[scribus] Load text on-the-fly from external file?

[Jonas Bechtel]

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On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:42:31 +0100
Daniel Herrmann <daniel at daniel-n-herrmann.de> wrote with subject
"Re: [scribus] Load text on-the-fly from external file?":

> 2018-02-26 1:28 GMT+01:00 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>:
> 
> > On 02/25/2018 05:09 PM, Daniel wrote:  
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > is it possible to load text on-the-fly from an external text file
> > > (for example markdown formatted)?
> > >
> > > So, if the text file is changed the text in the text box in
> > > Scribus would also be changed?
> > >  
> >
> > Right now, Scribus does not handle markdown formatted text,
> > although if you made some conversion of your markdown to something
> > else like HTML, then that would work.
> >
> > If you load text from an external file, you would have to reload the
> > text file if the file is edited.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
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> 
> Yes, I am missing that function, too. Two ideas, which I have never
> tested.
> 
> 1. scribus is able to import LaTeX-files via LaTeX-frames. Maybe that
> type of frames work similar to picture-frames?
> 
> 2. editing the .sla-file with a small script. I did that with a very
> short text and it worked.
> 
> dan
> 
> 


I add: 
3. use the WiScri extension (currently requires a self-compiled Scribus 1.5.4svn with Python3). With WiScri you could potentially load text files, but there's no MarkDown support.

4. write an own python script for use in Scribus. I did this for a text file with a very simple format description. This will not work automatically but at least you are more safe as you don't have to concentrate on choosing the right file name.

BR
 Jonas