On Tue, 19 May 2015 01:42:04 +0200 Goude Vincent <vincent.goude at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to build customize the TOC using the > same Attributes used by Scribus 1.4.x, by > exemple: -Generate an Index ordered > alphabeticaly -Do some simple font changed > depending on Attribute parameters I thought > that scripter interface would be an easy way > but I can't find the api allowing to read a > custom attribute for an Item. Any help? > > For indexing even when TeX is not in play for the basic layout I use the combination of pdftex, eplain.tex (defines the indexing commands) and makeindex. Currently I am typesetting a book for a client. The layout is being done in Context, a TeX variant. But for the index I have derived a separate text file, converted the page breaks to the appropriate pdftex command (\vfil\eject) and embedded the appropriate indexing commands om the text file as specified in the eplain.tex manual. I have been doing indexing this way since 1996 for money. If TeX makes you gag then you may want to use my Tcl/Tk program called Tyro. It also accesses the makeindex program but you enter the index items and page numbers via a GUI screen. If interested and you have Tcl/Tk on your computer write me and I can attach the program and the manual to my response. Neither is lengthy. Makeindex is in any TeX distro. Scripting in Scribus is limited to Python which IMO is a pity. If Tcl/Tk or any arbitrary C language program were usable I could come up with many new ideas. IMO Python belongs in a Zoo dedicated to such reptiles. I have written two python scripts for book cover design but no one has deigned to include them in the distribution. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html
