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From: Jean Ghali <jghali@libertysurf.fr>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 13:01:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] #15030 : port scripter to Python 3

git-svn-id: svn://scribus.net/trunk/Scribus@23278 11d20701-8431-0410-a711-e3c959e3b870
---
 CMakeLists.txt                                |   6 +-
 doc/de/install2.html                          |  41 ++--
 doc/de/scripter1.html                         |   3 +
 doc/en/install2.html                          |  38 ++--
 doc/en/scripter1.html                         |   4 +-
 doc/fr/install2.html                          |  36 ++--
 doc/it/scripter1.html                         |   6 +
 scribus/main_win32.cpp                        |   4 +-
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/cmdannotations.cpp   |  46 ++---
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcell.cpp      |   8 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcolor.cpp     |   2 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddialog.cpp    |  10 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddoc.cpp       |  18 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetprop.cpp   |  34 +--
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetsetprop.cpp    |  43 ++--
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmani.cpp      |  27 +--
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmisc.cpp      |  31 ++-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdobj.cpp       |  41 ++--
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdpage.cpp      |   6 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdsetprop.cpp   |  30 +--
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdstyle.cpp     |  12 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtable.cpp     |   8 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtext.cpp      |  36 ++--
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.cpp      |   8 +
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.h        |  10 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdvar.h         |  11 +
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/objimageexport.cpp   |  27 ++-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objpdffile.cpp   | 174 ++++++++--------
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objprinter.cpp   |  53 ++---
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/samples/3columnA4.py |   8 +-
 .../scriptplugin/samples/3columnUSLTR.py      |   8 +-
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Calender.py  |   2 +-
 .../scriptplugin/samples/ExtractText.py       |   4 +-
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Sample1.py   |   2 +-
 .../scriptplugin/samples/boilerplate.py       |   6 +-
 .../scriptplugin/samples/golden-mean.py       |   2 +-
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/samples/legende.py   |   2 +-
 .../samples/moins_10_pourcent_group.py        |   2 +-
 .../samples/plus_10_pourcent_group.py         |   2 +-
 .../scriptplugin/samples/pochette_cd.py       |   2 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/quote.py |   2 +-
 .../scriptplugin/samples/sample_db_usage.py   |   4 +-
 .../scriptplugin/samples/trait_de_coupe.py    |   2 +-
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/samples/wordcount.py |   2 +-
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptercore.cpp |  35 ++--
 scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptplugin.cpp | 194 ++++++++++--------
 .../scripts/Align_image_in_frame.py           |  15 +-
 .../scriptplugin/scripts/CalendarWizard.py    |  44 ++--
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Caption.py   |   4 +-
 .../scriptplugin/scripts/ColorChart.py        |   8 +-
 .../scriptplugin/scripts/DirectImageImport.py |   6 +-
 .../scriptplugin/scripts/FontSample.py        |  76 +++----
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/InfoBox.py   |   6 +-
 .../scriptplugin/scripts/Ligatursatz.py       |  24 +--
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/color2csv.py |   8 +-
 .../plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/csv2color.py |  10 +-
 .../scriptplugin/scripts/importcsv2table.py   |  10 +-
 57 files changed, 670 insertions(+), 593 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0cfa1d5..cd5c39f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -847,10 +847,10 @@ endif()
 
 #<< PYTHON
 #set(PythonLibs_FIND_VERSION 2)
-find_package(PythonInterp 2)
-find_package(PythonLibs 2 REQUIRED)
+find_package(PythonInterp 3)
+find_package(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)
 if (PYTHON_LIBRARY)
-	message("Python Library Found OK")
+	message("Python 3.x Library Found OK")
 	set(HAVE_PYTHON ON)
 	set(COMPILE_PYTHON ON)
 endif()
diff --git a/doc/de/install2.html b/doc/de/install2.html
index e8ec3b8..dd46fbd 100644
--- a/doc/de/install2.html
+++ b/doc/de/install2.html
@@ -3,36 +3,39 @@
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
 	<title>Voraussetzungen</title>
 </head>
+<style>
+@import "manual.css";
+</style>
 <body>
 <h2>Voraussetzungen</h2>
 <p>Die Programme, die Sie ben&ouml;tigen, um Scribus zu kompilieren, sind:</p>
 <ol>
-	<li><strong>F&uuml;r Scribus 1.4.x wird mindestens GCC 3.x+ ben&ouml;tigt und GCC 3.3+ dringend empfohlen</strong>. Das Scribus-Team hat GCC 4.1+ getestet. Wir empfehlen, jeweils die aktuelle GCC 4.x-Version zu verwenden, da sich dadurch Performance-Vorteile ergeben k&ouml;nnen.</li>
-	<li>CMake</li>
+	<li><strong>F&uuml;r Scribus 1.5.x wird mindestens GCC 4.8+ ben&ouml;tigt und GCC 7+ dringend empfohlen</strong>. Wir empfehlen, jeweils die aktuelle GCC Version zu verwenden, da sich dadurch Performance-Vorteile ergeben k&ouml;nnen.</li>
+	<li>CMake 3.12+</li>
 	<li>GNU make</li>
 </ol>
 <p>Die Abh&auml;ngigkeiten zum Kompilieren und zur Verwendung von Scribus sind:</p>
 <ol>
-<li>Qt 4.6.0+, sowohl die Laufzeit- als auch die Entwicklerbibliotheken.</li>
-<li>Python und Python-devel 2.3+. Python 2.2 wird nicht unterst&uuml;tzt.</li>
-<li>Freetype2 2.1.7+. Wegen verschiedener Fehler in Freetype2 empfehlen wir, wenn m&ouml;glich, die Verwendung von Version 2.3.x</li>
-<li>Cairo 1.4.x. We empfehlen 1.4.10 oder h&ouml;her.</li>
-<li>libxml2 2.6+.</li>
-<li>Ghostscript 8.60+ wird dringend empfohlen.</li>
-<li>littleCMS &ndash; in einigen Distributionen auch lcms genannt. Das Minimum ist 1.12, aber wir empfehlen 1.17 oder h&ouml;her. lcms 1.12+ bietet Unterst&uuml;tzung von Tiefenkompensierung.</li>
-<li>libtiff 3.6.0+</li>
-<li>libjpeg</li>
-<li>CUPS-devel &ndash; Scribus unterst&uuml;tzt die direkte Druckausgabe mit CUPS. (Linux/UNIX/Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X).</li>
-<li>tkinter &ndash; f&uuml;r das &raquo;Font Sampler&laquo;- und das &raquo;Calendar Wizard&laquo;-Script.</li>
-<li>Python-imaging f&uuml;r einige Funktionen des Scripters.</li>
-<li>openssl-devel (einige Linux-Distributionen, insbesondere OpenSUSE, erm&ouml;glichen SSL-Unterst&uuml;tzung f&uuml;r CUPS)</li>
-<li>fontconfig-devel &ndash; um das automatische Auffinden von Schriftdateien unter Linux, Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X und UNIX zu erm&ouml;glichen. Nicht erforderlich unter Windows, OS/2 und eComStation.</li>
-<li>Podofo 0.6 oder h&ouml;her &ndash; wird vom AI-Importfilter ben&ouml;tigt.</li>
+	<li>Qt 5.10.0+, sowohl die Laufzeit- als auch die Entwicklerbibliotheken.</li>
+	<li>Cairo 1.14.x. We empfehlen 1.16.0 oder h&ouml;her.</li>
+	<li>CUPS-devel &ndash; Scribus unterst&uuml;tzt die direkte Druckausgabe mit CUPS. (Linux/UNIX/Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X).</li>
+	<li>fontconfig-devel &ndash; um das automatische Auffinden von Schriftdateien unter Linux, Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X und UNIX zu erm&ouml;glichen. Nicht erforderlich unter Windows, OS/2 und eComStation.</li>
+	<li>Freetype2 2.1.7+. Wegen verschiedener Fehler in Freetype2 empfehlen wir, wenn m&ouml;glich, die Verwendung von Version 2.3.x</li>
+	<li>Ghostscript 9.0+ wird dringend empfohlen.</li>
+	<li>littleCMS &ndash; in einigen Distributionen auch lcms genannt. Das Minimum ist 2.1, aber wir empfehlen 2.9 oder h&ouml;her.</li>
+	<li>libjpeg</li>
+	<li>libtiff 3.6.0+</li>
+	<li>libxml2 2.6+.</li>
+	<li>Podofo 0.9 oder h&ouml;her &ndash; wird vom AI-Importfilter ben&ouml;tigt.</li>
+	<li>Python und Python-devel 3.3+. Python 3.2 wird nicht unterst&uuml;tzt.</li>
+	<li>Python-imaging f&uuml;r einige Funktionen des Scripters.</li>
+	<li>tkinter &ndash; f&uuml;r das &raquo;Font Sampler&laquo;- und das &raquo;Calendar Wizard&laquo;-Script.</li>
+	<li>openssl-devel (einige Linux-Distributionen, insbesondere OpenSUSE, erm&ouml;glichen SSL-Unterst&uuml;tzung f&uuml;r CUPS)</li>
 </ol>
 <h3>Optional:</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>antiword &ndash; ben&ouml;tigt f&uuml;r dem Import von MS-Word-Dateien, ist aber unn&ouml;tig beim Kompilieren. Scribus wird ein installiertes Antiword sp&auml;ter automatisch finden.</li>
-<li>Um <a href="WwRenderframes.html">Renderrahmen</a> verwenden zu k&ouml;nnen, ben&ouml;tigen Sie zus&auml;tzliche Programme wie LaTeX oder Lilypond.</li>
+	<li>antiword &ndash; ben&ouml;tigt f&uuml;r dem Import von MS-Word-Dateien, ist aber unn&ouml;tig beim Kompilieren. Scribus wird ein installiertes Antiword sp&auml;ter automatisch finden.</li>
+	<li>Um <a href="WwRenderframes.html">Renderrahmen</a> verwenden zu k&ouml;nnen, ben&ouml;tigen Sie zus&auml;tzliche Programme wie LaTeX oder Lilypond.</li>
 </ul>
 <p>Scribus l&auml;uft in jeder Desktopumgebung und ben&ouml;tigt kein KDE, aber Drag&rsquo;n&rsquo;drop funktioniert nur in KDE.</p>
 <p>Falls das Farbmanagement nicht funktioniert, m&uuml;ssen Sie zus&auml;tzlich mindestens ein RGB- und ein CMYK-Profil installieren. Anderenfalls werden die Farbmanagement-Optionen ausgeblendet oder ausgegraut. Normalerweise installiert Scribus ein RGB- and ein CMYK-Profil, und zwar nur, um das Farbmanagement zu aktivieren, aber aufgrund ihrer Lizenzpolitik (v.a. Debian) befinden sich die Profile u.U. in einem separaten Paket. </p>
diff --git a/doc/de/scripter1.html b/doc/de/scripter1.html
index c3acdd0..78fba55 100644
--- a/doc/de/scripter1.html
+++ b/doc/de/scripter1.html
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 
 <p>Note that additions to the Scripter are being made frequently, which means that the available documentation may be incomplete.</p>
 
+<h3>Scripter and Windows</h3>
+<p>If you installed your Windows version of Scribus using the installer at Sourceforge, the installation includes Python 3.7 in a directory labeled python\. This will suffice for most uses. You may find or write some Python script which requires an additional Python package not included, and there is no way to add these to the Scribus directory. Chances are, your system is not even aware of this Python.</p>
+<p>Should you need to use some additional packages, the answer comes from installing Python 3.7 on your system, then also the desired additional packages. The next and important step is to use a file manager to go to C:\Program Files\Scribus 1.5.6\ and look for a directory named python\. Simply rename this to anything else, such as oldpython\, and the next time Scribus starts, it will use the system Python and its packages.</p>
 
 <h3>Using the Plug-in</h3>
 <p>Scribus is being shipped with some &ldquo;hard-wired&rdquo; scripts, which are available via <i>Scripter&nbsp;&gt; Scribus Scripts</i>:</p>
diff --git a/doc/en/install2.html b/doc/en/install2.html
index a02c4a7..7762b5d 100644
--- a/doc/en/install2.html
+++ b/doc/en/install2.html
@@ -10,32 +10,32 @@
 <h2>Requirements</h2>
 <p>The programs you will need to compile Scribus 1.4 are:</p>
 <ol>
-	<li><strong>For Scribus 1.4.x GCC 3.x+ is required, GCC 3.3+ is strongly recommended</strong>. The Scribus Team has tested compiling with GCC 4.1+. We recommend the newest stable GCC 4.x release for the performance benefits.</li>
-	<li>CMake</li>
+	<li><strong>For Scribus 1.5.x GCC 4.8+ is required, GCC 7+ is strongly recommended</strong>. We recommend the newest stable GCC release for the performance benefits.</li>
+	<li>CMake 3.12+</li>
 	<li>GNU make</li>
 </ol>
 The dependencies for compilation, and also to run Scribus are:
 <ol>
-<li>Qt 4.6.0+, both the runtime libraries and development libraries.</li>
-<li>Python and Python-devel libraries 2.3+. Python 2.2 is not supported.</li>
-<li>Freetype2 2.1.7+. Due to various freetype2 bugs, we recommend, if your distribution/OS allows, to use 2.3.x</li>
-<li>Cairo 1.4.x. We recommend 1.4.10 or later for performance reasons.</li>
-<li>libxml2 2.6+.</li>
-<li>Ghostscript 8.60+ is highly recommended.</li>
-<li>littleCMS &ndash; also known as lcms in some distributions. The minimum is 1.12, whereas 1.17+ is recommended. lcms 1.12+ has support for black point compensation.</li>
-<li>libtiff 3.6.0+</li>
-<li>libjpeg</li>
-<li>CUPS development libraries &ndash; Scribus directly supports printing with CUPS. (Linux/UNIX/Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X only).</li>
-<li>tkinter &ndash; for the Font Sampler and Calendar Wizard scripts.</li>
-<li>Python-imaging libaries for some scripting features.</li>
-<li>openssl-devel (Some Linux distributions enable ssl support for CUPS, notably OpenSUSE)</li>
-<li>fontconfig-devel &ndash; for auto discovery of fonts on Linux, Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X and UNIX. Not needed on Windows, OS/2 and eComStation.</li>
-<li>Podofo 0.6 or later &ndash; used to enhance the Adobe Illustrator importer.</li>
+	<li>Qt 5.10.0+, both the runtime libraries and development libraries.</li>
+	<li>Cairo 1.14.x. We recommend 1.16.x.</li>
+	<li>CUPS development libraries &ndash; Scribus directly supports printing with CUPS. (Linux/UNIX/Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X only).</li>
+	<li>fontconfig-devel &ndash; for auto discovery of fonts on Linux, Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X and UNIX. Not needed on Windows, OS/2 and eComStation.</li>
+	<li>Freetype2 2.1.7+. Due to various freetype2 bugs, we recommend, if your distribution/OS allows, to use 2.3.x</li>
+	<li>Ghostscript 9.0+ is highly recommended.</li>
+	<li>littleCMS &ndash; also known as lcms in some distributions. The minimum is 2.1, whereas 2.9+ is recommended..</li>
+	<li>libjpeg</li>
+	<li>libtiff 3.6.0+</li>
+	<li>libxml2 2.6+.</li>
+	<li>Podofo 0.9 or later &ndash; used to enhance the Adobe Illustrator importer.</li>
+	<li>Python and Python-devel libraries 3.3+. Python 3.2 is not supported.</li>
+	<li>Python-imaging libaries for some scripting features.</li>
+	<li>tkinter &ndash; for the Font Sampler and Calendar Wizard scripts.</li>
+	<li>openssl-devel (Some Linux distributions enable ssl support for CUPS, notably OpenSUSE)</li>
 </ol>
 <h3>Optionally:</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>antiword &ndash; this is not needed at compile time for MS Word import. Scribus will detect this at run time however.</li>
-<li>To use <a href="WwRenderframes.html">Render Frames</a>, you need additional programs, like LaTeX or Lilypond.</li>
+	<li>antiword &ndash; this is not needed at compile time for MS Word import. Scribus will detect this at run time however.</li>
+	<li>To use <a href="WwRenderframes.html">Render Frames</a>, you need additional programs, like LaTeX or Lilypond.</li>
 </ul>
 <p>Scribus will run under almost any window manager and does not require KDE. However, drag and drop functionality will be lost without KDE.</p>
 <p>If color management does not work, you also need at least one RGB profile and one CMYK profile installed or the color preferences and options will not appear in the menus. Scribus installs one RGB and one CMYK profile simply to enable color management, but some distributions, notably Debian, provide ICC profiles in separate packages, due to their licensing policy. </p>
diff --git a/doc/en/scripter1.html b/doc/en/scripter1.html
index 922e0cf..78fba55 100644
--- a/doc/en/scripter1.html
+++ b/doc/en/scripter1.html
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 <p>Note that additions to the Scripter are being made frequently, which means that the available documentation may be incomplete.</p>
 
