[Scribus] 1.3.4 -- changes in Scripter API?

[monroy-lopez]

dear List.
We have noticed that one of our Python scripts runs into problems in  
Scribus 1.3.4.

The Script was written for the most part in Gentoo running Scribus  
1.3.3.3. It has also been run successfully in MacOSX 1.3.3.8 Aqua,  
among others. But the script does not seem to be able to make the  
jump to 1.3.4 :(

Unfortunately I have not been able to test it in 1.3.4, but from what  
the other team members tell me, my suspicion is that the problems are  
related to the duplicateObject() function. Has this function changed  
in 1.3.4?

The script is a bit long, so I'll just paste what I think are the  
relevant bits. In 1.3.4, the Script stops when the division() method  
is called, namely in line 91. The self.Scribus and self.nextScribus  
attributes contain Strings that refer to the names of Text Boxes.

Best wishes,
ivan

====

      17         def seesPrince(self):
      18                 self.Scribus = 'Prince'
      19                 self.Species = 'Prince'
      20 #               self.Past = ['Prince']
      21                 self.Colors = ['pInitialText', 'pFinalText',  
'pInitialFill',\
      22                 'pFinalFill']
      23                 self.Factor = pow((1.0/PrinceScale), 1.0/ 
(Pages-1))
      24                 self.generation = 1
      25         def seesFrog(self):
      26                 self.Scribus = 'Frog'
      27                 self.Species = 'Frog'
      28 #               self.Past = ['Frog']
      29                 self.Colors = ['fInitialText', 'fFinalText',  
'fInitialFill',\
      30                 'fFinalFill']
      31                 self.Factor = pow(FrogScale, 1.0/(Pages-1))
      32                 self.generation = 1


      85         def division(self):
      86                 correctPosition = getPosition(self.Scribus)
      87                 duplicateObject(self.Scribus)
      88                 #we only need to create one page per iteration
      89                 if self.Species == 'Frog':
      90                         newPage(-1)
      91                 moveObject(0, pageSize[1], self.nextScribus())
      92                 gotoPage(self.generation + 1)
      93                 moveObjectAbs(correctPosition[0],  
correctPosition[1],\
      94                 self.nextScribus())
      95                 linkTextFrames(self.Scribus, self.nextScribus 
())
      96                 self.Scribus = self.nextScribus()
      97                 self.generation += 1


     107         def nextScribus(self):
     108                 if self.Scribus == self.Species:
     109                         return 'Copy of ' + self.Scribus
     110                 else:
     111                         x = str(self.generation)
     112                         return 'Copy of ' + self.Species +\
     113                         ' (' + x + ')'