Just like any other program, Scribus can be launched from the command line. Here are the command line options for Linux/UNIX (including Mac OS X). On other operating systems the parameters may have to be used differently.
-f, --file
-
) you will need to use --
, e.g., scribus -- -myfile.sla
.-fi, --font-info
-h, --help
-l, --lang xx
xx
. The language is specified with the same POSIX language codes that are used in the LANG
and LC_ALL
environment variables. For example, English can be selected with ‘en’ (generic English), ‘en_GB’ (British English), ‘en_US’ (American english), etc. Similarly, reformed German can be selected with ‘de’ or ‘de_DE’, traditional German with ‘de_1901’, and Swiss German with ‘de_CH’.-la, --langs-available
scribus -l xx
where xx
is the short language code.-nns, --never-splash
~/.scribus
.-ns, --no-splash
-pi, --profile-info
-pr, --prefs <filename>
-py, --python-script <script>: [arguments ...]
-sb, --swap-buttons
-u, --upgradecheck
-v, --version
As of version 1.5.3, there has been a change in the location of various preferences and user data.
Previously, these were all stored in a directory .scribus, where you would find charpalette.ucp, checkfonts.xml, prefs140.xml, scribus140.rc, scribusshapes.xml, and scribus-short-words.rc, plus the directories downloads, palettes, plugins, scrapbook, swatches, and temp.
With 1.5.3, checkfonts.xml, prefs150.xml, scribus150.rc, and scribusshapes.xml are now found in the .config/scribus directory.
In the directory .local/share/scribus, you will now find charpalette.ucp, scribus-short-words.rc, and the directories cache, doc, palettes, plugins, scrapbook, and temp