 <h3>Scripter and Windows</h3>
-<p>If you installed your Windows version of Scribus using the installer at Sourceforge, the installation includes Python2.7 in a directory labeled python\. This will suffice for most uses. You may find or write some Python script which requires an additional Python package not included, and there is no way to add these to the Scribus directory. Chances are, your system is not even aware of this Python.</p>
-<p>Should you need to use some additional packages, the answer comes from installing Python27 on your system, then also the desired additional packages. The next and important step is to use a file manager to go to C:\Program Files\Scribus 1.5.3\ and look for a directory named python\. Simply rename this to anything else, such as oldpython\, and the next time Scribus starts, it will use the system Python and its packages.</p>
+<p>If you installed your Windows version of Scribus using the installer at Sourceforge, the installation includes Python 3.7 in a directory labeled python\. This will suffice for most uses. You may find or write some Python script which requires an additional Python package not included, and there is no way to add these to the Scribus directory. Chances are, your system is not even aware of this Python.</p>
+<p>Should you need to use some additional packages, the answer comes from installing Python 3.7 on your system, then also the desired additional packages. The next and important step is to use a file manager to go to C:\Program Files\Scribus 1.5.6\ and look for a directory named python\. Simply rename this to anything else, such as oldpython\, and the next time Scribus starts, it will use the system Python and its packages.</p>
 
 <h3>Using the Plug-in</h3>
 <p>Scribus is being shipped with some &ldquo;hard-wired&rdquo; scripts, which are available via <i>Scripter&nbsp;&gt; Scribus Scripts</i>:</p>
diff --git a/doc/fr/install2.html b/doc/fr/install2.html
index 1ff30ec..8e802dd 100644
--- a/doc/fr/install2.html
+++ b/doc/fr/install2.html
@@ -7,19 +7,24 @@
 <h2>&Eacute;l&eacute;ments requis</h2>
 <p>Pour compiler Scribus, vous aurez besoin de :</p>
 <ol>
-	<li><strong>Pour Scribus 1.3.x+ GCC 3.x+ est requis, GCC 3.3+ est fortement recommand&eacute;</strong>. L'&eacute;quipe de Scribus a test&eacute; la compilation avec GCC 3.4 ou GCC 4.0 et recommande de l'utiliser, s'il est disponible, pour les gains de performance obtenus.</li>
-	<li>autoconf 2.53+</li>
-	<li>automake 1.6.3+</li>
+	<li><strong>Pour Scribus 1.5.x+ GCC 4.8+ est requis, GCC 7+ est fortement recommand&eacute;</strong>. L'&eacute;quipe de Scribus recommande de l'utiliser la dernière release de GGC en raison des gains de performance obtenus.</li>
+	<li>CMake 3.12+</li>
+	<li>GNU make</li>
 </ol>
 Les d&eacute;pendances pour la compilation et pour ex&eacute;cuter Scribus sont:
 <ol>
-	<li>Qt 3.3.0+, les librairies d'ex&eacute;cution et les libraires de d&eacute;veloppement. Nous recommandons d'utiliser Qt 3.3.4+. <strong>Qt =&#060; 3.2.x n'est pas support&eacute;.</strong></li>
-	<li>Les librairies Python et python-devel 2.3+. Vous pouvez d&eacute;sactiver le support Python &agrave; l'aide de <code>configure --without-python</code>. Python 2.2 n'est pas support&eacute;.</li>
-	<li>Freetype2 2.1.3+. &Agrave; cause de nombreux probl&egrave;mes de freetype2, nous recommandons, si votre distribution/syst&egrave;me d'exploitation le permet, d'utiliser 2.1.10+</li>
-	<li>libart_lgpl 2.3.10+, 2.3.17+ recommand&eacute;.</li>
-	<li>libxml 2.6+.</li>
-	<li>Ghostscript 7.07+ ou GPL Ghostscript 8.57+ est hautement recommand&eacute;.</li>
-	<li>PostScript-Fonts. TrueType Fonts. Scribus supporte &eacute;galement les polices OpenType, TrueType et Type 1 Outline OpenType Fonts dans 1.1.1+.</li>
+	<li>Qt 5.10.0+, les librairies d'ex&eacute;cution et les libraires de d&eacute;veloppement. Nous recommandons d'utiliser Qt 5.12.0+.</li>
+	<li>Cairo 1.14.x. Nous recommandons 1.16.x ou ultérieur.</li>
+	<li>Les librairies de d&eacute;veloppement CUPS - Scribus supporte maintenant directement l'impression avec CUPS. (Linux/UNIX/Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X uniquement)</li>
+	<li>fontconfig-devel - pour la d&eacute;couverte automatique des polices sous Linux, MacOSX et Unix. Pas n&eacute;cessaire sous Windows.</li>
+	<li>Freetype2 2.1.7+. &Agrave; cause de nombreux probl&egrave;mes de freetype2, nous recommandons, si votre distribution/syst&egrave;me d'exploitation le permet, d'utiliser 2.1.10+</li>
+	<li>Ghostscript 9.00+ est hautement recommand&eacute;.</li>
+	<li>Littlecms - aussi connu comme lcms dans certaines distributions. Minimum 2.1, 2.9+ recommand&eacute;.</li>
+	<li>libjpeg</li>
+	<li>libtiff 3.6.0+</li>
+	<li>libxml2 2.6+.</li>
+	<li>Podofo 0.9 ou ultérieur. Utilisé pour améliorer l'import des fichiers Adobe Illustrator.</li>
+	<li>Les librairies Python et python-devel 3.3+. Python 3.2 n'est pas support&eacute;.</li>
 </ol>
 <p>Scribus s'ex&eacute;cutera sous la plupart des gestionnaires de fen&ecirc;tres et ne requiert pas KDE en soi. Cependant, les fonctionnalit&eacute;s de glisser-d&eacute;poser seront perdues sans KDE. Un des d&eacute;veloppeurs de Scribus roule sous Gnome. L'auteur de cette documentation s'est astreint &agrave; tester chaque version de Scribus sous Blackbox &eacute;galement.
 L'op&eacute;ration n'a r&eacute;v&eacute;l&eacute; aucune incompatibilit&eacute; ni probl&egrave;me, mise &agrave; part la perte de la fonctionnalit&eacute; glisser-d&eacute;poser.</p>
@@ -32,13 +37,10 @@ CXXFLAGS=&#034;-march=athlon&#034;</code> serait b&eacute;n&eacute;fique. V&eacu
 pour des options d&eacute;taill&eacute;es</p>
 <h3>Optionnellement :</h3>
 <ul>
-<li>Les librairies de d&eacute;veloppement CUPS - Scribus supporte maintenant directement l'impression avec CUPS.</li>
-<li>Les librairies de d&eacute;veloppement Gimp Print - Scribus supporte maintenant l'extension Gimp Print avec CUPS.</li>
-<li>Littlecms - aussi connu comme lcms dans certaines distributions. Minimum 1.12, 1.16+ recommand&eacute;. lcms 1.12+ supporte la g&eacute;n&eacute;ration du point noir.</li>
-<li>tkinter - pour le script d'&eacute;chantillonnage de police</li>
-<li>Les librairies python-imaging pour l'aper&ccedil;u du script d'&eacute;chantillonage de police</li>
-<li>openssl-devel (Certaines distributions activent le support ssl pour CUPS, notamment Suse Linux)</li>
-<li>fontconfig-devel - pour la d&eacute;couverte automatique des polices sous Linux, MacOSX et Unix. Pas n&eacute;cessaire sous Windows.</li>
+	<li>Les librairies de d&eacute;veloppement Gimp Print - Scribus supporte maintenant l'extension Gimp Print avec CUPS.</li>
+	<li>tkinter - pour le script d'&eacute;chantillonnage de police</li>
+	<li>Les librairies python-imaging pour l'aper&ccedil;u du script d'&eacute;chantillonage de police</li>
+	<li>openssl-devel (Certaines distributions activent le support ssl pour CUPS, notamment Suse Linux)</li>
 </ul>
 </body>
 </html> 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/it/scripter1.html b/doc/it/scripter1.html
index d4a11d2..78fba55 100644
--- a/doc/it/scripter1.html
+++ b/doc/it/scripter1.html
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
 	<title>Scripting Scribus with Python</title>
 </head>
+<style>
+@import "manual.css";
+</style>
 <body>
 <h2>Scripting Scribus with Python</h2>
 
@@ -11,6 +14,9 @@
 
 <p>Note that additions to the Scripter are being made frequently, which means that the available documentation may be incomplete.</p>
 
+<h3>Scripter and Windows</h3>
+<p>If you installed your Windows version of Scribus using the installer at Sourceforge, the installation includes Python 3.7 in a directory labeled python\. This will suffice for most uses. You may find or write some Python script which requires an additional Python package not included, and there is no way to add these to the Scribus directory. Chances are, your system is not even aware of this Python.</p>
+<p>Should you need to use some additional packages, the answer comes from installing Python 3.7 on your system, then also the desired additional packages. The next and important step is to use a file manager to go to C:\Program Files\Scribus 1.5.6\ and look for a directory named python\. Simply rename this to anything else, such as oldpython\, and the next time Scribus starts, it will use the system Python and its packages.</p>
 
 <h3>Using the Plug-in</h3>
 <p>Scribus is being shipped with some &ldquo;hard-wired&rdquo; scripts, which are available via <i>Scripter&nbsp;&gt; Scribus Scripts</i>:</p>
diff --git a/scribus/main_win32.cpp b/scribus/main_win32.cpp
index 1469db8..19d20f5 100644
--- a/scribus/main_win32.cpp
+++ b/scribus/main_win32.cpp
@@ -154,11 +154,13 @@ void setPythonEnvironment(const QString& appPath)
 	QString pythonHome = appPath + "/python";
 	if (!QDir(pythonHome).exists())
 		return; //assume a custom python
+	pythonHome = QFileInfo(pythonHome).canonicalFilePath();
 
 	QString tmp = "PYTHONHOME=" + QDir::toNativeSeparators(pythonHome);
 	_wputenv((const wchar_t*) tmp.utf16());
 
-	QString nativePath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(appPath);
+	QString nativePath = QFileInfo(appPath).canonicalFilePath();
+	nativePath = QDir::toNativeSeparators(nativePath);
 	tmp = "PYTHONPATH=";
 	tmp += nativePath;
 	tmp += "\\python;";
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdannotations.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdannotations.cpp
index ca5429d..299dc7d 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdannotations.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdannotations.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getjsactionscript(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject* args)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	PyObject *rstr = PyString_FromString(rv.toUtf8());
+	PyObject *rstr = PyUnicode_FromString(rv.toUtf8());
 	return rstr;
 }
 
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ PyObject *scribus_isannotated(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject *key
 
 			getLinkData(drv, a.Ziel(), a.Action());
 			const char path[] = "path";
-			PyObject *pathkey = PyString_FromString(path);
-			PyObject *pathvalue = PyString_FromString(a.Extern().toUtf8());
+			PyObject *pathkey = PyUnicode_FromString(path);
+			PyObject *pathvalue = PyUnicode_FromString(a.Extern().toUtf8());
 			PyDict_SetItem(drv, pathkey, pathvalue);
 			add_text_to_dict(drv, item);
 			PyObject *rv = Py_BuildValue("(sO)", name3, drv);
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ PyObject *scribus_isannotated(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject *key
 		if (atype == Annotation::Link && actype == Annotation::Action_URI)
 		{
 			const char uri[] = "uri";
-			PyObject *ukey = PyString_FromString(uri);
-			PyObject *uval = PyString_FromString(a.Extern().toUtf8());
+			PyObject *ukey = PyUnicode_FromString(uri);
+			PyObject *uval = PyUnicode_FromString(a.Extern().toUtf8());
 			PyDict_SetItem(drv, ukey, uval);
 			add_text_to_dict(drv, item);
 			char *name4= const_cast<char*>("Link URI");
@@ -295,12 +295,12 @@ PyObject *scribus_isannotated(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject *key
 			};
 			if (icon >= 0 && icon < 9)
 			{
-				PyObject *iconkey = PyString_FromString("icon");
-				PyObject *iconvalue = PyString_FromString(icons[icon]);
+				PyObject *iconkey = PyUnicode_FromString("icon");
+				PyObject *iconvalue = PyUnicode_FromString(icons[icon]);
 				PyDict_SetItem(drv, iconkey, iconvalue);
 			}
 
-			PyObject *openkey = PyString_FromString("open");
+			PyObject *openkey = PyUnicode_FromString("open");
 			PyObject *open = Py_False;
 			if (a.IsAnOpen())
 				open = Py_True;
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_createpdfannotation(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject* args)
 			break;
 	}
 	
-	return PyString_FromString(m_doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(m_doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 
@@ -613,23 +613,23 @@ PyObject *getLinkData(PyObject *rv,int page, const QString& action)
 	int x, y;
 
 	const char pagenum[] = "page";
-	PyObject *pagekey = PyString_FromString(pagenum);
-	PyObject *pagevalue = PyInt_FromLong((long)page);
+	PyObject *pagekey = PyUnicode_FromString(pagenum);
+	PyObject *pagevalue = PyLong_FromLong((long)page);
 	PyDict_SetItem(rv, pagekey, pagevalue);
 	
 	QStringList qsl = action.split(" ", QString::SkipEmptyParts);
 
 	x = qsl[0].toInt();
 	const char x2[] = "x";
-	PyObject *xkey = PyString_FromString(x2);
-	PyObject *xvalue = PyInt_FromLong((long)x);
+	PyObject *xkey = PyUnicode_FromString(x2);
+	PyObject *xvalue = PyLong_FromLong((long)x);
 	PyDict_SetItem(rv, xkey, xvalue);
 
 	int height =ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->pageHeight();
 	y = height - qsl[1].toInt();
 	const char y2[] = "y";
-	PyObject *ykey = PyString_FromString(y2);
-	PyObject *yvalue = PyInt_FromLong((long)y);
+	PyObject *ykey = PyUnicode_FromString(y2);
+	PyObject *yvalue = PyLong_FromLong((long)y);
 	PyDict_SetItem(rv, ykey, yvalue);
 
 	return rv;
@@ -670,9 +670,9 @@ static bool testPageItem(PageItem *item)
 static void add_text_to_dict(PyObject *drv, PageItem * item)
 {
 	const char text[] = "text";
-	PyObject *textkey = PyString_FromString(text);
+	PyObject *textkey = PyUnicode_FromString(text);
 	QString txt = item->itemText.text(0, item->itemText.length());
-	PyObject *textvalue = PyString_FromString(txt.toUtf8());
+	PyObject *textvalue = PyUnicode_FromString(txt.toUtf8());
 	PyDict_SetItem(drv, textkey, textvalue);
 
 	Annotation &a = item->annotation();
@@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ static void add_text_to_dict(PyObject *drv, PageItem * item)
 	if (actype == Annotation::Action_JavaScript)
 	{
 		const char text[] = "javascript";
-		PyObject *jskey = PyString_FromString(text);
-		PyObject *jsvalue = PyString_FromString(item->annotation().Action().toUtf8());
+		PyObject *jskey = PyUnicode_FromString(text);
+		PyObject *jsvalue = PyUnicode_FromString(item->annotation().Action().toUtf8());
 		PyDict_SetItem(drv, jskey, jsvalue);
 	}
 
@@ -694,17 +694,17 @@ static void add_text_to_dict(PyObject *drv, PageItem * item)
 						"Named", nullptr };
 
 	const char action[] = "action";
-	PyObject *akey = PyString_FromString(action);
+	PyObject *akey = PyUnicode_FromString(action);
 	if (actype > 10)
 		actype = 6;
-	PyObject *avalue = PyString_FromString(aactions[actype]);
+	PyObject *avalue = PyUnicode_FromString(aactions[actype]);
 	PyDict_SetItem(drv, akey, avalue);
 
 	int atype = a.Type();
 	if (atype == Annotation::Checkbox || atype == Annotation::RadioButton)
 	{
 		const char checked[] = "checked";
-		PyObject *checkkey = PyString_FromString(checked);
+		PyObject *checkkey = PyUnicode_FromString(checked);
 		PyObject *checkvalue = Py_False;
 		if (a.IsChk())
 			checkvalue = Py_True;
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ static void add_text_to_dict(PyObject *drv, PageItem * item)
 	if (atype == Annotation::Combobox || atype == Annotation::Listbox)
 	{
 		const char editable[] = "editable";
-		PyObject *ekey = PyString_FromString(editable);
+		PyObject *ekey = PyUnicode_FromString(editable);
 
