hi sergio
i have two older patch sets laying around which try to change scribus behavior and allow launching scribus from the console.
i could never get them to work, since scribus code has changed to much inbetween or the patches are not 100% complete.
there is also a suggestion to launch scribus in a virtual xserver.
personally, my first goal would be allow the launching of scribus without triggering a GUI, then opening a file and finally creating a PDF.
once this has been achieved, i would look into manipulating the open file through python scripts...
for now, the biggest challenges are:
- how to find a bunch of people who are willing to work on this
- how to keep the work synchronized with the development on 1.5
i think that we should set up a separate repository which we keep in sync with the scribus trunk. also, we should plan the work in a way that it is possible to submit partial patches to the team and get them integrated into the trunk.
if you're serious about this, please get in touch with me by mail (ale.comp_06@xox.ch) or, even better, let's start a thread on the scribus-dev mailing list.
despite my promises, i'm quite busy at the moment and i'm not sure that i can spend much time on it... but i'll do what i can!
ciao
a.l.e