On Thu, 21 May 2015 12:23:41 +0200 Rolf-Werner Eilert <eilert-sprachen at t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi John, > > > Am 19.05.2015 21:55, schrieb John Culleton: > > > 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. > > > > By the way, what would you think about Gambas? > It's actively supported and under constant > development, and nearly everyone able to write > a script can easily write code in a BASIC > dialect. Moreover, this language can be easily > adapted/extended to comprise specialties like > in a DTP program, and working with strings is a > charme. Gambas is also very reliable, it > includes a non-GUI interpreter and has been > extended by objects and inheriting. If you are > interested: > http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html > > The only drawback would be that up to now it's > Linux-only, but is there a Python in Windows? > > Rolf > > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > Python runs on Windows I am reasonably sure. Otherwise Scribus scripts wouldn't work on Windows. I am going in a different direction. I wonder if the Scribus functions that are accessible through Python only work with Python or if programs whose output is compiled C code could be called and then could call these functions? In other words I want to get away from interpreter languages altogether. Tcl/Tk has that ability to work with C language compiled modules. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html Updated PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus 1.4.5" coming soon at http://www.booklocker.com/!
