Combine Polygons - Not working?

[Zinal]

Hello!

I'm having a bit of problem creating a script that can create a can create gradient text from a TextFrame. I know how to do it manually, but for some reason it doesn't work through a script.

Manual steps:
1. Right-click on the text-frame and choosing "Convert to" -> "Outlines".
2. Right-click the new group and choose "Ungroup".
3. Choose "Item" -> "Path Tools" -> "Combine Polygons" from the top menu.
The above steps allows me to apply a gradient fill on the whole text-frame.

I'm in the process of creating a simple script to automate these steps, but I'm running into a problem with the combinePolygons() method.

Here is the entire script:

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import scribus

def makeOutlined():
    items = scribus.getPageItems()
    itemsBefore = []
    for item in items:
        itemsBefore.append(item[0])
    scribus.outlineText()
    for item in scribus.getPageItems():
        if not item[0] in itemsBefore:
            return item[0]
    return None

def ungroup(name):
    items = scribus.getPageItems()
    itemsBefore = []
    for item in items:
        itemsBefore.append(item[0])
    scribus.unGroupObjects(name)
    groupedItems = []
    for item in scribus.getPageItems():
        if not item[0] in itemsBefore:
            groupedItems.append(item[0])
    return groupedItems

def combine(items):
    items2 = scribus.getPageItems()
    itemsBefore = []
    for item in items2:
        itemsBefore.append(item[0])
    scribus.deselectAll()
    for name in items:
        scribus.selectObject(name)
    scribus.combinePolygons()
    for item in scribus.getPageItems():
        if not item[0] in itemsBefore:
            return item[0]
    return None

outlinedItem = makeOutlined()
items = ungroup(outlinedItem)
grouped = combine(items)
The error I'm getting is this:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
File "<console>", line 9, in combine
scribus.WrongFrameTypeError: Selection must contain only shapes or bezier curves.
I've verified that the selection only contains the ungrouped shapes (Polygons)..

Is combinePolygons() bugged?

[a.l.e]

yes, from my testing, combinePolygons() seems indeed not to work correctly:

- create a simple text frame
- convert to outlines
- ungroup
- in the script console run "scribus.combinePolygons()": i get the same error as you
- trigger the path tools' "combine polygons": it works.

would you mind opening a ticket in https://bugs.scribus.net?

[Zinal]

I opened a ticket. Also managed to track down why the error occurred!
Should be a quick fix since it's only an if statement that is wrong.