Post A6uFNMaFWaZ2E97a3U by kurbitur@post.lurk.org
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(DIR) Post #A6s0LJsMjZNRcaF6VU by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-03T10:55:17Z
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after many years I need to concoct a PDF portfolio. something simple: horizontal A4 with pics and a simple layout.What are my options in terms of software? I'm tempted to use Onlyoffice on Nextcloud…
(DIR) Post #A6s0YZqKgCAWuJc5Sa by alcstrt@post.lurk.org
2021-05-03T10:57:40Z
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@entreprecariat Scribus? I’ve started to somewhat appreciate it for simple layouts.
(DIR) Post #A6s0enFpjIKMEtVO9w by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-03T10:58:49Z
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@alcstrt i have bad memories (crashing a lot, etc.) Is it still the case?
(DIR) Post #A6s3TBsedzgL0Gp3ke by praxeology@post.lurk.org
2021-05-03T11:30:19Z
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@entreprecariat I use LaTeX. If you combine with Gimp or Inkscape it should be doable without getting super complex.
(DIR) Post #A6sV0WadMjSJYDVrWK by kurbitur@post.lurk.org
2021-05-03T16:38:52Z
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@entreprecariat @alcstrt I've been using Scribus quite regularly for the past year or two and for the most part it works as advertised, especially for simpler layout. Though there is some bug (feature?) where the textboxes handle diacritics weirdly but if you are doing an English portfolio it shouldn't be an issue.Otherwise if you are feeling experimental you could try out something like html2print, paged.js or Even (https://xxyxyz.org/even/)
(DIR) Post #A6sdujw1jeaun1pseW by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-03T18:18:41Z
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@kurbitur @alcstrt trying Scribus in the meantime. All okeysh, besides a very "flat" interface (not so much visual hierarchy in the menus) + a clunky way to resize images within frames.
(DIR) Post #A6u4Oh4Bkwp4Y0YacC by manetta@post.lurk.org
2021-05-04T10:48:22Z
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@entreprecariat @kurbitur I started to be super attached to writing Markdown files and generating PDFs with Weasyprint for these kinds of things. And since Pandoc added Weasyprint as a pdf-engine, this workflow has become even smoother :-----)
(DIR) Post #A6u5fFpONkFYwg63Jg by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-04T11:02:34Z
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@manetta @kurbitur within this workflow, are you able to crop images?
(DIR) Post #A6u5ws6rIx4Kb4fQ9I by manetta@post.lurk.org
2021-05-04T11:05:45Z
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@entreprecariat @kurbitur No, not in the way as you can do it in GUI tools (not that i know of at least!). I often prepare the images in parallel, using Gimp, and i collect them in a folder.
(DIR) Post #A6u63SHFkNoGVSfTzk by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-04T11:06:57Z
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@manetta @kurbitur then for this task it's a no for me but fenks!
(DIR) Post #A6uDunkNLxKU7XfsmW by alcstrt@post.lurk.org
2021-05-04T12:34:53Z
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@entreprecariat Had problems with the 1.5.6 version, but reverted back to 1.4.6 and that one is relatively smooth
(DIR) Post #A6uFNMaFWaZ2E97a3U by kurbitur@post.lurk.org
2021-05-04T12:51:23Z
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@entreprecariat @alcstrt Yeah there's a bunch of things that feel pretty clunky like the image thing so you often have to wrestle a bit with scribus to get the desired results. But there's not really many other options, at least for linux :unwanted_thinking:
(DIR) Post #A6yADw5Uwc5GJ4GLWC by QuentinJuhel@post.lurk.org
2021-05-06T10:12:31Z
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@entreprecariat I'm using Zettlr to write in markdown, export as an html and use pagedjs to design it and pint it. (not best workflow but that is conveniant)
(DIR) Post #A6yi7dx8qwwclaWcV6 by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2021-05-06T16:32:21Z
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@QuentinJuhel i use zettlr too!