 		PyObject *edit = Py_False;
 		int result = Annotation::Flag_Edit & a.Flag();
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcell.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcell.cpp
index fa644b5..c05c5f7 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcell.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcell.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getcellstyle(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, QObject::tr("The cell %1,%2 does not exist in table", "python error").arg(row).arg(column).toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(table->cellAt(row, column).styleName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(table->cellAt(row, column).styleName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_setcellstyle(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getcellrowspan(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get cell row span from non-table item.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(table->cellAt(row, column).rowSpan()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(table->cellAt(row, column).rowSpan()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getcellcolumnspan(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getcellcolumnspan(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get cell column span from non-table item.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(table->cellAt(row, column).columnSpan()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(table->cellAt(row, column).columnSpan()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getcellfillcolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getcellfillcolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, QObject::tr("The cell %1,%2 does not exist in table", "python error").arg(row).arg(column).toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(table->cellAt(row, column).fillColor().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(table->cellAt(row, column).fillColor().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_setcellfillcolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcolor.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcolor.cpp
index 8579d9c..ddc261d 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcolor.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdcolor.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_colornames(PyObject* /* self */)
 	l = PyList_New(edc.count());
 	for (it = edc.begin(); it != edc.end(); ++it)
 	{
-		PyList_SetItem(l, cc, PyString_FromString(it.key().toUtf8()));
+		PyList_SetItem(l, cc, PyUnicode_FromString(it.key().toUtf8()));
 		cc++;
 	}
 	return l;
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddialog.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddialog.cpp
index fb0e558..f5bfd11 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddialog.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddialog.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_newdocdia(PyObject* /* self */)
 	QApplication::changeOverrideCursor(QCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor));
 	bool ret = ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->slotFileNew();
 	QApplication::changeOverrideCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ret));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ret));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_filedia(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_filedia(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 										);
 //	QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
 	// FIXME: filename return unicode OK?
-	return PyString_FromString(fName.toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(fName.toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_messdia(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_messdia(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 	}
 	result = mb.exec();
 //	QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(result));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(result));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_valdialog(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_valdialog(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 										QLineEdit::Normal,
 										QString::fromUtf8(value));
 //	QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
-	return PyString_FromString(txt.toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(txt.toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_newstyledialog(PyObject*, PyObject* args)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_newstyledialog(PyObject*, PyObject* args)
 		st.create(p);
 		d->redefineStyles(st, false);
 		ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->styleMgr()->setDoc(d);
-		return PyString_FromString(s.toUtf8());
+		return PyUnicode_FromString(s.toUtf8());
 	}
 	Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddoc.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddoc.cpp
index e71692a..ae8a90e 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddoc.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmddoc.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_newdocument(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 								orientation, firstPageNr, "Custom", true, numPages);
 	ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->setPageSetFirstPage(pagesType, firstPageOrder);
 
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ret));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ret));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_newdoc(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_newdoc(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	btr = value2pts(btr, unit);
 	bool ret = ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doFileNew(b, h, tpr, lr, rr, btr, 0, 1, false, ds, unit, fsl, ori, fNr, "Custom", true);
 	//	qApp->processEvents();
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ret));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ret));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_setmargins(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@ PyObject *scribus_closedoc(PyObject* /* self */)
 	ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->setModified(false);
 	bool ret = ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->slotFileClose();
 	qApp->processEvents();
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ret));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ret));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_havedoc(PyObject* /* self */)
 {
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->HaveDoc));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->HaveDoc));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_opendoc(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ PyObject *scribus_getdocname(PyObject* /* self */)
 		return nullptr;
 	if (! ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->hasName)
 	{
-		return PyString_FromString("");
+		return PyUnicode_FromString("");
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->documentFileName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->documentFileName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_savedocas(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getunit(PyObject* /* self */)
 {
 	if (!checkHaveDocument())
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->unitIndex()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->unitIndex()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_loadstylesfromfile(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject *args)
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_masterpagenames(PyObject* /* self */)
 	int n = 0;
 	for ( ; it != itEnd; ++it )
 	{
-		PyList_SET_ITEM(names, n++, PyString_FromString(it.key().toUtf8().data()) );
+		PyList_SET_ITEM(names, n++, PyUnicode_FromString(it.key().toUtf8().data()) );
 	}
 	return names;
 }
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getmasterpage(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, QObject::tr("Page number out of range: '%1'.","python error").arg(e+1).toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(currentDoc->DocPages.at(e)->MPageNam.toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(currentDoc->DocPages.at(e)->MPageNam.toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject* scribus_applymasterpage(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetprop.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetprop.cpp
index b3149b4..a2040f1 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetprop.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetprop.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getobjecttype(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		result = "Multiple";
 	}
 
-	return PyString_FromString(result.toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(result.toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getfillcolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getfillcolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyString_FromString(item->fillColor().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(item->fillColor().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getfilltrans(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getfillblend(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->fillBlendmode()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->fillBlendmode()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getcustomlinestyle(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getcustomlinestyle(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyString_FromString(item->customLineStyle().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(item->customLineStyle().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getlinecolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getlinecolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyString_FromString(item->lineColor().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(item->lineColor().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getlinetrans(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getlineblend(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->lineBlendmode()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->lineBlendmode()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getlinewidth(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getlineshade(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->lineShade()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->lineShade()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getlinejoin(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getlinejoin(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->PLineJoin));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->PLineJoin));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getlinecap(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getlinecap(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->PLineEnd));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->PLineEnd));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getlinestyle(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getlinestyle(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->PLineArt));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->PLineArt));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getfillshade(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getfillshade(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->fillShade()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->fillShade()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getcornerrad(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getcornerrad(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->cornerRadius()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->cornerRadius()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getimgoffset(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getimagefile(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	PageItem *item = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 	if (item == nullptr)
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyString_FromString(item->Pfile.toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(item->Pfile.toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getposi(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -358,13 +358,13 @@ PyObject *scribus_getallobj(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args, PyObject *keyw
 			{
 				if (currentDoc->Items->at(lam)->itemType() == typ)
 				{
-					PyList_SetItem(l, counter2, PyString_FromString(currentDoc->Items->at(lam)->itemName().toUtf8()));
+					PyList_SetItem(l, counter2, PyUnicode_FromString(currentDoc->Items->at(lam)->itemName().toUtf8()));
 					counter2++;
 				}
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				PyList_SetItem(l, counter2, PyString_FromString(currentDoc->Items->at(lam)->itemName().toUtf8()));
+				PyList_SetItem(l, counter2, PyUnicode_FromString(currentDoc->Items->at(lam)->itemName().toUtf8()));
 				counter2++;
 			}
 		}
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getimagecolorspace(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 
 	const ScImage& pixm = item->pixm;
 	if (pixm.width() == 0 || pixm.height() == 0)
-		return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(-1));
+		return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(-1));
 
 	const ImageInfoRecord& iir = pixm.imgInfo;
 	int cspace = iir.colorspace;
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getimagecolorspace(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	Duotone = 3,
 	Monochrome = 4
 	*/
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(cspace));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(cspace));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetsetprop.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetsetprop.cpp
index 66ee27f..7a6ed1c 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetsetprop.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdgetsetprop.cpp
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ for which a new license (GPL+exception) is in place.
 
 QObject* getQObjectFromPyArg(PyObject* arg)
 {
-	if (PyString_Check(arg))
+	if (PyUnicode_Check(arg))
 		// It's a string. Look for a pageItem by that name. Do NOT accept a
 		// selection.
-		return getPageItemByName(QString::fromUtf8(PyString_AsString(arg)));
-	if (PyCObject_Check(arg))
+		return getPageItemByName(PyUnicode_asQString(arg));
+	if (PyCapsule_CheckExact(arg))
 	{
 		// It's a PyCObject, ie a wrapped pointer. Check it's not nullptr
 		// and return it.
 		// FIXME: Try to check that its a pointer to a QObject instance
-		QObject* tempObject = (QObject*)PyCObject_AsVoidPtr(arg);
+		QObject* tempObject = (QObject*) PyCapsule_GetPointer(arg, nullptr);
 		if (!tempObject)
 		{
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "INTERNAL: Passed nullptr PyCObject");
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ QObject* getQObjectFromPyArg(PyObject* arg)
 
 PyObject* wrapQObject(QObject* obj)
 {
-	return PyCObject_FromVoidPtr((void*)obj, nullptr);
+	return PyCapsule_New((void*) obj, nullptr, nullptr);
 }
 
 
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ PyObject* scribus_propertyctype(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw
 	objArg = nullptr; // no need to decref, it's borrowed
 
 	// Look up the property and retrive its type information
-	const char* type = getpropertytype( (QObject*)obj, propertyname, includesuper);
+	const char* type = getpropertytype( (QObject*) obj, propertyname, includesuper);
 	if (type == nullptr)
 	{
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_KeyError, QObject::tr("Property not found").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(type);
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(type);
 }
 
 PyObject* convert_QStringList_to_PyListObject(QStringList& origlist)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ PyObject* convert_QStringList_to_PyListObject(QStringList& origlist)
 		return nullptr;
 
 	for ( QStringList::Iterator it = origlist.begin(); it != origlist.end(); ++it )
-		if (PyList_Append(resultList, PyString_FromString((*it).toUtf8().data())) == -1)
+		if (PyList_Append(resultList, PyUnicode_FromString((*it).toUtf8().data())) == -1)
 			return nullptr;
 
 	return resultList;
@@ -285,9 +285,12 @@ PyObject* scribus_getproperty(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 		resultobj = PyBool_FromLong(prop.toBool());
 	// STRING TYPES
 	else if (prop.type() == QVariant::ByteArray)
-		resultobj = PyString_FromString(prop.toByteArray().data());
+	{
+		QByteArray ba = prop.toByteArray();
+		resultobj = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(ba.data(), ba.size());
+	}
 	else if (prop.type() == QVariant::String)
-		resultobj = PyString_FromString(prop.toString().toUtf8().data());
+		resultobj = PyUnicode_FromString(prop.toString().toUtf8().data());
 	// HIGHER ORDER TYPES
 	else if (prop.type() == QVariant::Point)
 	{
@@ -374,8 +377,8 @@ PyObject* scribus_setproperty(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, 0);
 		else if (PyObject_IsTrue(objValue) == 1)
 			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, 1);
-		else if (PyInt_Check(objValue))
-			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, PyInt_AsLong(objValue) == 0);
+		else if (PyLong_Check(objValue))
+			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, PyLong_AsLong(objValue) == 0);
 		else if (PyLong_Check(objValue))
 			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, PyLong_AsLong(objValue) == 0);
 		else
@@ -384,10 +387,10 @@ PyObject* scribus_setproperty(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 	else if (propertyType == "int")
 	{
 		matched = true;
-		if (PyInt_Check(objValue))
-			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, (int)PyInt_AsLong(objValue));
+		if (PyLong_Check(objValue))
+			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, (int) PyLong_AsLong(objValue));
 		else if (PyLong_Check(objValue))
-			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, (int)PyLong_AsLong(objValue));
+			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, (int) PyLong_AsLong(objValue));
 		else
 			matched = false;
 	}
@@ -404,8 +407,8 @@ PyObject* scribus_setproperty(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 	else if (propertyType == "QString")
 	{
 		matched = true;
-		if (PyString_Check(objValue))
-			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, QString::fromUtf8(PyString_AsString(objValue)));
+		if (PyBytes_Check(objValue))
+			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, QString::fromUtf8(PyBytes_AsString(objValue)));
 		else if (PyUnicode_Check(objValue))
 		{
 			// Get a pointer to the internal buffer of the Py_Unicode object, which is UCS2 formatted
@@ -419,11 +422,11 @@ PyObject* scribus_setproperty(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 	else if (propertyType == "QCString")
 	{
 		matched = true;
-		if (PyString_Check(objValue))
+		if (PyBytes_Check(objValue))
 		{
 			// FIXME: should raise an exception instead of mangling the string when
 			// out of charset chars present.
-			QString utfString = QString::fromUtf8(PyString_AsString(objValue));
+			QString utfString = QString::fromUtf8(PyBytes_AsString(objValue));
 			success = obj->setProperty(propertyName, utfString.toLatin1());
 		}
 		else if (PyUnicode_Check(objValue))
@@ -456,7 +459,7 @@ PyObject* scribus_setproperty(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 		if (!objRepr)
 			return nullptr;
 		// Extract the repr() string
-		QString reprString = QString::fromUtf8(PyString_AsString(objRepr));
+		QString reprString = PyUnicode_asQString(objRepr);
 		Py_DECREF(objRepr);
 
 		// And return an error
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmani.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmani.cpp
index 03b7b3e..31d378f 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmani.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmani.cpp
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_sizeobjabs(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 
 PyObject *scribus_groupobj(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 {
-	char *Name = const_cast<char*>("");
+	const char *Name = const_cast<char*>("");
 	PyObject *il = nullptr;
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O", &il))
 		return nullptr;
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ PyObject *scribus_groupobj(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, QObject::tr("Need selection or argument list of items to group", "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	Selection *tempSelection=nullptr;
-	Selection *finalSelection=nullptr;
+	Selection *tempSelection = nullptr;
+	Selection *finalSelection = nullptr;
 	//uint ap = ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->currentPage()->pageNr();
 	// If we were passed a list of items to group...
 	if (il != nullptr)
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_groupobj(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 			// FIXME: We might need to explicitly get this string as utf8
 			// but as sysdefaultencoding is utf8 it should be a no-op to do
 			// so anyway.
-			Name = PyString_AsString(PyList_GetItem(il, i));
+			Name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(PyList_GetItem(il, i));
 			PageItem *ic = GetUniqueItem(QString::fromUtf8(Name));
 			if (ic == nullptr)
 			{
@@ -383,10 +383,10 @@ PyObject *scribus_groupobj(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 			}
 			tempSelection->addItem (ic, true);
 		}
-		finalSelection=tempSelection;
+		finalSelection = tempSelection;
 	}
 	else
-		finalSelection=ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->m_Selection;
+		finalSelection = ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->m_Selection;
 	if (finalSelection->count() < 2)
 	{
 		// We can't very well group only one item
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_groupobj(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	finalSelection=nullptr;
 	delete tempSelection;
 	
-	return (group ? PyString_FromString(group->itemName().toUtf8()) : nullptr);
+	return (group ? PyUnicode_FromString(group->itemName().toUtf8()) : nullptr);
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_ungroupobj(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -460,17 +460,18 @@ PyObject *scribus_getselobjnam(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		return nullptr;
 	if (!checkHaveDocument())
 		return nullptr;
-	if ((i < static_cast<int>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->m_Selection->count())) && (i > -1))
-		return PyString_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->m_Selection->itemAt(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
+	Selection * selection = ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->m_Selection;
+	if ((i < selection->count()) && (i > -1))
+		return PyUnicode_FromString(selection->itemAt(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
 	// FIXME: Should probably return None if no selection?
-	return PyString_FromString("");
+	return PyUnicode_FromString("");
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_selcount(PyObject* /* self */)
 {
 	if (!checkHaveDocument())
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->m_Selection->count()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->m_Selection->count()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_selectobj(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -507,8 +508,8 @@ PyObject *scribus_lockobject(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		return nullptr;
 	item->toggleLock();
 	if (item->locked())
-		return PyInt_FromLong(1);
-	return PyInt_FromLong(0);
+		return PyLong_FromLong(1);
+	return PyLong_FromLong(0);
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_islocked(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmisc.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmisc.cpp
index 839a460..eef8ef2 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmisc.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdmisc.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_fontnames(PyObject* /* self */)
 	{
 		if (it.current().usable())
 		{
-			PyList_SetItem(l, cc, PyString_FromString(it.currentKey().toUtf8()));
+			PyList_SetItem(l, cc, PyUnicode_FromString(it.currentKey().toUtf8()));
 			cc++;
 		}
 	}
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_renderfont(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 		// User specified no format, so use the historical default of PPM format.
 		format =  const_cast<char*>("PPM");
 	QPixmap pm = FontSample(PrefsManager::instance().appPrefs.fontPrefs.AvailFonts[QString::fromUtf8(Name)], Size, ts, Qt::white);
-	// If the user specified an empty filename, return the image data as
-	// a string. Otherwise, save it to disk.
+	// If the user specified an empty filename, return the image data as bytes. Otherwise, save it to disk.
 	if (QString::fromUtf8(FileName).isEmpty())
 	{
 		QByteArray buffer_string = "";
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_renderfont(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
 		int bufferSize = buffer.size();
 		buffer.close();
 		// Now make a Python string from the data we generated
-		PyObject* stringPython = PyString_FromStringAndSize(buffer_string,bufferSize);
+		PyObject* stringPython = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(buffer_string, bufferSize);
 		// Return even if the result is nullptr (error) since an exception will have been
 		// set in that case.
 		return stringPython;
@@ -150,10 +149,10 @@ PyObject *scribus_getlayers(PyObject* /* self */)
 {
 	if (!checkHaveDocument())
 		return nullptr;
-	PyObject *l;
-	l = PyList_New(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Layers.count());
-	for (int lam=0; lam < ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Layers.count(); lam++)
-		PyList_SetItem(l, lam, PyString_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Layers[lam].Name.toUtf8()));
+	ScribusDoc* doc = ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc;
+	PyObject *l = PyList_New(doc->Layers.count());
+	for (int i = 0; i < doc->Layers.count(); i++)
+		PyList_SetItem(l, i, PyUnicode_FromString(doc->Layers[i].Name.toUtf8()));
 	return l;
 }
 
