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# 3. The available Commands

The Plugin installs a buildin Module ``scribus''. Thus to use the extensions to the Python language you must do a ``import scribus'' or ``from scribus import *''

Conventions used in this Document:

number
  means that ``number'' is an ordinary Interger or Floating Point Number.
``name''
  means that ``name'' is a String Literal or Variable.
list
  means that ``list'' is a Python List.

Variables in angled Brackets are optional.

Subsections

- 3.1 Document related Commands
- 3.2 Page related Commands
- 3.3 Object related Commands
  - 3.3.1 Creating and Destroying Objects
  - 3.3.2 Selecting Objects
  - 3.3.3 Setting Object Properties
  - 3.3.4 Getting Object Properties
  - 3.3.5 Manipulating Objects
  - 3.3.6 Handling Text Frames
- 3.4 Other Commands
  - 3.4.1 Color related Commands
  - 3.4.2 Font related Commands
  - 3.4.3 Layer related Commands
- 3.5 Using Dialogs from Scribus
- 3.6 Predefined Constants