>I've been thinking about this issue of being able to copy properties >from one frame to another, and wondering whether one could write a >script to do this. > >As I look through the Scribus manual, though, it doesn't seem that one >can get very many properties: if it's a text frame, one can get the >contents, its size, various things about line spacing, font information >(though apparently only one type per frame). For image frames, the name >of the file, its scale. For both kinds, one can get line color/shade >(and other attributes like join type), fill color/shade, position, >width/height, how much rotation. > >Someone might tell me if I'm missing some important features, but I want >to try to start by writing a script to list these, after which the next >step would be copying selected features to another frame.
Hi Greg, One different approach is to use the "Scrapbook" to achieve this. I acknowledge it's not exactly what you intend to do but it might help figure out how the script would do it. Louis > >Greg >_______________________________________________ >Scribus mailing list >Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de >http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus
