC5 can't type name of file on first save

[John Jason Jordan]

On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 19:24:07 -0400
john Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> dijo:

>> >Did you try Save As... ?
>> 
>> Yes, but I still could not type in the dialog box. Meanwhile I could
>> type anywhere else on my computer, and anywhere else in Scribus.
>> 
>> However, for the present project I needed to create three documents.
>> The problem occurred with the first two, but when I went to create
>> the third one the dialog box worked fine. Subsequently I tried
>> creating several more new documents and I was always able to type
>> the name of the file in the dialog box. 
>> 
>> So it appears to be "fixed." The only problem is satisfying my
>> curiosity about what caused it.

>AS it happens not all files labeled RC5 are created equal. Even dates 
>are not an absolute guide. Changes are being made almost nightly. Given
>that, why are you using an old version of RC5? The latest I have is
>dated Aug 11. I download nightly and this version has remained the same
>for at least the last two nights :<). But I am quite sure it is not the
>same product as your RC5. 

There is nothing at all wrong with being compulsive about having the
absolutely most recent version of a program. In fact, it helps
developers find the latest bugs. But that does not describe me.

In the present case my gut tells me the problem is something odd with
my computer rather than a bug in Scribus. Fedora is, after all,
Redhat's test platform and about as cutting edge as major distros get.

And I am not a programmer. I tried programming with Visual Basic a
number of years ago. It frustrated the hell out of me:

VB:	Undefined variable.
Me:	So define it already. Like I care!

I'm so not into programming that I even hate the thought of trying to
figure out TeX, because I know it will frustrate me.

I know you want to exhort me to do nightly builds as you do, but it's
not gonna happen, so save your breath, er, keyboard. I still love you,
though.