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getactlayer(PyObject* /* self */)
 {
 	if (!checkHaveDocument())
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyString_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->activeLayerName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->activeLayerName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_senttolayer(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -474,7 +473,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_glayervisib(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(NotFoundError, QObject::tr("Layer not found.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_glayerprint(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -505,7 +504,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_glayerprint(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(NotFoundError, QObject::tr("Layer not found.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_glayerlock(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -536,7 +535,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_glayerlock(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(NotFoundError, QObject::tr("Layer not found.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_glayeroutline(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -567,7 +566,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_glayeroutline(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(NotFoundError, QObject::tr("Layer not found.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_glayerflow(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -598,7 +597,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_glayerflow(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(NotFoundError, QObject::tr("Layer not found.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_glayerblend(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -629,7 +628,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_glayerblend(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(NotFoundError, QObject::tr("Layer not found.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(i));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_glayertrans(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -735,7 +734,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_filequit(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 
 PyObject *scribus_getlanguage(PyObject* /* self */)
 {
-	return PyString_FromString(ScCore->getGuiLanguage().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(ScCore->getGuiLanguage().toUtf8());
 }
 
 /*! 04.01.2007 : Joachim Neu : Moves item selection to front. */
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdobj.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdobj.cpp
index 7cf2145..b67a9c3 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdobj.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdobj.cpp
@@ -31,19 +31,20 @@ PyObject *scribus_newrect(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 //		PyErr_SetString(NameExistsError, QObject::tr("An object with the requested name already exists.","python error"));
 //		return nullptr;
 //	}
-	int i = ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->itemAdd(PageItem::Polygon, PageItem::Rectangle,
-								pageUnitXToDocX(x), pageUnitYToDocY(y),
-								ValueToPoint(w), ValueToPoint(h),
-								ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->itemToolPrefs().shapeLineWidth,
-								ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->itemToolPrefs().shapeFillColor, ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->itemToolPrefs().shapeLineColor);
+	ScribusDoc* doc = ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc;
+	int i = doc->itemAdd(PageItem::Polygon, PageItem::Rectangle,
+						pageUnitXToDocX(x), pageUnitYToDocY(y),
+						ValueToPoint(w), ValueToPoint(h),
+						doc->itemToolPrefs().shapeLineWidth,
+						doc->itemToolPrefs().shapeFillColor, doc->itemToolPrefs().shapeLineColor);
 //	ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->setRedrawBounding(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i));
 	if (strlen(Name) > 0)
 	{
 		QString objName = QString::fromUtf8(Name);
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
-			ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->setItemName(objName);
+			doc->Items->at(i)->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_newellipse(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
 			ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_newimage(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
 			ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_newtext(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
 			ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_newtable(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_newtable(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
 			ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(table->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(table->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_newline(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_newline(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
 			ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(i)->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(it->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(it->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_polyline(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
 			ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(ic)->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(it->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(it->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_polygon(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
 			ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(ic)->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(it->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(it->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_bezierline(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_bezierline(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
 			ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Items->at(ic)->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(it->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(it->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_pathtext(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		if (!ItemExists(objName))
 			i->setItemName(objName);
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(i->itemName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(i->itemName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 
@@ -605,13 +606,13 @@ PyObject *scribus_getstyle(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		int selectionStart = item->itemText.startOfSelection();
 		const ParagraphStyle& currentStyle = item->itemText.paragraphStyle(selectionStart);
 		if (currentStyle.hasParent())
-			return PyString_FromString(currentStyle.parentStyle()->name().toUtf8());
+			return PyUnicode_FromString(currentStyle.parentStyle()->name().toUtf8());
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		const ParagraphStyle& itemDefaultStyle = item->itemText.defaultStyle();
 		if (itemDefaultStyle.hasParent())
-			return PyString_FromString(itemDefaultStyle.parentStyle()->name().toUtf8());
+			return PyUnicode_FromString(itemDefaultStyle.parentStyle()->name().toUtf8());
 	}
 	Py_RETURN_NONE;
 };
@@ -798,7 +799,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getstylenames(PyObject* /* self */)
 	styleList = PyList_New(0);
 	for (int i = 0; i < paragraphStyles.count(); ++i)
 	{
-		if (PyList_Append(styleList, PyString_FromString(paragraphStyles[i].name().toUtf8())))
+		if (PyList_Append(styleList, PyUnicode_FromString(paragraphStyles[i].name().toUtf8())))
 		{
 			// An exception will have already been set by PyList_Append apparently.
 			return nullptr;
@@ -817,7 +818,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getcharstylenames(PyObject* /* self */)
 	charStyleList = PyList_New(0);
 	for (int i = 0; i < charStyles.count(); ++i)
 	{
-		if (PyList_Append(charStyleList, PyString_FromString(charStyles[i].name().toUtf8())))
+		if (PyList_Append(charStyleList, PyUnicode_FromString(charStyles[i].name().toUtf8())))
 		{
 			// An exception will have already been set by PyList_Append apparently.
 			return nullptr;
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdpage.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdpage.cpp
index ed4d0ce..b51c95e 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdpage.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdpage.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_actualpage(PyObject* /* self */)
 {
 	if (!checkHaveDocument())
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->currentPageNumber() + 1));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->currentPageNumber() + 1));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_redraw(PyObject* /* self */)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_pageposition(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, QObject::tr("Page number out of range.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->locationOfPage(e)));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->locationOfPage(e)));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_savepageeps(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_pagecount(PyObject* /* self */)
 {
 	if (!checkHaveDocument())
 		return nullptr;
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Pages->count()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Pages->count()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_pagedimension(PyObject* /* self */)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdsetprop.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdsetprop.cpp
index a4b2762..251edda 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdsetprop.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdsetprop.cpp
@@ -447,77 +447,77 @@ PyObject *scribus_setobjectattributes(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		}
 		ObjectAttribute blank;
 		PyObject *val;
-		char* data;
+		const char* data;
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(tmp, "Name");
 		if (!val) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "attribute does not have 'Name' key.");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		data = PyString_AsString(val);
+		data = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(val);
 		if (!data)
 			return nullptr;
-		blank.name = QString(data);
+		blank.name = QString::fromUtf8(data);
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(tmp, "Type");
 		if (!val) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "attribute does not have 'Type' key.");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		data = PyString_AsString(val);
+		data = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(val);
 		if (!data)
 			return nullptr;
-		blank.type = QString(data);
+		blank.type = QString::fromUtf8(data);
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(tmp, "Value");
 		if (!val) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "attribute does not have 'Value' key.");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		data = PyString_AsString(val);
+		data = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(val);
 		if (!data)
 			return nullptr;
-		blank.value = QString(data);
+		blank.value = QString::fromUtf8(data);
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(tmp, "Parameter");
 		if (!val) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "attribute does not have 'Parameter' key.");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		data = PyString_AsString(val);
+		data = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(val);
 		if (!data)
 			return nullptr;
-		blank.parameter = QString(data);
+		blank.parameter = QString::fromUtf8(data);
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(tmp, "Relationship");
 		if (!val) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "attribute does not have 'Relationship' key.");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		data = PyString_AsString(val);
+		data = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(val);
 		if (!data)
 			return nullptr;
-		blank.relationship = QString(data);
+		blank.relationship = QString::fromUtf8(data);
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(tmp, "RelationshipTo");
 		if (!val) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "attribute does not have 'RelationshipTo' key.");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		data = PyString_AsString(val);
+		data = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(val);
 		if (!data)
 			return nullptr;
-		blank.relationshipto = QString(data);
+		blank.relationshipto = QString::fromUtf8(data);
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(tmp, "AutoAddTo");
 		if (!val) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "attribute does not have 'AutoAddTo' key.");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		data = PyString_AsString(val);
+		data = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(val);
 		if (!data)
 			return nullptr;
-		blank.autoaddto = QString(data);
+		blank.autoaddto = QString::fromUtf8(data);
 
 		attributes.append(blank);
 	}
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdstyle.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdstyle.cpp
index 2d70a80..523d0ab 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdstyle.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdstyle.cpp
@@ -276,31 +276,31 @@ PyObject *scribus_createcustomlinestyle(PyObject * /* self */, PyObject* args)
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(line, "Color");
 		if (val)
-			sl.Color = PyString_AsString(val);
+			sl.Color = PyUnicode_asQString(val);
 		else 
 			sl.Color = currentDoc->itemToolPrefs().lineColor;
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(line, "Dash");
 		if (val)
-			sl.Dash = PyInt_AsLong(val);
+			sl.Dash = PyLong_AsLong(val);
 		else 
 			sl.Dash = Qt::SolidLine;
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(line, "LineEnd");
 		if (val)
-			sl.LineEnd = PyInt_AsLong(val);
+			sl.LineEnd = PyLong_AsLong(val);
 		else 
 			sl.LineEnd = Qt::FlatCap;
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(line, "LineJoin");
 		if (val)
-			sl.LineJoin = PyInt_AsLong(val);
+			sl.LineJoin = PyLong_AsLong(val);
 		else 
 			sl.LineJoin = Qt::MiterJoin;
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(line, "Shade");
 		if (val)
-			sl.Shade = PyInt_AsLong(val);
+			sl.Shade = PyLong_AsLong(val);
 		else 
 			sl.Shade = currentDoc->itemToolPrefs().lineColorShade;
 
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_createcustomlinestyle(PyObject * /* self */, PyObject* args)
 
 		val = PyDict_GetItemString(line, "Shortcut");
 		if (val)
-			ml.shortcut = PyString_AsString(val);
+			ml.shortcut = PyUnicode_asQString(val);
 		else 
 			ml.shortcut = "";
 
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtable.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtable.cpp
index 6fb19fb..4e7bd4e 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtable.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtable.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettablerows(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get table row count of non-table item.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(table->rows()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(table->rows()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_gettablecolumns(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettablecolumns(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get table column count of non-table item.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(table->columns()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(table->columns()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_inserttablerows(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettablestyle(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get table style on a non-table item.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(table->styleName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(table->styleName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_settablestyle(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettablefillcolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get table fill color on a non-table item.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(table->fillColor().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(table->fillColor().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_settablefillcolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtext.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtext.cpp
index 756a20e..651265f 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtext.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdtext.cpp
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ PyObject *scribus_getfont(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	{
 		for (int i = 0; i < item->itemText.length(); i++)
 			if (item->itemText.selected(i))
-				return PyString_FromString(item->itemText.charStyle(i).font().scName().toUtf8());
+				return PyUnicode_FromString(item->itemText.charStyle(i).font().scName().toUtf8());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(item->currentCharStyle().font().scName().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(item->currentCharStyle().font().scName().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_gettextcolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -118,11 +118,11 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettextcolor(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		for (int i = 0; i < item->itemText.length(); ++i)
 		{
 			if (item->itemText.selected(i))
-				return PyString_FromString(item->itemText.charStyle(i).fillColor().toUtf8());
+				return PyUnicode_FromString(item->itemText.charStyle(i).fillColor().toUtf8());
 		}
         return nullptr;
 	}
-    return PyString_FromString(item->currentCharStyle().fillColor().toUtf8());
+    return PyUnicode_FromString(item->currentCharStyle().fillColor().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_gettextshade(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettextshade(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		for (int i = 0; i < item->itemText.length(); ++i)
 		{
 			if (item->itemText.selected(i))
-				return PyInt_FromLong(item->itemText.charStyle(i).fillShade());
+				return PyLong_FromLong(item->itemText.charStyle(i).fillShade());
 		}
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(item->currentCharStyle().fillShade());
+	return PyLong_FromLong(item->currentCharStyle().fillShade());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_gettextsize(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettextsize(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get text size of non-text frame.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->itemText.length()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->itemText.length()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_gettextlines(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettextlines(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get number of lines of non-text frame.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->textLayout.lines()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->textLayout.lines()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_gettextverticalalignment(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettextverticalalignment(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get vertical alignment of non-text frame.", "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->verticalAlignment()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->verticalAlignment()));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getcolumns(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getcolumns(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 		PyErr_SetString(WrongFrameTypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot get column count of non-text frame.","python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->m_columns));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->m_columns));
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getcolumngap(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -261,10 +261,10 @@ PyObject *scribus_getfontfeatures(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 	{
 		for (int i = 0; i < item->itemText.length(); i++)
 			if (item->itemText.selected(i))
-				return PyString_FromString(item->itemText.charStyle(i).fontFeatures().toUtf8());
+				return PyUnicode_FromString(item->itemText.charStyle(i).fontFeatures().toUtf8());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(item->currentCharStyle().fontFeatures().toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(item->currentCharStyle().fontFeatures().toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_getlinespace(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_getframetext(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 			text += item->itemText.text(i);
 		}
 	}
-	return PyString_FromString(text.toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(text.toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_gettext(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ PyObject *scribus_gettext(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
 			text += item->itemText.text(i);
 		}
 	} // for
-	return PyString_FromString(text.toUtf8());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(text.toUtf8());
 }
 
 PyObject *scribus_setboxtext(PyObject* /* self */, PyObject* args)
@@ -1235,17 +1235,17 @@ PyObject *scribus_istextoverflowing(PyObject * self, PyObject* args, PyObject* k
 	}
 	// no overrun
 	if (nolinks)
-		return PyInt_FromLong(maxchars - firstFrame);
+		return PyLong_FromLong(maxchars - firstFrame);
 
 	if (maxchars > chars)
-		return PyInt_FromLong(0);
+		return PyLong_FromLong(0);
 	// number of overrunning letters
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(chars - maxchars));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(chars - maxchars));
 	 */
 	// refresh overflow information
 	item->invalidateLayout();
 	item->layout();
-	return PyInt_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->frameOverflows()));
+	return PyLong_FromLong(static_cast<long>(item->frameOverflows()));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.cpp
index 26853e4..a78521a 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.cpp
@@ -241,3 +241,11 @@ TableBorder parseBorder(PyObject* borderLines, bool* ok)
 	return border;
 }
 
+QString PyUnicode_asQString(PyObject* arg)
+{
+	const char* utf8Str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(arg);
+	if (!utf8Str)
+		return QString();
+	return QString::fromUtf8(utf8Str);
+}
+
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.h b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.h
index b06f7ad..33f785d 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.h
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdutil.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ double docUnitYToPageY(double pageUnitY);
 
 PageItem *GetItem(const QString& Name);
 void ReplaceColor(const QString& col, const QString& rep);
+
 /*!
  * @brief Returns named PageItem, or selection if name '', or exception and NULL if no item.
  *
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ bool ItemExists(const QString& name);
  * @brief Returns a list of the names of all selected PageItems
  */
 QStringList getSelectedItemsByName();
+
 /*!
  * @brief Replaces the current selection by selecting all the items named in the passed QStringList
  *
@@ -68,8 +70,14 @@ QStringList getSelectedItemsByName();
  */
 bool setSelectedItemsByName(QStringList& itemNames);
 
-/// Helper method to parse a border from a list of tuples.
+/*!
+ * @brief Helper method to parse a border from a list of tuples.
+ */
 TableBorder parseBorder(PyObject* borderLines, bool* ok);
 
