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(C) 2005 by Thomas R. Koll, <tomk32@tomk32.de>, http://verlag.tomk32.de | (C) 2005 by Thomas R. Koll, <tomk32@tomk32.de>, http://verlag.tomk32.de | ||
A simple script for exact placment of a textbox (infobox) | A simple script for exact placment of a textbox (infobox) |
Revision as of 07:47, 31 March 2005
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # **************************************************************************** # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. # # **************************************************************************** """ (C) 2005 by Thomas R. Koll, <tomk32@tomk32.de>, http://verlag.tomk32.de A simple script for exact placment of a textbox (infobox) over the current textbox, asking the user for the width of the infobox and in which column to place it. USAGE Select a textframe, start the script and have phun Default name for the infobox is 'infobox' + name_of_selected_frame TODO * ask for height * ask for name * ask for content? """ from scribus import * import re, string if haveDoc(): unit = getUnit() setUnit(UNIT_MILLIMETERS) try: textbox = getSelectedObject() left, top = getPosition(textbox) o_width, o_height = getSize(textbox) except: top = 8 bottom = 11 if (currentPage() % 2) == 1: left = 20 right = 10 else: left = 10 right = 20 width = width - left - right columns_width = 0 column_pos = 1 o_cols = int(getColumns(textbox)) o_colwidth = (o_width - ((o_cols - 1) * getColumnGap(textbox))) / o_cols if (o_cols > 1): while (columns_width > o_cols or columns_width < 1): columns_width = valueDialog('Width', 'How many columns width shall the '+ 'box be (max ' + str(o_cols) + ')?') columns_width = int(columns_width) if (columns_width < o_cols): max = o_cols - columns_width while (column_pos <= max and column_pos <= 1): column_pos = valueDialog('Placement', 'In which column do you want ' 'to place the box (1 to ' + str(o_cols) + ')?') column_pos = int(column_pos) - 1 new_width = columns_width * o_colwidth + (columns_width-1) * getColumnGap(textbox) new_left = left + column_pos * (columns_width * o_colwidth + ((column_pos - 1) * getColumnGap(textbox))) new_textbox = createText(new_left, top, new_width, o_height, "infobox " + textbox) setColumnGap(5, new_textbox) setColumns(1, new_textbox) setUnit(unit) else: MessageBox(TITLE, "No document open", ICON_WARNING, BUTTON_OK)