Development version of the new Scribus scripter

Clone the scribus-plugin-scripter repository and put – or symlink – its src directory into scribus/plugins// as scripter-dev. Then scribus/plugins/CMakeList.txt file and replace the following line

ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(scripter)

with

ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(scripter-dev)

and, then, rerun cmake with the

-DWANT_SCRIPTER2=1 

option.

To compile against Python 3, you will need to edit the CMakeLists.txt in the top-level scribus directory. Change the following line

FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs 2 REQUIRED)

to

FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)

or

FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs REQUIRED)

(the first one is probably the right one)

and re-run cmake.

on Debian(-like systems) you will have to install the libpython3.5-dev,python3-pyqt5, and python3-pyqt5.qtquick packages

• check if we want to stay with pythonize
• get the signals and slots to be connected accross the c++ / python boundary (or avoid using signals and slots for the communication between scribus and the scripter: is it possible?)
• specify the API structure
  • check http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scripter2_API, somehow describing the new API
• create a concept for the documentation
  • https://scribus-scripter.readthedocs.org already exists
• create a platform for the documentation
• define the full API
• implement the missing commands
• remove or fix the scripter console
• port the scripts included in Scribus
  • make a list of classes and function and list their matching old scripter commands
• finish the scripts downloader
• create a test suite?

The error happens in:

#23 0x00007fffcb7aadf8 in Pythonize::runScript (this=0x19bae00, 
    scriptPath=0x1a9a158 "/home/ale/docs/bin/scribus/lib/scribus/plugins/scripter/init_scripter.py")

If i reduce the init_scripter.py file to its first lines

# Add path of init_scripter to Python module search path
import sys, os
scripter_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
sys.path.insert(0, scripter_path)
print >> sys.stderr, "%s added to PYTHONPATH" % scripter_path

scribus runs correctly.

The next step will to find out which is the offending line.

• 0011207: Scripter Python 3 compatibility

• have a look at the patch for porting the older scripter to python 3: http://bugs.scribus.net/view.php?id=11207
• port the scripter to python 3 and pyqt5

• https://doc.qt.io/archives/qq/qq10-scripting-qt.html
• https://forum.qt.io/topic/5731/fastest-way-to-execute-a-python-script-within-a-c-qt-app-on-win32-pythonqt-or-pythonize
• search for "Simon Edwards"?
• http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8497
• http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/11805/Embedding-Python-in-C-C-Part-I
• http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip/intro
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/pythonqt/files/pythonqt/
• https://docs.python.org/2/extending/embedding.html
• https://wiki.python.org/moin/EmbedingPyQtTutorial
• http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt5/signals_slots.html
• http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt5/signals_slots.html#connecting-slots-by-name
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17578428/pyqt5-signals-and-slots-qobject-has-no-attribute-error
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19427963/python-pyqt5-signals-slots
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19966056/pyqt5-how-can-i-connect-a-qpushbutton-to-a-slot
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25329091/pyqt-how-to-access-mainwindow-widgets-from-an-external-function
• http://blog.abstractfactory.io/dynamic-signals-in-pyqt/
• https://wiki.python.org/moin/PyQt/simple2
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17772143/the-difference-between-pyqt-and-qt-when-handling-user-defined-signal-slot
• http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/PyQt4/new_style_signals_slots.html
• https://www.commandprompt.com/community/pyqt/x1408.htm
• http://enki-editor.org/2014/08/23/Pyqt_mem_mgmt.html