+/*!
+ * @brief Helper method to convert a PyUnicode object to a QString
+ */
+QString PyUnicode_asQString(PyObject* arg);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdvar.h b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdvar.h
index aeee816..fbdacc3 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdvar.h
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdvar.h
@@ -18,12 +18,21 @@ for which a new license (GPL+exception) is in place.
 	#undef _POSIX_C_SOURCE
 #endif
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#pragma push_macro("slots")
+#undef slots
+#endif
+
 #if defined(HAVE_BOOST_PYTHON)
 #include <boost/python.hpp>
 #else
 #include <Python.h>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#pragma pop_macro("slots")
+#endif
+
 #ifndef Py_RETURN_NONE
 	#define Py_RETURN_NONE return Py_INCREF(Py_None), Py_None
 #endif
@@ -52,6 +61,8 @@ extern ScripterCore* scripterCore;
 /** @brief Initialize the 'scribus' Python module in the currently active interpreter */
 extern "C" void initscribus(ScribusMainWindow *pl);
 
+extern "C" PyObject* PyInit_scribus(void);
+
 /* Exceptions */
 /*! Common scribus Exception */
 extern PyObject* ScribusException;
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objimageexport.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objimageexport.cpp
index c30304b..cfc3c3f 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objimageexport.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objimageexport.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static void ImageExport_dealloc(ImageExport* self)
 	Py_XDECREF(self->name);
 	Py_XDECREF(self->type);
 	Py_XDECREF(self->allTypes);
-	self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject *)self);
+	Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject *)self);
 }
 
 static PyObject * ImageExport_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ static PyObject * ImageExport_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObj
 	ImageExport *self;
 	self = (ImageExport *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
 	if (self != nullptr) {
-		self->name = PyString_FromString("ImageExport.png");
-		self->type = PyString_FromString("PNG");
+		self->name = PyUnicode_FromString("ImageExport.png");
+		self->type = PyUnicode_FromString("PNG");
 		self->allTypes = PyList_New(0);
 		self->dpi = 72;
 		self->scale = 100;
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ static PyObject *ImageExport_getName(ImageExport *self, void * /*closure*/)
 
 static int ImageExport_setName(ImageExport *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 {
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, QObject::tr("The filename must be a string.", "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (PyString_Size(value) < 1)
+	if (PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(value) < 1)
 	{
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, QObject::tr("The filename should not be empty string.", "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return -1;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static int ImageExport_setType(ImageExport *self, PyObject *value, void * /*clos
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, QObject::tr("Cannot delete image type settings.", "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, QObject::tr("The image type must be a string.", "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static PyObject *ImageExport_getAllTypes(ImageExport * /*self*/, void * /*closur
 	l = PyList_New(list.count());
 	for (QList<QByteArray>::Iterator it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it)
 	{
-		PyList_SetItem(l, pos, PyString_FromString(QString((*it)).toLatin1().constData()));
+		PyList_SetItem(l, pos, PyUnicode_FromString(QString((*it)).toLatin1().constData()));
 		++pos;
 	}
 	return l;
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ static PyObject *ImageExport_save(ImageExport *self)
 	int dpi = qRound(100.0 / 2.54 * self->dpi);
 	im.setDotsPerMeterY(dpi);
 	im.setDotsPerMeterX(dpi);
-	if (!im.save(PyString_AsString(self->name), PyString_AsString(self->type)))
+
+	QString imgFileName = PyUnicode_asQString(self->name);
+	if (!im.save(imgFileName, PyUnicode_AsUTF8(self->type)))
 	{
 		PyErr_SetString(ScribusException, QObject::tr("Failed to export image", "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
@@ -194,7 +196,9 @@ static PyObject *ImageExport_saveAs(ImageExport *self, PyObject *args)
 	int dpi = qRound(100.0 / 2.54 * self->dpi);
 	im.setDotsPerMeterY(dpi);
 	im.setDotsPerMeterX(dpi);
-	if (!im.save(value, PyString_AsString(self->type)))
+
+	QString outputFileName = QString::fromUtf8(value);
+	if (!im.save(outputFileName, PyUnicode_AsUTF8(self->type)))
 	{
 		PyErr_SetString(ScribusException, QObject::tr("Failed to export image", "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
@@ -212,8 +216,7 @@ static PyMethodDef ImageExport_methods[] = {
 };
 
 PyTypeObject ImageExport_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(nullptr)   // PyObject_VAR_HEAD
-	0,
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(nullptr, 0)   // PyObject_VAR_HEAD
 	const_cast<char*>("scribus.ImageExport"), // char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
 	sizeof(ImageExport),   // int tp_basicsize, /* For allocation */
 	0,  // int tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */
@@ -259,6 +262,8 @@ PyTypeObject ImageExport_Type = {
 	nullptr, //	 PyObject *tp_subclasses;
 	nullptr, //	 PyObject *tp_weaklist;
 	nullptr, //	 destructor tp_del;
+	0, //	 unsigned int tp_version_tag;
+	0, //	 destructor tp_finalize;
 
 #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
 	/* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objpdffile.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objpdffile.cpp
index 2468158..2ae8c93 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objpdffile.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objpdffile.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void PDFfile_dealloc(PDFfile *self)
 	Py_XDECREF(self->info);
 	Py_XDECREF(self->rotateDeg);
 	Py_XDECREF(self->openAction);
-	self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject *)self);
+	Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject *)self);
 }
 
 static PyObject * PDFfile_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
@@ -150,13 +150,13 @@ static PyObject * PDFfile_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject
 	self = (PDFfile *)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
 	if (self) {
 // set file attribute
-		self->file = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->file = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (!self->file) {
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 // set font embedding mode attribute
-		self->fontEmbedding = PyInt_FromLong(0);
+		self->fontEmbedding = PyLong_FromLong(0);
 		if (!self->fontEmbedding) {
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
@@ -201,13 +201,13 @@ static PyObject * PDFfile_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject
 // set quality attribute
 		self->quality = 0;
 // set resolution attribute
-		self->resolution = PyInt_FromLong(300);
+		self->resolution = PyLong_FromLong(300);
 		if (!self->resolution){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 // set downsample attribute
-		self->downsample = PyInt_FromLong(0);
+		self->downsample = PyLong_FromLong(0);
 		if (!self->downsample){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ static PyObject * PDFfile_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 // set owner attribute
-		self->owner = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->owner = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (!self->owner){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 // set user attribute
-		self->user = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->user = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (!self->user){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
@@ -269,22 +269,22 @@ static PyObject * PDFfile_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject
 		self->intents = 0; // int - 0 - ?
 		self->intenti = 0; // int - 0 - ?
 		self->noembicc = 0; // bool
-		self->solidpr = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->solidpr = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (!self->solidpr){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		self->imagepr = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->imagepr = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (!self->imagepr){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		self->printprofc = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->printprofc = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (!self->printprofc){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
 		}
-		self->info = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->info = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (!self->info){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static PyObject * PDFfile_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject
 		self->mirrorH = 0;
 		self->mirrorV = 0;
 		self->doClip = 0;
-		self->rotateDeg = PyInt_FromLong(0);
+		self->rotateDeg = PyLong_FromLong(0);
 		if (!self->rotateDeg){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static PyObject * PDFfile_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject
 		self->hideToolBar = 0;
 		self->hideMenuBar = 0;
 		self->fitWindow = 0;
-		self->openAction = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->openAction = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (!self->openAction){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
@@ -336,10 +336,10 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	QString tf = pdfOptions.fileName;
 	if (tf.isEmpty()) {
 		QFileInfo fi = QFileInfo(currentDoc->documentFileName());
-		tf = fi.path()+"/"+fi.baseName()+".pdf";
+		tf = fi.path() + "/" + fi.baseName() + ".pdf";
 	}
 	PyObject *file = nullptr;
-	file = PyString_FromString(tf.toLatin1());
+	file = PyUnicode_FromString(tf.toUtf8());
 	if (file){
 		Py_DECREF(self->file);
 		self->file = file;
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	}
 // font embedding mode
 	PyObject *embeddingMode = nullptr;
-	embeddingMode = PyInt_FromLong(pdfOptions.FontEmbedding);
+	embeddingMode = PyLong_FromLong(pdfOptions.FontEmbedding);
 	if (embeddingMode){
 		Py_DECREF(self->fontEmbedding);
 		self->fontEmbedding = embeddingMode;
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	{
 		const QString& fontName = tmpEm.at(i);
 		PyObject *tmp= nullptr;
-		tmp = PyString_FromString(fontName.toLatin1());
+		tmp = PyUnicode_FromString(fontName.toUtf8());
 		if (tmp) {
 			PyList_Append(self->fonts, tmp);
 // do i need Py_DECREF(tmp) here?
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	for (int fe = 0; fe < pdfOptions.SubsetList.count(); ++fe)
 	{
 		PyObject *tmp= nullptr;
-		tmp = PyString_FromString(pdfOptions.SubsetList[fe].toLatin1().data());
+		tmp = PyUnicode_FromString(pdfOptions.SubsetList[fe].toUtf8().data());
 		if (tmp) {
 			PyList_Append(self->subsetList, tmp);
 			Py_DECREF(tmp);
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i<num; ++i) {
 		PyObject *tmp;
-		tmp = PyInt_FromLong((long)i+1L);
+		tmp = PyLong_FromLong((long)i+1L);
 		if (tmp)
 			PyList_SetItem(pages, i, tmp);
 		else {
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	self->quality = pdfOptions.Quality;
 // default resolution
 	PyObject *resolution = nullptr;
-	resolution = PyInt_FromLong(300);
+	resolution = PyLong_FromLong(300);
 	if (resolution){
 		Py_DECREF(self->resolution);
 		self->resolution = resolution;
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 // do not downsample images
 	int down = pdfOptions.RecalcPic ? pdfOptions.PicRes : 0;
 	PyObject *downsample = nullptr;
-	downsample = PyInt_FromLong(down);
+	downsample = PyLong_FromLong(down);
 	if (downsample){
 		Py_DECREF(self->downsample);
 		self->downsample = downsample;
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	self->lpival = lpival;
 // set owner's password
 	PyObject *owner = nullptr;
-	owner = PyString_FromString(pdfOptions.PassOwner.toLatin1());
+	owner = PyUnicode_FromString(pdfOptions.PassOwner.toUtf8());
 	if (owner){
 		Py_DECREF(self->owner);
 		self->owner = owner;
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	}
 // set user'a password
 	PyObject *user = nullptr;
-	user = PyString_FromString(pdfOptions.PassUser.toLatin1());
+	user = PyUnicode_FromString(pdfOptions.PassUser.toUtf8());
 	if (user){
 		Py_DECREF(self->user);
 		self->user = user;
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	if (!ScCore->InputProfiles.contains(tp))
 		tp = currentDoc->cmsSettings().DefaultSolidColorRGBProfile;
 	PyObject *solidpr = nullptr;
-	solidpr = PyString_FromString(tp.toLatin1());
+	solidpr = PyUnicode_FromString(tp.toUtf8());
 	if (solidpr){
 		Py_DECREF(self->solidpr);
 		self->solidpr = solidpr;
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	if (!ScCore->InputProfiles.contains(tp2))
 		tp2 = currentDoc->cmsSettings().DefaultSolidColorRGBProfile;
 	PyObject *imagepr = nullptr;
-	imagepr = PyString_FromString(tp2.toLatin1());
+	imagepr = PyUnicode_FromString(tp2.toUtf8());
 	if (imagepr){
 		Py_DECREF(self->imagepr);
 		self->imagepr = imagepr;
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	if (!ScCore->PDFXProfiles.contains(tp3))
 		tp3 = currentDoc->cmsSettings().DefaultPrinterProfile;
 	PyObject *printprofc = nullptr;
-	printprofc = PyString_FromString(tp3.toLatin1());
+	printprofc = PyUnicode_FromString(tp3.toUtf8());
 	if (printprofc){
 		Py_DECREF(self->printprofc);
 		self->printprofc = printprofc;
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	}
 	QString tinfo = pdfOptions.Info;
 	PyObject *info = nullptr;
-	info = PyString_FromString(tinfo.toLatin1());
+	info = PyUnicode_FromString(tinfo.toUtf8());
 	if (info){
 		Py_DECREF(self->info);
 		self->info = info;
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	self->mirrorV = pdfOptions.MirrorV; // bool
 	self->doClip = pdfOptions.doClip; // bool
 	PyObject *rotateDeg = nullptr;
-	rotateDeg = PyInt_FromLong(0);
+	rotateDeg = PyLong_FromLong(0);
 	if (rotateDeg){
 		Py_DECREF(self->rotateDeg);
 		self->rotateDeg = rotateDeg;
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static int PDFfile_init(PDFfile *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	self->fitWindow = pdfOptions.fitWindow; // bool
 
