Adagio Grazioso wrote: > Are there Scripter APIs for the following in 1.3.5svn ? > - set font baseline shift > - get text width for "selected text" (not for the entire text frame) > - set font tracking > - set character style > > This in relation to the Chordpro import and chordsetting > (http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=3408). I was wondering if we > could do what has been requested by doing the following - > > - select each chord using and inclusive of the [ ] delimiters > - Baseline Shift UP the selection by 100% > - determine the text width for the selection > - using this text width calculate and apply a suitable negative > tracking for the closing ] delimiter so that the lyrics that go along > the chord appear right below the chord > > I've tried doing this manually and it sort of works - so what we > really need is a way to do this via a script - which is why the query > regarding the scripter APIs > > I asked this question on IRC - and was redirected here. Also before > posting this on the mailing list - I had submitted the same via the > form on the website (http://www.scribus.net/?q=node/158/submission/73) > - but looking at the archives of the mailing list - it didn't look as > if what you submit on the form is sent to the mailing list. My > apologies if that is not the case and this amounts to double posting. > this is probably the best place to ask.
I'll have to check when I have time, but I don't think that any of these things are yet possible with scripter. we've just had a rewrite of the scripter engine, but it is not well-implemented yet. Greg
