[scribus] Load text on-the-fly from external file?

[Jonas Bechtel]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 09:42:15 +0100
Jonas Bechtel <post at jbechtel.de> wrote with subject
"Re: [scribus] Load text on-the-fly from external file?":

> [Fixed top-/bottom-posting]
> 
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> 
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:42:31 +0100
> Daniel Herrmann <daniel at daniel-n-herrmann.de> wrote with subject
> "Re: [scribus] Load text on-the-fly from external file?":
> 
> > 2018-02-26 1:28 GMT+01:00 Gregory Pittman <gpittman at iglou.com>:
> >   
> > > On 02/25/2018 05:09 PM, Daniel wrote:    
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > > is it possible to load text on-the-fly from an external text
> > > > file (for example markdown formatted)?
> > > >
> > > > So, if the text file is changed the text in the text box in
> > > > Scribus would also be changed?
> > > >    
> > >
> > > Right now, Scribus does not handle markdown formatted text,
> > > although if you made some conversion of your markdown to something
> > > else like HTML, then that would work.
> > >
> > > If you load text from an external file, you would have to reload
> > > the text file if the file is edited.
> > >
> > > Greg
> > >
> > >
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> > 
> > Yes, I am missing that function, too. Two ideas, which I have never
> > tested.
> > 
> > 1. scribus is able to import LaTeX-files via LaTeX-frames. Maybe
> > that type of frames work similar to picture-frames?
> > 
> > 2. editing the .sla-file with a small script. I did that with a very
> > short text and it worked.
> > 
> > dan
> > 
> >   
> 
> 
> I add: 
> 3. use the WiScri extension (currently requires a self-compiled
> Scribus 1.5.4svn with Python3). With WiScri you could potentially
> load text files, but there's no MarkDown support.
> 
> 4. write an own python script for use in Scribus. I did this for a
> text file with a very simple format description. This will not work
> automatically but at least you are more safe as you don't have to
> concentrate on choosing the right file name.
> 
> BR
>  Jonas
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Sorry, I forgot that WiScri wasn't public so far. Now it is -> http://jbechtel.de/site/Tools/WiScri/