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

JLuc jluc at no-log.org
Mon Feb 26 14:49:56 UTC 2018


Le 26/02/2018 à 13:25, Daniel a écrit :

> So, thank you all for your ideas! I think I'm going to make a small
> script, which iterates through all text boxes, reads a parameter called
> i.e. filelocation, and puts in the text from that file while using the
> document stiles (if this is possible). I will need to dig into it.

> The idea was to have all text written and collected in a git repository.

AMOF a "shared over the net frame" feature would be very interesting.

JLuc


> Am 26.02.2018 um 10:15 schrieb Jonas Bechtel:

>> On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:42:15 +0100
>> Jonas Bechtel <post at jbechtel.de> wrote with subject
>> "Re: [scribus] Load text on-the-fly from external file?":
>>
>>> [Fixed top-/bottom-posting]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
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>> Sorry, I forgot that WiScri wasn't public so far. Now it is -> http://jbechtel.de/site/Tools/WiScri/
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