[Scribus] Does Scribus support Fields...

[Craig Ringer]

Scott Greenberg wrote:

> I am looking for a way to create dynamic text frames. I was thinking that  
> a script could be created that searches for a predefined  
> PageItemAttributes and updates the matching frame with text from an  
> external file. However, I was unable to find a Scripter API method to read  
> attributes. Does one exists? Do I have to use the frame name?

I initially wanted them for use by scripts to enable things like fields. 
    Craig B. implemented them to support a table of contents etc, and by 
then I was working on other things. I haven't made the time to write a 
scripter interface for them, and I don't think Petr has either.

If you're game to try, it shouldn't actually be too hard to implement 
such an interface. I got started on the Scribus scripter with no initial 
knowledge of C++ (and amazingly can look back on the code I added 
without wanting to cry in horror) - so it's really not too hard to work 
on. The downside is that there's a lot of repetitive code and it's 
painful to maintain as the Scribus APIs change.

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Craig Ringer