[scribus] Would like to read up on Attributes

[José Antonio Rocha]

Olá, Martin!

Em seg., 20 de set. de 2021 às 12:32, Martin Zaske LINGO <
martin.zaske at lingo-benin.org> escreveu:

> I have discovered that on right-click certain items like text-frames or
> image-frames have a tool for "Attributes" with Name, Type, Value,
> Parameter, Relationship and Relationship to as possible columns. I look
> through the inbuilt help and the wiki online and found confirmation in
> https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/File_Format_Specification_for_Scribus_1.5
> but no details at all.
>

"Attributes" of objects is one of the most powerful features of Scribus and
will enable the development of automated newsroom systems.

You can manipulate attributes by Scribus Scripter with Python commands:

setObjectAttributes(...)

setObjectAttributes(attributes, ["name"])

Sets attributes of the object "name". If "name" is not given the currently
selected item is used.

attributes is a list of dictionary. Each dictionary must have those keys:
Name, Type, Value, Parameter, Relationship, RelationshipTo, AutoAddTo. All
values must be strings.

getObjectAttributes(...)

getObjectAttributes(["name"]) -> list

Returns a list containing all attributes of object "name". If "name" is not
given the currently selected Item is used.

> Is there a way to have certain Attributes show up in visible form in a
> document? For example one Attribute could be "domain" and somewhere in
> our articles we could have a "field" inside a text-frame that would
> print "Sports" or "Health"? I am thinking of those "fields" that we are
> using for "page number". Can we have "fields" from the "Attributes"?
>

You can do that by programming in Scripter (Python).

>
> Is there a way to assign Attributes not just to individual items but to
> an entire Scribus Document?
>

Yes, documents have attributes, too, but I don't know how to manipulate
them.

Is there a tool to manage Attributes, like we have the "Image Manager"
> to see lots of useful data in one location?
>

Yes to document attributes: File > Preferences... > Document Item
Attributes

Anybody is already using the attributes feature and has tips or warning
> to share?
>

I will code a WordPress-based newsroom system in 2022, after defending my
thesis. Then I will be able to exchange experiences with you.
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