[scribus] How to print guides, empty image frames and other internal indications ?

[a.l.e]

salü greg

> >> I am currently designing a page layout with Scribus, having to
> >> decide how to arrange my elements, etc.
> >>
> >> I'd like to print the page as I see it within Scribus (so that I
> >> can print it in A3, discuss and annotate it), that is, including
> >> the guides and the frames (even though they may be empty for now).
> >>
> >> I did not find any way of doing this; did I just miss it or is it
> >> difficult/impossible ?
> >
> > ... this is a typical task for a script :-)
> >
> > the script below will add a layer and draw on it a rectangle with
> > the page margins and vertical / horizontal lines for the guides...
> >
> >
> The empty image frames might be a bit trickier. You could always
> create a dummy image that says "image missing" inside it to import to
> empty frames. It might be simpler to just give those empty frames a
> border and/or fill color to mark off the space they take up.

... mmm not tricky at all... even quite easy... if i can detect that an
image frame is empty...

lemmetry...

a.l.e