Hi list,
I want to write a python script that imports text and automatically resizes
the size of the text boxes when they are too small. I use the textoverflows
function for this. But for some reason my script crashes the whole program
(scribus 1.3.3.11). This is caused by the while loop, if you replace "while"
by "if" it kind of works, well, it doesn't crash, but it does not do what I
want.
Another (minor) issue, the script works from the script console but not
from "execute scripts"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 8, in <module>
File "/home/chantal/scribus/loopcrash.py", line 67, in <module>
deleteObject(TextBox)
NameError: name 'deleteObject' is not defined
Here is my script (change the TexFile value if you want to execute it), the
text is longer than the page but you can ignore that I already solved it in
the long version of the script:
#!/usr/bin/env python
# ---------------------------------------------------#
# check of het script vanuit scribus wordt gestart #
#----------------------------------------------------#
import sys
try:
import scribus
except ImportError:
print "This script only works from within Scribus"
sys.exit(1)
#----------------------------------------------------#
# declareer variabelen #
#----------------------------------------------------#
VerticalPosition = 100 #verticale positie eerste textbox tov, voor de volgende
wordt het uitgerekend aan de hand van de hoogte
Width = 325.99 #text box width
Height = 50 #initial text box height
VerticalMarge = 10 #afstand tussen de tekstboxen
TextFile='' #tekst file dat geimporteerd moet worden
Page = 0 # bladzijde, we beginnen bij 0
Add = ''
OverflowChar = 0 #overflowing characters, we will adjust textbox height until
this is 0
#----------------------------------------------------#
# actie #
#----------------------------------------------------#
if scribus.newDoc(scribus.PAPER_A5,
(51.02,42.52,42.52,53.86),scribus.PORTRAIT, 1, scribus.UNIT_POINTS,
scribus.FACINGPAGES, scribus.FIRSTPAGERIGHT):
# laad stylen
TextFile = open('/home/chantal/scribus/wiki.txt', 'r')
while 1:
info = TextFile.readline()
if not info: break
if info != '\n':
Add = Add + info
else:
#maak textbox
TextBox = scribus.createText(60, VerticalPosition, Width,
Height)
VerticalPosition=VerticalPosition+VerticalMarge+Height
#vul de textbox
scribus.setText(Add, TextBox)
#check of alles wel past
OverflowChar = scribus.textOverflows(TextBox)
while OverflowChar > 0:
Height=Height+100
deleteObject(TextBox)
TextBox = scribus.createText(60, VerticalPosition,
Width, Height)
scribus.setText(Add, TextBox)
OverflowChar = scribus.textOverflows(TextBox)
