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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 > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > 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
