Adding 'DRAFT' to a document

A script to place a light grey watermark 'DRAFT' on a new layer. Requires an existing document, but can be modified to create a new document if it does not exist


 * 1) !/usr/bin/env python

''' A script to place a light grey watermark 'DRAFT' on a new layer. Requires an existing document, but can be modified to create a new document if it does not exist

uses (See the API in Help->Scribus Manual->For Developers->Scripter API; haveDoc createLayer getActiveLayer setActiveLayer createText setUnit setText setTextColor setFontSize rotateObject Tested on 1.3.3.12 and A2, A4, A5, Letter '''

from scribus import *

draft = "DRAFT"
 * 1) Could be expanded to include localization here
 * 1) draft = "ENTWURF"
 * 2) draft = "BROUILLON"

L = len(draft)                               # The length of the word # will determine the font size defineColor("gray", 11, 11, 11, 11)          # Set your own color here

if haveDoc: u = getUnit                            # Get the units of the document al = getActiveLayer                    # Identify the working layer setUnit(UNIT_MILLIMETERS)                # Set the document units to mm, (w,h) = getPageSize                    # needed to set the text box size

createLayer("c") setActiveLayer("c")

T = createText(w/6, 6*h/10, h, w/2.5)   # Create the text box setText(draft, T)                        # Insert the text setTextColor("gray", T)                  # Set the color of the text setFontSize((w/210)*(180 - 10*L), T)     # Set the font size according to length # and width of the document

rotateObject(45, T)                      # Turn it round antclockwise 45 degrees setUnit(u)                               # return to original document units setActiveLayer(al)                       # return to the original active layer