On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Perrine Lenfantin < perrine.lenfantin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Scribus community, > > I am a beginner user of Scribus. I used to work with InDesign and would > like to make a change. > I have one specific need : importing multiple (200-400) picture files > (.jpeg, .png, .tif, etc.) automatically into one document. > On InDesign, I use a very simple xml file (with <article> nodes containing > both <text> and <picture> sub-nodes) and a script which imports it and > places the frames where I need them. > I have looked at the xml importing add-ins offered with scribus and can't > find an existing tool for this. > > Now my enquiries : > * Did I overlook something, is it already possible? > * If I didn't, I would be interested in working on a solution, especially > if this is sth others would find useful : so, is it? > * As a new user with very little experiment in development (one has to > start somewhere...), I would need advice and help as to where to look, what > to expect, etc. Apart from this list, is there any other place to ask? (And > is it ok to ask here?) > > Thanks in advance for any help. > Perrine Lenfantin > > -- > France, 31300 Toulouse > http://dilio.fr/ Hi Perrine, This would be highly welcomed! I'll get the ball rolling by posting relevant open tickets for this issue: [PATCH] Improve Import management http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=11626 Multiple file selection in file selectors and the Picture Browser http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=12015 Proposal for a unique import content command http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=10908 Cheers, Kunda PS BTW, welcome to the list! :) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20160123/70c6bb9b/attachment.html>