 	PyObject *openAction = nullptr;
-	openAction = PyString_FromString(pdfOptions.openAction.toLatin1().data());
+	openAction = PyUnicode_FromString(pdfOptions.openAction.toUtf8().data());
 	if (openAction){
 		Py_DECREF(self->openAction);
 		self->openAction = openAction;
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setfile(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'file' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'file' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -773,11 +773,11 @@ static int PDFfile_setFontEmbeddingMode(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'fontEmbedding' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyInt_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyLong_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'fontEmbedding' attribute value must be integer.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	int n = PyInt_AsLong(value);
+	int n = PyLong_AsLong(value);
 	if (n < 0 || n > 2) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "'fontEmbedding' value must be an integer between 0 and 2");
 		return -1;
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setfonts(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 	int n;
 	n = PyList_Size(value);
 	for (int i=0; i<n; ++i)
-		if (!PyString_Check(PyList_GetItem(value, i))) {
+		if (!PyUnicode_Check(PyList_GetItem(value, i))) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'fonts' list must contain only strings.");
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setSubsetList(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closur
 	int n;
 	n = PyList_Size(value);
 	for (int i=0; i<n; ++i)
-		if (!PyString_Check(PyList_GetItem(value, i))) {
+		if (!PyUnicode_Check(PyList_GetItem(value, i))) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'subsetList' list must contain only strings.");
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -873,11 +873,11 @@ static int PDFfile_setpages(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 		// I did not check if tmp is nullptr
 		// how can PyList_GetItem fail in this case (my guess: short of available memory?)
 		// Also do I need Py_INCREF or Py_DECREF here?
-		if (!PyInt_Check(tmp)){
+		if (!PyLong_Check(tmp)){
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'pages' list must contain only integers.");
 			return -1;
 		}
-		if (PyInt_AsLong(tmp) > static_cast<int>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Pages->count()) || PyInt_AsLong(tmp) < 1) {
+		if (PyLong_AsLong(tmp) > static_cast<int>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Pages->count()) || PyLong_AsLong(tmp) < 1) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "'pages' value out of range.");
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -901,11 +901,11 @@ static int PDFfile_setresolution(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closur
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'resolution' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyInt_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyLong_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'resolution' attribute value must be integer.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	int n = PyInt_AsLong(value);
+	int n = PyLong_AsLong(value);
 	if (n<35 || n>4000) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "'resolution' value must be in interval from 35 to 4000");
 		return -1;
@@ -928,12 +928,12 @@ static int PDFfile_setdownsample(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closur
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'downsample' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyInt_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyLong_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'downsample' attribute value must be integer.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	int n = PyInt_AsLong(value);
-	if (n!=0 && (n<35 || n>PyInt_AsLong(self->resolution))) {
+	int n = PyLong_AsLong(value);
+	if (n!=0 && (n < 35 || n > PyLong_AsLong(self->resolution))) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'downsample' value must be 0 or in interval from 35 to value of 'resolution'");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ static int PDFfile_seteffval(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 			return -1;
 		}
 		for ( --j; j > -1; --j) {
-			if (!PyInt_Check(PyList_GetItem(tmp, j))) {
+			if (!PyLong_Check(PyList_GetItem(tmp, j))) {
 				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "innermost element of 'effval' must be integers.");
 				return -1;
 			}
@@ -1005,21 +1005,21 @@ static int PDFfile_setlpival(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 	for (int i=0; i<n; ++i) {
 		PyObject *tmp = PyList_GetItem(value, i);
 		if (!PyList_Check(tmp)) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "elemets of 'lpival' must be list of five integers.");
+			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "elements of 'lpival' must be list of five integers.");
 			return -1;
 		}
 		int j = PyList_Size(tmp);
 		if (j != 4) {
-			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "elemets of 'lpival' must have exactly four members.");
+			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "elements of 'lpival' must have exactly four members.");
 			return -1;
 		}
 		for ( --j; j > 0; --j) {
-			if (!PyInt_Check(PyList_GetItem(tmp, j))) {
+			if (!PyLong_Check(PyList_GetItem(tmp, j))) {
 				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'lpival'elements must have structure [siii]");
 				return -1;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!PyString_Check(PyList_GetItem(tmp, 0))) {
+		if (!PyUnicode_Check(PyList_GetItem(tmp, 0))) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'lpival'elements must have structure [siii]");
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setowner(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'owner' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'owner' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setuser(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'user' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'user' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setsolidpr(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'solidpr' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'solidpr' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setimagepr(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'imagepr' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'imagepr' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setprintprofc(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closur
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'printprofc' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'printprofc' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setinfo(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'info' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'info' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1174,11 +1174,11 @@ static int PDFfile_setRotateDeg(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'rotateDeg' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyInt_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyLong_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'rotateDeg' attribute value must be integer.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	int n = PyInt_AsLong(value);
+	int n = PyLong_AsLong(value);
 	if (n!=0 && n!=90 && n!=180 && n!=270) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'rotateDeg' value must be 0 or 90 or 180 or 270");
 		return -1;
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ static int PDFfile_setopenAction(PDFfile *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closur
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'openAction' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'openAction' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -1275,10 +1275,10 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 // apply fonts attribute
 	pdfOptions.EmbedList.clear();
 	int n = PyList_Size(self->fonts);
-	for ( int i=0; i<n; ++i)
+	for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
 	{
 		QString tmpFon;
-		tmpFon = QString(PyString_AsString(PyList_GetItem(self->fonts, i)));
+		tmpFon = PyUnicode_asQString(PyList_GetItem(self->fonts, i));
 		pdfOptions.EmbedList.append(tmpFon);
 	}
 // apply SubsetList attribute
@@ -1287,11 +1287,11 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 	for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
 	{
 		QString tmpFon;
-		tmpFon = QString(PyString_AsString(PyList_GetItem(self->subsetList, i)));
+		tmpFon = PyUnicode_asQString(PyList_GetItem(self->subsetList, i));
 		pdfOptions.SubsetList.append(tmpFon);
 	}
 // apply font embedding mode
-	pdfOptions.FontEmbedding = (PDFOptions::PDFFontEmbedding) PyInt_AsLong(self->fontEmbedding);
+	pdfOptions.FontEmbedding = (PDFOptions::PDFFontEmbedding) PyLong_AsLong(self->fontEmbedding);
 	if (pdfOptions.Version == PDFOptions::PDFVersion_X1a ||
 	    pdfOptions.Version == PDFOptions::PDFVersion_X3 ||
 	    pdfOptions.Version == PDFOptions::PDFVersion_X4)
@@ -1326,13 +1326,13 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 	}
 // apply file attribute
 	QString fn;
-	fn = QString(PyString_AsString(self->file));
+	fn = PyUnicode_asQString(self->file);
 	pdfOptions.fileName = fn;
 // apply pages attribute
 	std::vector<int> pageNs;
-	int nn=PyList_Size(self->pages);
+	int nn = PyList_Size(self->pages);
 	for (int i = 0; i < nn; ++i) {
-		pageNs.push_back((int)PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(self->pages, i)));
+		pageNs.push_back((int) PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(self->pages, i)));
 	}
 // apply thumbnails attribute
 	pdfOptions.Thumbnails = self->thumbnails;
@@ -1358,11 +1358,11 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 	self->quality = minmaxi(self->quality, 0, 4);
 	pdfOptions.Quality = self->quality;
 // apply resolusion attribute
-	pdfOptions.Resolution = PyInt_AsLong(self->resolution);
+	pdfOptions.Resolution = PyLong_AsLong(self->resolution);
 // apply downsample attribute
-	pdfOptions.RecalcPic = PyInt_AsLong(self->downsample);
+	pdfOptions.RecalcPic = PyLong_AsLong(self->downsample);
 	if (pdfOptions.RecalcPic)
-		pdfOptions.PicRes = PyInt_AsLong(self->downsample);
+		pdfOptions.PicRes = PyLong_AsLong(self->downsample);
 	else
 		pdfOptions.PicRes = pdfOptions.Resolution;
 // apply bookmarks attribute
@@ -1379,13 +1379,13 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 		PyObject *ti = PyList_GetItem(self->effval, i);
 		if (!ti)
 			continue;
-		// Do I Need to check if every PyInt_AsLong and PyList_GetItem funtion succeed???
-		t.pageEffectDuration = PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 0));
-		t.pageViewDuration = PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 1));
-		t.effectType = PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 2));
-		t.Dm = PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 3));
-		t.M = PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 4));
-		t.Di = PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 5));
+		// Do I Need to check if every PyLong_AsLong and PyList_GetItem funtion succeed???
+		t.pageEffectDuration = PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 0));
+		t.pageViewDuration = PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 1));
+		t.effectType = PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 2));
+		t.Dm = PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 3));
+		t.M = PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 4));
+		t.Di = PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(ti, 5));
 		//	PresentVals.append(t);
 	}
 
@@ -1404,11 +1404,10 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 //			return nullptr;
 //		}
 //		pdfOptions.LPISettings[QString(s)]=lpi;
-		QString st;
-		st = QString(PyString_AsString(PyList_GetItem(t,0)));
-		lpi.Frequency = PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(t, 1));
-		lpi.Angle = PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(t, 2));
-		lpi.SpotFunc = PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(t, 3));
+		QString st = PyUnicode_asQString(PyList_GetItem(t, 0));
+		lpi.Frequency = PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(t, 1));
+		lpi.Angle = PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(t, 2));
+		lpi.SpotFunc = PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(t, 3));
 		pdfOptions.LPISettings[st] = lpi;
 	}
 
@@ -1432,8 +1431,8 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 		if (self->allowAnnots)
 			Perm += 32;
 		pdfOptions.Permissions = Perm;
-		pdfOptions.PassOwner = QString(PyString_AsString(self->owner));
-		pdfOptions.PassUser = QString(PyString_AsString(self->user));
+		pdfOptions.PassOwner = PyUnicode_asQString(self->owner);
+		pdfOptions.PassUser = PyUnicode_asQString(self->user);
 	}
 	if (self->outdst == 0)
 	{
@@ -1453,9 +1452,9 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 			self->intenti = minmaxi(self->intenti, 0, 3);
 			pdfOptions.Intent2 = self->intenti;
 			pdfOptions.EmbeddedI = self->noembicc;
-			pdfOptions.SolidProf = PyString_AsString(self->solidpr);
-			pdfOptions.ImageProf = PyString_AsString(self->imagepr);
-			pdfOptions.PrintProf = PyString_AsString(self->printprofc);
+			pdfOptions.SolidProf = PyUnicode_asQString(self->solidpr);
+			pdfOptions.ImageProf = PyUnicode_asQString(self->imagepr);
+			pdfOptions.PrintProf = PyUnicode_asQString(self->printprofc);
 			if (pdfOptions.Version == PDFOptions::PDFVersion_X1a ||
 				pdfOptions.Version == PDFOptions::PDFVersion_X3 ||
 				pdfOptions.Version == PDFOptions::PDFVersion_X4)
@@ -1469,7 +1468,7 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 					Components = 4;
 				if (profile.colorSpace() == ColorSpace_Cmy)
 					Components = 3;
-				pdfOptions.Info = PyString_AsString(self->info);
+				pdfOptions.Info = PyUnicode_asQString(self->info);
 				pdfOptions.Encrypt = false;
 				pdfOptions.PresentMode = false;
 			}
@@ -1512,7 +1511,7 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 	pdfOptions.MirrorH = self->mirrorH;
 	pdfOptions.MirrorV = self->mirrorV;
 	pdfOptions.doClip = self->doClip;
-	pdfOptions.RotateDeg = PyInt_AsLong(self->rotateDeg);
+	pdfOptions.RotateDeg = PyLong_AsLong(self->rotateDeg);
 	pdfOptions.isGrayscale = self->isGrayscale;
 	pdfOptions.PageLayout = minmaxi(self->pageLayout, 0, 3);
 	pdfOptions.displayBookmarks = self->displayBookmarks;
@@ -1522,7 +1521,7 @@ static PyObject *PDFfile_save(PDFfile *self)
 	pdfOptions.hideToolBar = self->hideToolBar;
 	pdfOptions.hideMenuBar = self->hideMenuBar;
 	pdfOptions.fitWindow = self->fitWindow;
-	pdfOptions.openAction = QString(PyString_AsString(self->openAction));
+	pdfOptions.openAction = PyUnicode_asQString(self->openAction);
 	pdfOptions.firstUse = false;
 
 	QString errorMessage;
@@ -1548,8 +1547,7 @@ static PyMethodDef PDFfile_methods[] = {
 };
 
 PyTypeObject PDFfile_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(nullptr) // PyObject_VAR_HEAD
-	0,		      //
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(nullptr, 0) // PyObject_VAR_HEAD	      //
 	const_cast<char*>("scribus.PDFfile"), // char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
 	sizeof(PDFfile),     // int tp_basicsize, /* For allocation */
 	0,		    // int tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */
@@ -1624,6 +1622,8 @@ PyTypeObject PDFfile_Type = {
 	nullptr, //     PyObject *tp_subclasses;
 	nullptr, //     PyObject *tp_weaklist;
 	nullptr, //     destructor tp_del;
+	0, //	 unsigned int tp_version_tag;
+	0, //	 destructor tp_finalize;
 
 #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
 	/* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objprinter.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objprinter.cpp
index 2be51b3..3219f77 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objprinter.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/objprinter.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static void Printer_dealloc(Printer* self)
 	Py_XDECREF(self->cmd);
 	Py_XDECREF(self->pages);
 	Py_XDECREF(self->separation);
-	self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject *)self);
+	Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free((PyObject *)self);
 }
 
 static PyObject * Printer_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
@@ -78,19 +78,19 @@ static PyObject * Printer_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 // set printer attribute
-		self->printer = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->printer = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (self->printer == nullptr){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 // set file attribute
-		self->file = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->file = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (self->file == nullptr){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 // set cmd attribute
-		self->cmd = PyString_FromString("");
+		self->cmd = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 		if (self->cmd == nullptr){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static PyObject * Printer_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 // set separation attribute
-		self->separation = PyString_FromString("No");
+		self->separation = PyUnicode_FromString("No");
 		if (self->separation == nullptr){
 			Py_DECREF(self);
 			return nullptr;
@@ -143,18 +143,18 @@ static int Printer_init(Printer *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 		QString prn = printers[i];
 		if (prn.isEmpty())
 			continue;
-		PyObject *tmppr = PyString_FromString(prn.toLocal8Bit().constData());
+		PyObject *tmppr = PyUnicode_FromString(prn.toUtf8().constData());
 		if (tmppr){
 			PyList_Append(self->allPrinters, tmppr);
 			Py_DECREF(tmppr);
 		}
 	}
-	PyObject *tmp2 = PyString_FromString("File");
+	PyObject *tmp2 = PyUnicode_FromString("File");
 	PyList_Append(self->allPrinters, tmp2);
 	Py_DECREF(tmp2);
 // as defaut set to print into file
 	PyObject *printer = nullptr;
-	printer = PyString_FromString("File");
+	printer = PyUnicode_FromString("File");
 	if (printer){
 		Py_DECREF(self->printer);
 		self->printer = printer;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static int Printer_init(Printer *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 		tf = fi.path()+"/"+fi.baseName()+".pdf";
 	}
 	PyObject *file = nullptr;
-	file = PyString_FromString(tf.toLatin1());
+	file = PyUnicode_FromString(tf.toUtf8());
 	if (file){
 		Py_DECREF(self->file);
 		self->file = file;
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static int Printer_init(Printer *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	}
 // alternative printer commands default to ""
 	PyObject *cmd = nullptr;
-	cmd = PyString_FromString("");
+	cmd = PyUnicode_FromString("");
 	if (cmd){
 		Py_DECREF(self->cmd);
 		self->cmd = cmd;
@@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ static int Printer_init(Printer *self, PyObject * /*args*/, PyObject * /*kwds*/)
 	}
 	for (int i = 0; i<num; i++) {
 		PyObject *tmp=nullptr;
-		tmp = PyInt_FromLong((long)i+1L); // instead of 1 put here first page number
+		tmp = PyLong_FromLong((long)i+1L); // instead of 1 put here first page number
 		if (tmp)
 			PyList_SetItem(self->pages, i, tmp);
 	}
 // do not print separation
 	PyObject *separation = nullptr;
-	separation = PyString_FromString("No");
+	separation = PyUnicode_FromString("No");
 	if (separation){
 		Py_DECREF(self->separation);
 		self->separation = separation;
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static int Printer_setprinter(Printer *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'printer' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'printer' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static int Printer_setfile(Printer *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'file' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'file' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int Printer_setcmd(Printer *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'cmd' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'cmd' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -339,11 +339,11 @@ static int Printer_setpages(Printer *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closure*/)
 	int len = PyList_Size(value);
 	for (int i = 0; i<len; i++){
 		PyObject *tmp = PyList_GetItem(value, i);
-		if (!PyInt_Check(tmp)){
+		if (!PyLong_Check(tmp)){
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "'pages' attribute must be list containing only integers.");
 			return -1;
 		}
-		if (PyInt_AsLong(tmp) > static_cast<int>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Pages->count()) || PyInt_AsLong(tmp) < 1) {
+		if (PyLong_AsLong(tmp) > static_cast<int>(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->Pages->count()) || PyLong_AsLong(tmp) < 1) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "'pages' value out of range.");
 			return -1;
 		}
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static int Printer_setseparation(Printer *self, PyObject *value, void * /*closur
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Cannot delete 'separation' attribute.");
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (!PyString_Check(value)) {
+	if (!PyUnicode_Check(value)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "The 'separation' attribute value must be string.");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -400,16 +400,16 @@ static PyObject *Printer_print(Printer *self)
 	PSfile = false;
 
 //    ReOrderText(ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc, ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->view);
-	prn = QString(PyString_AsString(self->printer));
-	fna = QString(PyString_AsString(self->file));
-	fil = QString(PyString_AsString(self->printer)) == QString("File");
+	prn = PyUnicode_asQString(self->printer);
+	fna = PyUnicode_asQString(self->file);
+	fil = PyUnicode_asQString(self->printer) == QString("File");
 	std::vector<int> pageNs;
 	PrintOptions options;
 	for (int i = 0; i < PyList_Size(self->pages); ++i) {
-		options.pageNumbers.push_back((int)PyInt_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(self->pages, i)));
+		options.pageNumbers.push_back((int) PyLong_AsLong(PyList_GetItem(self->pages, i)));
 	}
 	int copyCount = (self->copies < 1) ? 1 : self->copies;
-	SepName = QString(PyString_AsString(self->separation));
+	SepName = PyUnicode_asQString(self->separation);
 	options.printer   = prn;
 	options.prnEngine = (PrintEngine) self->pslevel;
 	options.toFile    = fil;
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static PyObject *Printer_print(Printer *self)
 	options.bleeds.set(0, 0, 0, 0);
 	if (!PrinterUtil::checkPrintEngineSupport(options.printer, options.prnEngine, options.toFile))
 		options.prnEngine = PrinterUtil::getDefaultPrintEngine(options.printer, options.toFile);
-	printcomm = QString(PyString_AsString(self->cmd));
+	printcomm = PyUnicode_asQString(self->cmd);
 	QMap<QString, QMap<uint, FPointArray> > ReallyUsed;
 	ReallyUsed.clear();
 	ScCore->primaryMainWindow()->doc->getUsedFonts(ReallyUsed);
@@ -509,8 +509,7 @@ static PyMethodDef Printer_methods[] = {
 };
 
 PyTypeObject Printer_Type = {
-	PyObject_HEAD_INIT(nullptr)   // PyObject_VAR_HEAD
-	0,			 //
+	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(nullptr, 0)   // PyObject_VAR_HEAD	 //
 	const_cast<char*>("scribus.Printer"), // char *tp_name; /* For printing, in format "<module>.<name>" */
 	sizeof(Printer),   // int tp_basicsize, /* For allocation */
 	0,		       // int tp_itemsize; /* For allocation */
@@ -585,6 +584,8 @@ PyTypeObject Printer_Type = {
 	nullptr, //     PyObject *tp_subclasses;
 	nullptr, //     PyObject *tp_weaklist;
 	nullptr, //     destructor tp_del;
+	0, //	 unsigned int tp_version_tag;
+	0, //	 destructor tp_finalize;
 
