0016257: Export from command-line and create export profiles

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0016257	Scribus	Import / Export	public	2020-10-02 20:52	2020-10-08 15:19

Reporter	mara004	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	new	Resolution	open
Product Version	1.5.6.svn

Summary	0016257: Export from command-line and create export profiles
Description	I think it would be helpful to be able to export Scribus documents from the command line if you have a lot of separate files to be exported (this might save time in some use cases). Since the options for PDF export are too numerous and complex to be configured from the command line, I would suggest to do the configuration using the graphical utility and save the preferences as a profile file, which can then be used as configuration for command-line export. The command line argument could look like this: -e / --export EXPORT_PROFILE Examples: (a) scribus -e "profile_1" "Newspaper_p1.sla" "Newspaper_p2.sla" (b) scribus -e "profile_A" "Article_A.sla" -e "profile_BC" "Article_B.sla" "Article_C.sla" Attached are two quick drafts of how I imagine this profile management in the Export dialogue. Probably it would also need to be added to the PDF Export section in the global and document setting in a similar way.
Tags	export, new feature, preferences

Patch	No

mara004 2020-10-02 20:52 reporter	manage_profiles.png (100,144 bytes) manage_profiles.png (100,144 bytes) normal_dialogue.png (105,052 bytes) normal_dialogue.png (105,052 bytes)

jghali 2020-10-02 22:33 administrator ~0048125	You can already export via command line using python scripts: https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Command_line_scripts https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Command_line_scripts#Full_.27export_document_to_PDF_with_options_for_the_PDF_type.27

ale 2020-10-04 15:05 manager ~0048126	the need for the profile storage is real, but i'm not sure that adding a new "bar" below the dialog is the right way to do it. i would suggest to put the buttons in the general tab or add a tab with all the UI for managing the PDF export profiles.

mara004 2020-10-08 15:19 reporter ~0048144	Yeah, maybe a different way of implementing it is better. I just suggested this "bar" because it is similar to how keyboard shortcut profiles are managed.

Date Modified	Username	Field
2020-10-02 20:52	mara004	New Issue
2020-10-02 20:52	mara004	Tag Attached: export
2020-10-02 20:52	mara004	Tag Attached: new feature
2020-10-02 20:52	mara004	Tag Attached: preferences
2020-10-02 20:52	mara004	File Added: manage_profiles.png
2020-10-02 20:52	mara004	File Added: normal_dialogue.png
2020-10-02 22:33	jghali	Note Added: 0048125
2020-10-04 15:05	ale	Note Added: 0048126
2020-10-08 15:19	mara004	Note Added: 0048144