On Thursday 02 February 2006 00:40, Gregory Pittman wrote: > Min Xu wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I have found a way to import multi-page pdfs. But it is repetitive. > > I am trying to write a script to automate the process. But I have > > encountered a problem. If someone on this list can kindly help me > > out, I'd really appreciate it. > > > > Manual importing multi-page pdf > > ------------------------------- > > > > I found I can do the following (on linux) to import it: > > > > 1. use pdftops to extra a single page from the pdf > > 2. use import ps/eps to import the page in a tmp.sla file > > 3. use "page->import" to import the page from tmp.sla to the final > > destination file > > 4. repeat 1-3 for every page > > > > Problem with scripting it > > ------------------------- > > > > I tried to write a script to automate this process. But I > > found the scripter API does not (or I missed it) have function > > to import eps/ps, or to import page(s) from a .sla file. > > > > I ended up using loadImage to do the job of import ps. But > > the imported image has very low quality and the resulting > > file is huge when I export the final .sla back to a pdf. > > > > Can someone tell me how to get around this problem? > > > > What I want to do > > ----------------- > > > > What I want to do is use scribus as a pdf annotator. I knew > > acrobat can do it. I tested scribus, it can do pdf annotation > > on .sla file, but not directly on pdf files. So I try to > > convert a pdf back to .sla. > > If you can find a way to break your PDFs into single page PDFs, you can > use my script scribalbum.py to import them automatically into image > frames. As written, the script imports PDFs fine, but only the first page. > > I've put in on the Wiki: > http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Automatic_import_of_images_from_a_directo >ry_using_a_script > > You will no doubt want to modify this for your purpose. Try it out on a > directory with image files in it to see if you like the output. > I know it will work on 1.2.x and 1.3.x versions of Scribus. > > When I have looked at this before, it seemed that the image quality was > pretty good with PDFs but I did not look in detail. >
I happened to move some of the code around today for PDF import. I guess I'll have a go at doing this within Scribus automagically. What are peoples thoughts on the destination frames? IE, apart from the 1st, I would have to create new frames for the subsequent pages. ??????????????????? Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20060202/8844e724/attachment.pgp