 #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
 	/* these must be last and never explicitly initialized */
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/3columnA4.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/3columnA4.py
index 2609c72..edf0a38 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/3columnA4.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/3columnA4.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ try:
     # Do so _after_ the 'import scribus' and only import the names you need, such
     # as commonly used constants.
     import scribus
-except ImportError,err:
-    print "This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface."
-    print "It can only be run from within Scribus."
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ("This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.")
+    print ("It can only be run from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 def main(argv):
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 margins = (50, 50, 50, 50)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/3columnUSLTR.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/3columnUSLTR.py
index 0148bac..4e2257b 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/3columnUSLTR.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/3columnUSLTR.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ try:
     # Do so _after_ the 'import scribus' and only import the names you need, such
     # as commonly used constants.
     import scribus
-except ImportError,err:
-    print "This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface."
-    print "It can only be run from within Scribus."
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ("This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.")
+    print ("It can only be run from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 def main(argv):
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 margins = (50, 50, 50, 50)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Calender.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Calender.py
index 2d80546..f09c7e2 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Calender.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Calender.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 import calendar
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/ExtractText.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/ExtractText.py
index 6c0bfab..a17e28b 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/ExtractText.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/ExtractText.py
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ if scribus.haveDoc():
         if textfile == '':
             raise Exception
         exportText(textfile)
-    except Exception, e:
-        print e
+    except Exception as e:
+        print (e)
 
 else:
     scribus.messageBox('Export Error', 'You need a Document open, and a frame selected.', \
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Sample1.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Sample1.py
index 5205543..5ae8302 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Sample1.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/Sample1.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 margins = (10, 10, 10, 30)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/boilerplate.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/boilerplate.py
index 85e3b5b..c9b0c4b 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/boilerplate.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/boilerplate.py
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ try:
     # Do so _after_ the 'import scribus' and only import the names you need, such
     # as commonly used constants.
     import scribus
-except ImportError,err:
-    print "This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface."
-    print "It can only be run from within Scribus."
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ("This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.")
+    print ("It can only be run from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 #########################
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/golden-mean.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/golden-mean.py
index 4b7fc8b..2f15579 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/golden-mean.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/golden-mean.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 from math import sqrt
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/legende.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/legende.py
index 933bc7b..d8c1337 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/legende.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/legende.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 import os
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/moins_10_pourcent_group.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/moins_10_pourcent_group.py
index c1ee6ef..4306eb9 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/moins_10_pourcent_group.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/moins_10_pourcent_group.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 if haveDoc() and selectionCount():
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/plus_10_pourcent_group.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/plus_10_pourcent_group.py
index 36d174e..018e0ba 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/plus_10_pourcent_group.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/plus_10_pourcent_group.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 if haveDoc() and selectionCount():
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/pochette_cd.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/pochette_cd.py
index 0b8700c..e098545 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/pochette_cd.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/pochette_cd.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 margins = (0, 0, 0, 0)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/quote.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/quote.py
index aee0337..ab69823 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/quote.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/quote.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 import re
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/sample_db_usage.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/sample_db_usage.py
index 3449015..1b3239b 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/sample_db_usage.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/sample_db_usage.py
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ import sys
 try:
     import scribus
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 try:
     import MySQLdb
 except ImportError:
-    print "You must have 'MySQLdb' installed."
+    print ("You must have 'MySQLdb' installed.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/trait_de_coupe.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/trait_de_coupe.py
index 12ad789..e8d5254 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/trait_de_coupe.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/trait_de_coupe.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 def main():
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/wordcount.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/wordcount.py
index de372d6..e7ffa13 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/wordcount.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/samples/wordcount.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 import re
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptercore.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptercore.cpp
index b94f614..f5ba63c 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptercore.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptercore.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ for which a new license (GPL+exception) is in place.
 #include <QPixmap>
 #include <cstdlib>
 
+#include "cmdutil.h"
 #include "runscriptdialog.h"
 #include "ui/helpbrowser.h"
 #include "ui/marksmanager.h"
@@ -259,20 +260,20 @@ void ScripterCore::slotRunScriptFile(const QString& fileName, QStringList argume
 		global_state = PyThreadState_Get();
 		state = Py_NewInterpreter();
 		// Init the scripter module in the sub-interpreter
-		initscribus(ScCore->primaryMainWindow());
+		//initscribus(ScCore->primaryMainWindow());
 	}
 
 	// Make sure sys.argv[0] is the path to the script
 	arguments.prepend(na.data());
 	//convert arguments (QListString) to char** for Python bridge
 	/* typically arguments == ['path/to/script.py','--argument1','valueforarg1','--flag']*/
-	char **comm = new char*[arguments.size()];
+	wchar_t **comm = new wchar_t*[arguments.size()];
 	for (int i = 0; i < arguments.size(); i++)
 	{
-		QByteArray localStr = arguments.at(i).toLocal8Bit();
-		comm[i] = new char[localStr.size() + 1]; //+1 to allow adding '\0'. may be useless, don't know how to check.
-		comm[i][localStr.size()] = 0;
-		strncpy(comm[i], localStr.data(), localStr.size());
+		const QString& argStr = arguments.at(i);
+		comm[i] = new wchar_t[argStr.size() + 1]; //+1 to allow adding '\0'. may be useless, don't know how to check.
+		comm[i][argStr.size()] = 0;
+		argStr.toWCharArray(comm[i]);
 	}
 	PySys_SetArgv(arguments.size(), comm);
 
@@ -294,7 +295,7 @@ void ScripterCore::slotRunScriptFile(const QString& fileName, QStringList argume
 		// Build the Python code to run the script
 		//QString cm = QString("from __future__ import division\n"); removed due #5252 PV
 		QString cm = QString("import sys\n");
-		cm        += QString("import cStringIO\n");
+		cm        += QString("import io\n");
 		/* Implementation of the help() in pydoc.py reads some OS variables
 		 * for output settings. I use ugly hack to stop freezing calling help()
 		 * in script. pv. */
@@ -302,7 +303,7 @@ void ScripterCore::slotRunScriptFile(const QString& fileName, QStringList argume
 		cm        += QString("sys.path[0] = \"%1\"\n").arg(escapedAbsPath);
 		// Replace sys.stdin with a dummy StringIO that always returns
 		// "" for read
-		cm        += QString("sys.stdin = cStringIO.StringIO()\n");
+		cm        += QString("sys.stdin = io.StringIO()\n");
 		// tell the script if it's running in the main intepreter or a subinterpreter
 		cm        += QString("import scribus\n");
 		if (inMainInterpreter)
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@ void ScripterCore::slotRunScriptFile(const QString& fileName, QStringList argume
 		else
 			cm+= QString("scribus.mainInterpreter = False\n");
 		cm        += QString("try:\n");
-		cm        += QString("    execfile(\"%1\")\n").arg(escapedFileName);
+		cm        += QString("    exec(open(\"%1\", \"rb\").read())\n").arg(escapedFileName);
 		cm        += QString("except SystemExit:\n");
 		cm        += QString("    pass\n");
 		// Capture the text of any other exception that's raised by the interpreter
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ void ScripterCore::slotRunScriptFile(const QString& fileName, QStringList argume
 			}
 			else if (ScCore->usingGUI())
 			{
-				QString errorMsg = PyString_AsString(errorMsgPyStr);
+				QString errorMsg = PyUnicode_asQString(errorMsgPyStr);
 				// Display a dialog to the user with the exception
 				QClipboard *cp = QApplication::clipboard();
 				cp->setText(errorMsg);
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ void ScripterCore::slotRunScript(const QString& Script)
 	cm = "# -*- coding: utf8 -*- \n";
 	if (PyThreadState_Get() != nullptr)
 	{
-		initscribus(ScCore->primaryMainWindow());
+		//initscribus(ScCore->primaryMainWindow());
 		/* HACK: following loop handles all input line by line.
 		It *should* use I.C. because of docstrings etc. I.I. cannot
 		handle docstrings right.
@@ -411,8 +412,8 @@ void ScripterCore::slotRunScript(const QString& Script)
 		works fine in plain Python. Not here. WTF? */
 		cm += (
 				"try:\n"
-				"    import cStringIO\n"
-				"    scribus._bu = cStringIO.StringIO()\n"
+				"    import io\n"
+				"    scribus._bu = io.StringIO()\n"
 				"    sys.stdout = scribus._bu\n"
 				"    sys.stderr = scribus._bu\n"
 				"    sys.argv = ['scribus']\n" // this is the PySys_SetArgv replacement
@@ -423,9 +424,9 @@ void ScripterCore::slotRunScript(const QString& Script)
 				"    sys.stdout = sys.__stdout__\n"
 				"    sys.stderr = sys.__stderr__\n"
 				"except SystemExit:\n"
-				"    print 'Catched SystemExit - it is not good for Scribus'\n"
+				"    print ('Catched SystemExit - it is not good for Scribus')\n"
 				"except KeyboardInterrupt:\n"
-				"    print 'Catched KeyboardInterrupt - it is not good for Scribus'\n"
+				"    print ('Catched KeyboardInterrupt - it is not good for Scribus')\n"
 			  );
 	}
 	// Set up sys.argv
@@ -602,8 +603,8 @@ bool ScripterCore::setupMainInterpreter()
 		"import sys\n"
 		"import code\n"
 		"sys.path.insert(0, \"%1\")\n"
-		"import cStringIO\n"
-		"sys.stdin = cStringIO.StringIO()\n"
+		"import io\n"
+		"sys.stdin = io.StringIO()\n"
 		"scribus._ia = code.InteractiveConsole(globals())\n"
 		).arg(ScPaths::instance().scriptDir());
 	if (m_importAllNames)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptplugin.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptplugin.cpp
index 31a1c07..0f9bd1f 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptplugin.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scriptplugin.cpp
@@ -166,20 +166,20 @@ bool ScriptPlugin::initPlugin()
 	if (QDir(pyHome).exists())
 	{
 		QString ph = QDir::toNativeSeparators(pyHome);
-		pythonHome = ph.toLocal8Bit();
-		Py_SetPythonHome(pythonHome.data());
+		pythonHome.resize(2 * ph.length() + 2);
+		memcpy(pythonHome.data(), ph.utf16(), 2 * ph.length() + 2);
+		Py_SetPythonHome((const wchar_t*) pythonHome.constData());
 	}
 #endif
-	Py_Initialize();
-	if (PyUnicode_SetDefaultEncoding("utf-8"))
-	{
-		qDebug("Failed to set default encoding to utf-8.\n");
-		PyErr_Clear();
-	}
 
 	scripterCore = new ScripterCore(ScCore->primaryMainWindow());
 	Q_CHECK_PTR(scripterCore);
-	initscribus(ScCore->primaryMainWindow());
+
+	PyImport_AppendInittab("scribus", &PyInit_scribus);
+	Py_Initialize();
+
+	//initscribus(ScCore->primaryMainWindow());
+	
 #ifdef HAVE_SCRIPTER2
 	scripter2_init();
 #endif
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void run()
 /*static */PyObject *scribus_retval(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args)
 {
 	char *Name = nullptr;
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char*)"s", &Name))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, (char*) "s", &Name))
 		return nullptr;
 	// Because sysdefaultencoding is not utf-8, Python is returning utf-8 encoded
 	// 8-bit char* strings. Make sure Qt understands that the input is utf-8 not
@@ -238,12 +238,12 @@ void run()
 	/*RetString = QString::fromUtf8(Name);
 	RetVal = retV;*/
 	scripterCore->returnString = QString::fromUtf8(Name);
-	return PyInt_FromLong(0L);
+	return PyLong_FromLong(0L);
 }
 
 /*static */PyObject *scribus_getval(PyObject* /*self*/)
 {
-	return PyString_FromString(scripterCore->inValue.toUtf8().data());
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(scripterCore->inValue.toUtf8().data());
 }
 
 /*! \brief Translate a docstring. Small helper function for use with the
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ PyMethodDef scribus_methods[] = {
 	{const_cast<char*>("createRect"), scribus_newrect, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_newrect__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("createText"), scribus_newtext, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_newtext__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("createTable"), scribus_newtable, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_newtable__doc__)},
-	{const_cast<char*>("createParagraphStyle"), (PyCFunction)scribus_createparagraphstyle, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_createparagraphstyle__doc__)},
-	{const_cast<char*>("createCharStyle"), (PyCFunction)scribus_createcharstyle, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_createcharstyle__doc__)},
+	{const_cast<char*>("createParagraphStyle"), (PyCFunction)scribus_createparagraphstyle, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_createparagraphstyle__doc__)},
+	{const_cast<char*>("createCharStyle"), (PyCFunction)scribus_createcharstyle, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_createcharstyle__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("createCustomLineStyle"), scribus_createcustomlinestyle, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_createcustomlinestyle__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("currentPage"), (PyCFunction)scribus_actualpage, METH_NOARGS, tr(scribus_actualpage__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("defineColor"), scribus_newcolor, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_newcolor__doc__)},
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ PyMethodDef scribus_methods[] = {
 	{const_cast<char*>("redrawAll"), (PyCFunction)scribus_redraw, METH_NOARGS, tr(scribus_redraw__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("removeTableRows"), scribus_removetablerows, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_removetablerows__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("removeTableColumns"), scribus_removetablecolumns, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_removetablecolumns__doc__)},
-	{const_cast<char*>("renderFont"), (PyCFunction)scribus_renderfont, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_renderfont__doc__)},
+	{const_cast<char*>("renderFont"), (PyCFunction)scribus_renderfont, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_renderfont__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("replaceColor"), scribus_replcolor, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_replcolor__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("resizeTableColumn"), scribus_resizetablecolumn, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_resizetablecolumn__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("resizeTableRow"), scribus_resizetablerow, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_resizetablerow__doc__)},
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ PyMethodDef scribus_methods[] = {
 	{const_cast<char*>("dehyphenateText"), scribus_dehyphenatetext, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_dehyphenatetext__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("scrollDocument"), scribus_scrolldocument, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_scrolldocument__doc__) },
 	{const_cast<char*>("setScaleFrameToImage"), (PyCFunction)scribus_setscaleframetoimage, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_setscaleframetoimage__doc__)},
-	{const_cast<char*>("setScaleImageToFrame"), (PyCFunction)scribus_setscaleimagetoframe, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_setscaleimagetoframe__doc__)},
+	{const_cast<char*>("setScaleImageToFrame"), (PyCFunction)scribus_setscaleimagetoframe, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_setscaleimagetoframe__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("setStyle"), scribus_setstyle, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_setstyle__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("setCharacterStyle"), scribus_setcharstyle, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_setcharstyle__doc__) },
 	{const_cast<char*>("setTableStyle"), scribus_settablestyle, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_settablestyle__doc__)},
@@ -560,19 +560,19 @@ PyMethodDef scribus_methods[] = {
 	{const_cast<char*>("sizeObject"), scribus_sizeobjabs, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_sizeobjabs__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("statusMessage"), scribus_messagebartext, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_messagebartext__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("textFlowMode"), scribus_textflow, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_textflow__doc__)},
-	{const_cast<char*>("textOverflows"), (PyCFunction)scribus_istextoverflowing, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_istextoverflowing__doc__) },
+	{const_cast<char*>("textOverflows"), (PyCFunction)scribus_istextoverflowing, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_istextoverflowing__doc__) },
 	{const_cast<char*>("traceText"), scribus_tracetext, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_tracetext__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("unGroupObject"), scribus_ungroupobj, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_ungroupobj__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("unlinkTextFrames"), scribus_unlinktextframes, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_unlinktextframes__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("valueDialog"), scribus_valdialog, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_valdialog__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("zoomDocument"), scribus_zoomdocument, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_zoomdocument__doc__)},
 	// Property magic
-	{const_cast<char*>("getPropertyCType"), (PyCFunction)scribus_propertyctype, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_propertyctype__doc__)},
-	{const_cast<char*>("getPropertyNames"), (PyCFunction)scribus_getpropertynames, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_getpropertynames__doc__)},
-	{const_cast<char*>("getProperty"), (PyCFunction)scribus_getproperty, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_getproperty__doc__)},
-	{const_cast<char*>("setProperty"), (PyCFunction)scribus_setproperty, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_setproperty__doc__)},
-// 	{const_cast<char*>("getChildren"), (PyCFunction)scribus_getchildren, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_getchildren__doc__)},
-// 	{const_cast<char*>("getChild"), (PyCFunction)scribus_getchild, METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_getchild__doc__)},
+	{const_cast<char*>("getPropertyCType"), (PyCFunction)scribus_propertyctype, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_propertyctype__doc__)},
+	{const_cast<char*>("getPropertyNames"), (PyCFunction)scribus_getpropertynames, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_getpropertynames__doc__)},
+	{const_cast<char*>("getProperty"), (PyCFunction)scribus_getproperty, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_getproperty__doc__)},
+	{const_cast<char*>("setProperty"), (PyCFunction)scribus_setproperty, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_setproperty__doc__)},
+// 	{const_cast<char*>("getChildren"), (PyCFunction)scribus_getchildren, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_getchildren__doc__)},
+// 	{const_cast<char*>("getChild"), (PyCFunction)scribus_getchild, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, tr(scribus_getchild__doc__)},
 	// by Christian Hausknecht
 	{const_cast<char*>("duplicateObject"), scribus_duplicateobject, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_duplicateobject__doc__)},
 	{const_cast<char*>("copyObject"), scribus_copyobject, METH_VARARGS, tr(scribus_copyobject__doc__)},
@@ -593,6 +593,36 @@ PyMethodDef scribus_methods[] = {
 	{nullptr, (PyCFunction)(nullptr), 0, nullptr} /* sentinel */
 };
 
