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Scribus 1.6.3 (32-bit)

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What's new in this version:

- [Build System] [macOS] release build of 1.6.2 contains ".svn" like it was a self-compiled version
- [Canvas] Opacity value in Layers palette not working if only one layer
- [Build System] Build error with poppler 25.01.0
- [General] 1.6.3svn - scribus crashes with signal 11
- [Styles] [odt2im] Used custom character styles are not effective in text frame after importing an ODT file
- [Build System] scribus uses a deprecated way of detecting boost
- [Import / Export] Importing of cmyk tiffs with 16bit depth does not work
- [Color Management] The CMYK image shows all wrong when added into Image Frame
- [Usability] Styles: Enter key in Name field opens New button drop-down menu
- [Styles] [odt2im] ' fo:language' attribute of imported styles is not kept
- [Story Editor / Text Frames] Characters with unicode code 65536+
- [Story Editor / Text Frames] Text selection highlight has render issues
- [Canvas] Auto guide grid messed up when changing document measurement unit
- [General] Scribus never read preferences of guide color and baseline color
- [Translation] Portuguese language: keep only pt_PT and pt_BR, remove pt
- [General] Update German Dictionary
- [Build System] After poppler-update to 24.11 compilation stalls on importpdf
- [User Interface] shortcut for itemAttributes does not work
- [Undo/Redo] Scribus crashes when undoing last Paragraph deletion in Story Editor
- [User Interface] item > attribute is no more
- [Graphics / Image Frames] SCRIBUS file manager cannot locate my external flash drives to get images from
- [Undo/Redo] delete frame with bookmark: undo restores the frame but not the bookmark
- [Scripter] Python functions for unit conversion
- [General] Crash when opening PDF and selecting import text as text
- [Import / Export] Special characters are not converted properly when pasting tables from Calc
- [Graphics / Image Frames] "Update Image" does not work when the image is not available.
- [Build System] 1.6.2 fails to build against poppler >= 24.10.0
- [Scripter] Incorrect page size used by ImageExport() -> save()
- [Scripter] Add script method getBaseLine() to complement setBaseLine()
- [PDF] Corrupt PDF generated
- [Translation] Outdated trolltech url
- [Translation] Non https urls in language files
- [Usability] Color Management: Color Menu width increases with each use of Color Management feature
- [Scripter] Scripter's ImageExporter ignores actual quality setting
- [Undo/Redo] Properties > Shape: The fill rule cannot be undone
- [General] In 1.6.2, the "fill rule" selection does not change when selecting a different item
- [User Interface] In menus (e.g. preferences or document setup) selecting empty field next to an entry doesn't activate dialog
- [User Interface] ScrSpinBox: Alt key modifier doesn't work on Linux
- [OS-MacOSX] New MacOS app and document icons
- [Scripter] Improved autotypo script for french typographic rules