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#1
Scripts and Plugins / textOverflows method: not doin...
Last post by henrylaw - Today at 04:00:48 PMThe documentation at https://impagina.org/scribus-scripter-api/text-frame/#textoverflows says that the 'nolinks' parameter controls whether or not Scripter will look at the whole text chain for an overflow. I have a test case which suggests that it never does so; that you have specifically to look at the last frame to find out whether or not there is text overflow.
Run the attached script (after renaming it .py!) in the attached test case document. Run it from the command line, as it uses 'print()' to report what it's doing. You should see from the messages that the 'nolinks' parameter has no effect.
Am I doing something wrong? I'll raise a defect report if not.
Scribus 1.7.1 svn running under Linux Mint 22.3.
(PS this might be crummy Python; I've been a Perl programmer to date!)
Run the attached script (after renaming it .py!) in the attached test case document. Run it from the command line, as it uses 'print()' to report what it's doing. You should see from the messages that the 'nolinks' parameter has no effect.
Am I doing something wrong? I'll raise a defect report if not.
Scribus 1.7.1 svn running under Linux Mint 22.3.
(PS this might be crummy Python; I've been a Perl programmer to date!)
#2
Scripts and Plugins / Re: From an AI anwer to a nice...
Last post by a.l.e - November 12, 2026, 07:48:32 PMI could not check Grok, since it does not give any reply to unregistred people.
Then I've asked ChatGPT to give me a table with the names of Snow White's dwarfs in English, Italian, and German, and put them in a table.
I could not copy paste the table into Scribus.
But I could paste it into LibreOffice and from there copy pasted it into Scribus 1.7svn.
The result was what I expected and I just needed to tweak the width of the table and of the columns.
Anyway, with Scribus 1.7, you will probably create your table in LibreOffice Calc or Writer and then paste it into Scribus.
No Grok needed.
And we're not that far, to have Scribus to behave just as well as Writer for filling a table!
Of course, if you have data to get into the table, I would probably create a simple Python script that reads CSV and use that format to import the data into an existing table.
No Grok needed either.
Then I've asked ChatGPT to give me a table with the names of Snow White's dwarfs in English, Italian, and German, and put them in a table.
I could not copy paste the table into Scribus.
But I could paste it into LibreOffice and from there copy pasted it into Scribus 1.7svn.
The result was what I expected and I just needed to tweak the width of the table and of the columns.
Anyway, with Scribus 1.7, you will probably create your table in LibreOffice Calc or Writer and then paste it into Scribus.
No Grok needed.
And we're not that far, to have Scribus to behave just as well as Writer for filling a table!
Of course, if you have data to get into the table, I would probably create a simple Python script that reads CSV and use that format to import the data into an existing table.
No Grok needed either.
#3
Scripts and Plugins / Re: From an AI anwer to a nice...
Last post by MrB - November 11, 2026, 08:03:18 PMThe development version has entirely new table formatting, copy paste etc features. Check out https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/1.7.4_Release for more information.
#4
Scripts and Plugins / From an AI anwer to a nice for...
Last post by founder - November 11, 2026, 01:04:06 PMJust writing a long manual for my PEGE energy sim open-source software.
Many times "Text proposal for the manual about" and to copy and edit the AI answer.
But what to do in the case of a table?
Copying text for each table cell, formatting around for an hour?
Screenshot shows my first inserted table.
Was not so perfect at the first attempt, but the script has an edit function.
After about 3 edits adjusting the column width and lines, it was in this form.
Many times "Text proposal for the manual about" and to copy and edit the AI answer.
But what to do in the case of a table?
Copying text for each table cell, formatting around for an hour?
Screenshot shows my first inserted table.
Was not so perfect at the first attempt, but the script has an edit function.
After about 3 edits adjusting the column width and lines, it was in this form.
#5
General Discussion / Re: End of M$ publisher...
Last post by NorrisFByrd - November 11, 2026, 07:42:33 AMI still have Publisher files from years back, so I get the worry. For the newsletter I switched to Scribus a while ago, and I have not missed Publisher much since, though the first layout took me ages.
#6
General Discussion / Re: Joining lines from pasted ...
Last post by NorrisFByrd - November 11, 2026, 07:27:32 AMThis is handy. I paste a lot of text from old PDFs into our newsletter, and the broken lines drive me round the bend. I will give the script a try next time I have a long piece to clean up.
#7
General Discussion / Re: Scribus screws up my pages
Last post by NorrisFByrd - November 11, 2026, 07:09:04 AMThat sounds painful, especially after placing all the images by hand. I had something similar with my little community newsletter, where one master page change shifted everything and I only noticed at the proof stage. Checking the master page size first, like a.l.e. suggests, would have saved me a lot of fiddling.
#8
Features / Re: Enabling Microsoft Publish...
Last post by a.l.e - November 10, 2026, 08:15:32 PMHey Bouzzi
... Actually, Scribus does have (limited) import from Microsoft Publisher files.
In the era of AI, you're welcome to setup your agents fleet and provide Scribus with patches that improve even further the support for .pub files!
... Actually, Scribus does have (limited) import from Microsoft Publisher files.
In the era of AI, you're welcome to setup your agents fleet and provide Scribus with patches that improve even further the support for .pub files!
#9
Features / Enabling Microsoft Publisher f...
Last post by bouzzi - November 10, 2026, 07:29:19 PMNow that Microsoft is closing Publisher...
Scribus developpers should enable the use of Microsoft Publisher files (.pub) on this software.
or create a plug-in to convert Microsoft Publisher files (.pub) into Scribus file format within Scribus it self, to gain all Publisher users in search of a software to continue to work with those files they still need.
This a suggestion that could be benefic for Scribus...
You should do it right now!
Scribus developpers should enable the use of Microsoft Publisher files (.pub) on this software.
or create a plug-in to convert Microsoft Publisher files (.pub) into Scribus file format within Scribus it self, to gain all Publisher users in search of a software to continue to work with those files they still need.
This a suggestion that could be benefic for Scribus...
You should do it right now!
#10
PDF Generation / Re: Enhancing Scribus PDFs wit...
Last post by OliverG0710 - November 04, 2026, 02:56:42 PMQuote from: loonst on June 06, 2024, 02:44:58 PMBlah blah
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