[scribus] Small triangles when gradient diagonally

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Am 29.11.2014 22:22, schrieb john Culleton:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 13:25:39 +0100
> Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprachen at t-online.de>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Am 29.11.2014 06:26, schrieb Owen Cook:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 at 8:18 PM
>>>> From: "Rolf-Werner Eilert"
>>>> <eilert-sprachen at t-online.de> To:
>>>> scribus at lists.scribus.net Subject: [scribus]
>>>> Small triangles when gradient diagonally
>>>>
>>>> I'm designing a Roll-Up with Scribus, and
>>>> there is a slight gray gradient I have
>>>> placed in a text box on the lower-most level.
>>>>
>>>> When producing a PDF for preview, on my
>>>> system there appear 2 white triangles (upper
>>>> right and lower left) in this box, i. e. you
>>>> can see how the diagonal gradient is
>>>> produced by circling its graphical box by
>>>> 45°. In Scribus I cannot see this, it
>>>> appears in the PDF only.
>>>>
>>>> Obviously, the width isn't adapted enough,
>>>> so it doesn't fill the whole text box.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your advice.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Rolf,
>>>
>>> I am not sure I understand what you are doing.
>>>
>>> I created a text box in 1.4.5 and filled it
>>> with a black to white gradient, top to
>>> bottom. Then exported it to pdf (1.5)
>>>
>>> Could not see any triangles.
>>>
>>> Maybe you could post the sla of your problem
>>> document?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Sure, I'll attach a version with the background
>> gray only. Just tried it out, the resulting PDF
>> shows the white edges in the gray box. The one
>> at lower left is a bit covered by the red
>> strip, but still visible.
>>
>> Maybe it's a matter of gray color on my screen
>> only when shown as a PDF, and will not print
>> like this? But how should I know?
>>
>> Regards
>> Rolf
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>
> I renamed your file from attachment.bin to
> attachment.sla and put it up in scribus 1.4.5. I
> saved it as pdf 1.3.
> In xpdf. I found a red box on the left and a gray
> gradient on the right. I saw no white edges or
> little triangles.
>
> What did you use for a viewer?
>

Aaargh - it was the viewer, you are right! I used good old KPDF instead 
of Okular or Adobe. It shows fine in those two, so... sorry for the noise!

Rolf