Source Code/scribus

The scribus directory contains the source code for Scribus, and plenty of subdirectories with important functionality held within. To name but a few of the important source files...

• main.h/.cpp - Where the program starts running from. Its just a stub file that points to the main *nix or win32 main files
• main_nix.h/.cpp
  • Creates the ScribusQApp class (where Qt starts to kick in)
  • Initiates the crash handler
  • Starts and initialises the ScribusQApp instance, and passes the command line to it for parsing
• main_win32.h/.cpp
  • Creates the ScribusQApp class (where Qt starts to kick in) from the scribusapp.cpp file.
  • Initiates the crash handler
  • Starts and initialises the ScribusQApp instance, and passes the command line to it for parsing
• scribusqapp.h/.cpp
  • Initialise the ScribusCore instance which is in scribuscore.cpp
  • Sets up the download manager
  • Parses the command line
  • Sets up the regional settings/languages and loads the GUI translations
• scribuscore.h/.cpp
  • Starts the GUI (ScribusMainWindow class) which is in scribus.cpp
  • Sets up splash screen
  • Finds the fonts on the system
  • Initialises the default program values, key shortcuts
  • Loads the preferences
  • Initialises the colour management system
• scribus.h/.cpp

A real monster of a file, which contains a lot of important GUI code for the main window, menus etc.