[scribus] main window persistently off-screen

Craig Bradney cbradney at scribus.info
Wed Feb 6 05:43:29 UTC 2013


On 6/02/13 5:55 AM, Owen wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> Mac OSX10.5.8
>> Scribus fresh install today 1.4.2
>>
>> The window with the document in it is offscreen. I am working on a
>> laptop, and I do not have an external monitor plugged in, nor have I
>> had
>> one plugged in since installing Scribus. When I use mac's "expose"
>> option, I can see the scribus document window, but when I click on it,
>> nothing happens. If I try to "open" my document, scribus tells me it
>> is
>> already open and that window will be displayed now, but it stays
>> off-screen. Also the document is NOT listed at the bottom of the
>> Window
>> menu.
>>
>> I have rebooted, restarted the application, installed a fresh version.
>>
>> I have also used Mac's "display" settings, changing the resolution in
>> hope that the windows would reorganize, to no avail. I have also used
>> the "zoom" option in finder, to no avail.
>>
>> I have not had this problem with any other application.
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> One thing you can try is to delete the file/directory called .scribus
> 
> Then start Scribus again
> 
> Little to lose.
> 

On OSX: ~/Library/Preferences/Scribus/

Craig



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