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Check below for a modification of this file to only list image frames and the path to the image file.
#!/usr/bin/env python # File: extract_text.py - Extracts the text from a document, saving to a text file # also lists image files with pathnames # 2006.03.04 Gregory Pittman # 2008.02.28 Petr Vanek - fileDialog replaces valueDialog # 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. import scribus def exportText(textfile): page = 1 pagenum = scribus.pageCount() T = [] content = [] while (page <= pagenum): scribus.gotoPage(page) d = scribus.getPageItems() strpage = str(page) T.append('Page '+ strpage + '\n\n') for item in d: if (item[1] == 4): contents = scribus.getAllText(item[0]) if (contents in content): contents = 'Duplication, perhaps linked-to frame' T.append(item[0]+': '+ contents + '\n\n') content.append(contents) elif (item[1] == 2): imgname = scribus.getImageFile(item[0]) T.append(item[0]+': ' + imgname + '\n') page += 1 T.append('\n') output_file = open(textfile,'w') output_file.writelines(T) output_file.close() endmessage = textfile + ' was created' scribus.messageBox("Finished", endmessage,icon=0,button1=1) if scribus.haveDoc(): textfile = scribus.fileDialog('Enter name of file to save to', \ filter='Text Files (*.txt);;All Files (*)') try: if textfile == '': raise Exception exportText(textfile) except Exception, e: print e else: scribus.messageBox('Export Error', 'You need a Document open, and a frame selected.', \ icon=0, button1=1)