+struct scribus_module_state
+{
+    PyObject *error;
+};
+#define GETSTATE(m) ((struct scribus_module_state*) PyModule_GetState(m))
+
+static int scribus_extension_traverse(PyObject *m, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+	Py_VISIT(GETSTATE(m)->error);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int scribus_extension_clear(PyObject *m)
+{
+	Py_CLEAR(GETSTATE(m)->error);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct PyModuleDef scribus_module_def = {
+        PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
+        "scribus",
+        NULL,
+        sizeof(struct scribus_module_state),
+        scribus_methods,
+        NULL,
+        scribus_extension_traverse,
+        scribus_extension_clear,
+        NULL
+};
+
 void initscribus_failed(const char* fileName, int lineNo)
 {
 	qDebug("Scripter setup failed (%s:%i)", fileName, lineNo);
@@ -600,68 +630,78 @@ void initscribus_failed(const char* fileName, int lineNo)
 		PyErr_Print();
 }
 
-void initscribus(ScribusMainWindow *mainWin)
+PyObject* PyInit_scribus(void)
 {
+	ScribusMainWindow* mainWin = ScCore->primaryMainWindow();
 	if (!scripterCore)
 	{
 		qWarning("scriptplugin: Tried to init scribus module, but no scripter core. Aborting.");
-		return;
+		return nullptr;
 	}
+
+	int result;
 	PyObject *m, *d;
-	PyImport_AddModule((char*)"scribus");
 
 	PyType_Ready(&Printer_Type);
 	PyType_Ready(&PDFfile_Type);
 	PyType_Ready(&ImageExport_Type);
-	m = Py_InitModule((char*)"scribus", scribus_methods);
+
+	m = PyModule_Create(&scribus_module_def);
+
 	Py_INCREF(&Printer_Type);
-	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*)"Printer", (PyObject *) &Printer_Type);
+	result = PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*) "Printer", (PyObject *) &Printer_Type);
+	if (result != 0)
+		qDebug("scriptplugin: Could not create scribus.Printer module");
 	Py_INCREF(&PDFfile_Type);
-	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*)"PDFfile", (PyObject *) &PDFfile_Type);
+	result = PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*) "PDFfile", (PyObject *) &PDFfile_Type);
+	if (result != 0)
+		qDebug("scriptplugin: Could not create scribus.PDFfile module");
 	Py_INCREF(&ImageExport_Type);
-	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*)"ImageExport", (PyObject *) &ImageExport_Type);
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*) "ImageExport", (PyObject *) &ImageExport_Type);
+	if (result != 0)
+		qDebug("scriptplugin: Could not create scribus.ImageExport module");
 	d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
 
 	// Set up the module exceptions
 	// common exc.
-	ScribusException = PyErr_NewException((char*)"scribus.ScribusException", nullptr, nullptr);
+	ScribusException = PyErr_NewException((char*) "scribus.ScribusException", nullptr, nullptr);
 	Py_INCREF(ScribusException);
-	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*)"ScribusException", ScribusException);
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*) "ScribusException", ScribusException);
 	// no doc open
-	NoDocOpenError = PyErr_NewException((char*)"scribus.NoDocOpenError", ScribusException, nullptr);
+	NoDocOpenError = PyErr_NewException((char*) "scribus.NoDocOpenError", ScribusException, nullptr);
 	Py_INCREF(NoDocOpenError);
-	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*)"NoDocOpenError", NoDocOpenError);
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*) "NoDocOpenError", NoDocOpenError);
 	// wrong type of frame for operation
-	WrongFrameTypeError = PyErr_NewException((char*)"scribus.WrongFrameTypeError", ScribusException, nullptr);
+	WrongFrameTypeError = PyErr_NewException((char*) "scribus.WrongFrameTypeError", ScribusException, nullptr);
 	Py_INCREF(WrongFrameTypeError);
-	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*)"WrongFrameTypeError", WrongFrameTypeError);
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*) "WrongFrameTypeError", WrongFrameTypeError);
 	// Couldn't find named object, or no named object and no selection
-	NoValidObjectError = PyErr_NewException((char*)"scribus.NoValidObjectError", ScribusException, nullptr);
+	NoValidObjectError = PyErr_NewException((char*) "scribus.NoValidObjectError", ScribusException, nullptr);
 	Py_INCREF(NoValidObjectError);
-	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*)"NoValidObjectError", NoValidObjectError);
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*) "NoValidObjectError", NoValidObjectError);
 	// Couldn't find the specified resource - font, color, etc.
-	NotFoundError = PyErr_NewException((char*)"scribus.NotFoundError", ScribusException, nullptr);
+	NotFoundError = PyErr_NewException((char*) "scribus.NotFoundError", ScribusException, nullptr);
 	Py_INCREF(NotFoundError);
-	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*)"NotFoundError", NotFoundError);
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*) "NotFoundError", NotFoundError);
 	// Tried to create an object with the same name as one that already exists
-	NameExistsError = PyErr_NewException((char*)"scribus.NameExistsError", ScribusException, nullptr);
+	NameExistsError = PyErr_NewException((char*) "scribus.NameExistsError", ScribusException, nullptr);
 	Py_INCREF(NameExistsError);
-	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*)"NameExistsError", NameExistsError);
+	PyModule_AddObject(m, (char*) "NameExistsError", NameExistsError);
 	// Done with exception setup
 
 	// CONSTANTS
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_POINTS"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("pt")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_MILLIMETERS"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("mm")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_INCHES"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("in")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_PICAS"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("p")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_CENTIMETRES"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("cm")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_CICERO"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("c")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_PT"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("pt")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_MM"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("mm")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_IN"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("in")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_P"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("p")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_CM"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("cm")));
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_C"), PyInt_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("c")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_POINTS"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("pt")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_MILLIMETERS"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("mm")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_INCHES"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("in")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_PICAS"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("p")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_CENTIMETRES"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("cm")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_CICERO"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("c")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_PT"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("pt")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_MM"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("mm")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_IN"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("in")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_P"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("p")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_CM"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("cm")));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("UNIT_C"), PyLong_FromLong(unitIndexFromString("c")));
 	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("PORTRAIT"), Py_BuildValue(const_cast<char*>("i"), portraitPage));
 	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("LANDSCAPE"), Py_BuildValue(const_cast<char*>("i"), landscapePage));
 	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("NOFACINGPAGES"), Py_BuildValue(const_cast<char*>("i"), 0));
@@ -795,28 +835,28 @@ void initscribus(ScribusMainWindow *mainWin)
 		if (!value)
 		{
 			initscribus_failed(__FILE__, __LINE__);
-			return;
+			return nullptr;
 		}
 		// `in' is a reserved word in Python so we must replace it
 		PyObject* name;
 		if (unitGetUntranslatedStrFromIndex(i) == "in")
-			name = PyString_FromString("inch");
+			name = PyUnicode_FromString("inch");
 		else
-			name = PyString_FromString(unitGetUntranslatedStrFromIndex(i).toLatin1().constData());
+			name = PyUnicode_FromString(unitGetUntranslatedStrFromIndex(i).toUtf8().constData());
 		if (!name)
 		{
 			initscribus_failed(__FILE__, __LINE__);
-			return;
+			return nullptr;
 		}
 		if (PyDict_SetItem(d, name, value))
 		{
 			initscribus_failed(__FILE__, __LINE__);
-			return;
+			return nullptr;
 		}
 	}
 
 	// Export the Scribus version into the module namespace so scripts know what they're running in
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("scribus_version"), PyString_FromString(const_cast<char*>(VERSION)));
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("scribus_version"), PyUnicode_FromString(const_cast<char*>(VERSION)));
 	// Now build a version tuple like that provided by Python in sys.version_info
 	// The tuple is of the form (major, minor, patchlevel, extraversion, reserved)
 	QRegExp version_re("(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)(.*)");
@@ -844,28 +884,20 @@ void initscribus(ScribusMainWindow *mainWin)
 	// the generated Python functions from inside the `scribus' module's context.
 	// This code makes it possible to extend the `scribus' module by running Python code
 	// from C in other ways too.
-	PyObject* builtinModule = PyImport_ImportModuleEx(const_cast<char*>("__builtin__"),
+	PyObject* builtinModule = PyImport_ImportModuleEx(const_cast<char*>("builtins"),
 			d, d, Py_BuildValue(const_cast<char*>("[]")));
 	if (builtinModule == nullptr)
 	{
-		qDebug("Failed to import __builtin__ module. Something is probably broken with your Python.");
-		return;
-	}
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("__builtin__"), builtinModule);
-	PyObject* exceptionsModule = PyImport_ImportModuleEx(const_cast<char*>("exceptions"),
-			d, d, Py_BuildValue(const_cast<char*>("[]")));
-	if (exceptionsModule == nullptr)
-	{
-		qDebug("Failed to import exceptions module. Something is probably broken with your Python.");
-		return;
+		qDebug("Failed to import builtins module. Something is probably broken with your Python.");
+		return nullptr;
 	}
-	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("exceptions"), exceptionsModule);
+	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("builtins"), builtinModule);
 	PyObject* warningsModule = PyImport_ImportModuleEx(const_cast<char*>("warnings"),
 			d, d, Py_BuildValue(const_cast<char*>("[]")));
 	if (warningsModule == nullptr)
 	{
 		qDebug("Failed to import warnings module. Something is probably broken with your Python.");
-		return;
+		return nullptr;
 	}
 	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("warnings"), warningsModule);
 	// Create the module-level docstring. This can be a proper unicode string, unlike
@@ -903,21 +935,11 @@ function's documentation, though as with most Python code this list\n\
 is not exhaustive due to exceptions from called functions.\n\
 ");
 
-	PyObject* docStr = PyString_FromString(docstring.toUtf8().data());
+	PyObject* docStr = PyUnicode_FromString(docstring.toUtf8().data());
 	if (!docStr)
 		qDebug("Failed to create module-level docstring (couldn't make str)");
 	else
-	{
-		PyObject* uniDocStr = PyUnicode_FromEncodedObject(docStr, "utf-8", nullptr);
-		Py_DECREF(docStr);
-		docStr = nullptr;
-		if (!uniDocStr)
-			qDebug("Failed to create module-level docstring object (couldn't make unicode)");
-		else
-			PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("__doc__"), uniDocStr);
-		Py_DECREF(uniDocStr);
-		uniDocStr = nullptr;
-	}
+		PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("__doc__"), docStr);
 
 	// Wrap up pointers to the the QApp and main window and push them out
 	// to Python.
@@ -942,6 +964,8 @@ is not exhaustive due to exceptions from called functions.\n\
 	PyDict_SetItemString(d, const_cast<char*>("mainWindow"), wrappedMainWindow);
 	Py_DECREF(wrappedMainWindow);
 	wrappedMainWindow = nullptr;
+
+	return m;
 }
 
 /*! HACK: this removes "warning: 'blah' defined but not used" compiler warnings
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Align_image_in_frame.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Align_image_in_frame.py
index 8d780fd..1696d91 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Align_image_in_frame.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Align_image_in_frame.py
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Align_an_Image_in_its_Frame
 import scribus
  
 try:
-    from Tkinter import *
-    from tkFont import Font
+    from tkinter import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script requires Python's Tkinter properly installed."
+    print ("This script requires Python's Tkinter properly installed.")
     scribus.messageBox('Script failed',
                'This script requires Python\'s Tkinter properly installed.',
                scribus.ICON_CRITICAL)
@@ -83,8 +82,8 @@ class TkImageAlignmentWizard(Frame):
  
     def alignImage(self):
         if scribus.haveDoc():
-	    restore_units = scribus.getUnit()   # since there is an issue with units other than points,
-	    scribus.setUnit(0)			# we switch to points then restore later.
+            restore_units = scribus.getUnit()   # since there is an issue with units other than points,
+            scribus.setUnit(0)			# we switch to points then restore later.
             nbrSelected = scribus.selectionCount()
             objList = []
             for i in range(nbrSelected):
@@ -124,9 +123,9 @@ class TkImageAlignmentWizard(Frame):
                     scribus.deselectAll()
                 except:
                     nothing = "nothing"
-	    scribus.setUnit(restore_units)
-	    
-	    self.master.destroy()
+            scribus.setUnit(restore_units)
+            
+            self.master.destroy()
  
  
 def main():
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/CalendarWizard.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/CalendarWizard.py
index bf413e8..4a13b75 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/CalendarWizard.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/CalendarWizard.py
@@ -54,16 +54,16 @@ import datetime
 try:
     from scribus import *
 except ImportError:
-    print "This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface."
-    print "It can only be run from within Scribus."
+    print ("This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.")
+    print ("It can only be run from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 try:
     # I wish PyQt installed everywhere :-/
-    from Tkinter import *
-    from tkFont import Font
+    from tkinter import *
+    from tkinter import font
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script requires Python's Tkinter properly installed."
+    print ("This script requires Python's Tkinter properly installed.")
     messageBox('Script failed',
                'This script requires Python\'s Tkinter properly installed.',
                ICON_CRITICAL)
@@ -307,14 +307,14 @@ class ScEventCalendar(ScCalendar):
         ScCalendar.__init__(self, year, months, firstDay, drawSauce, sepMonths, lang)
 
     def printMonth(self, cal, month, week):
-	    """ Print the month name(s) """
-	    if week[6].day < 7:
-		    if (week == cal[len(cal)-1]):
-			    self.createHeader(localization[self.lang][0][month] + self.sepMonths + localization[self.lang][0][(month+1)%12])
-		    elif ((month-1) not in self.months):
-			    self.createHeader(localization[self.lang][0][(month-1)%12] + self.sepMonths + localization[self.lang][0][month])
-	    else:
-		    self.createHeader(localization[self.lang][0][month])
+        """ Print the month name(s) """
+        if week[6].day < 7:
+            if (week == cal[len(cal)-1]):
+                self.createHeader(localization[self.lang][0][month] + self.sepMonths + localization[self.lang][0][(month+1)%12])
+            elif ((month-1) not in self.months):
+                self.createHeader(localization[self.lang][0][(month-1)%12] + self.sepMonths + localization[self.lang][0][month])
+        else:
+            self.createHeader(localization[self.lang][0][month])
 
     def createMonthCalendar(self, month, cal):
         """ Draw one week calendar per page """
@@ -325,12 +325,12 @@ class ScEventCalendar(ScCalendar):
             # * If it starts on the first weekday
             # * If the month before it isn't included
             if (week != cal[0]) or (week[0].day == 1) or ((month-1) not in self.months):
-				self.createLayout()
-				self.printMonth(cal, month, week)
-				self.printWeekNo(week)
+                self.createLayout()
+                self.printMonth(cal, month, week)
+                self.printWeekNo(week)
 
-				for day in week:
-				    self.printDay(day)
+                for day in week:
+                    self.printDay(day)
 
 class ScHorizontalEventCalendar(ScEventCalendar):
     """ One day = one row calendar. I suggest LANDSCAPE orientation.\
@@ -445,11 +445,11 @@ class ScClassicCalendar(ScVerticalCalendar):
                 cel = createText(self.marginl + colCnt * self.colSize,
                                  self.calHeight + rowCnt * self.rowSize,
                                  self.colSize, self.rowSize)
-		setLineColor("Black", cel)  # comment this out if you do not want border to cells
+                setLineColor("Black", cel)  # comment this out if you do not want border to cells
                 colCnt += 1
                 if day.month == month + 1:
-					setText(str(day.day), cel)
-					setStyle(self.pStyleDate, cel)
+                    setText(str(day.day), cel)
+                    setStyle(self.pStyleDate, cel)
             rowCnt += 1
 
 class ScVerticalEventCalendar(ScVerticalCalendar, ScEventCalendar):
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class TkCalendar(Frame):
         self.langScrollbar.config(command=self.langListbox.yview)
 
         keys = localization.keys()
-        keys.sort()
+        sorted(keys)
         for i in keys:
             self.langListbox.insert(END, i)
         self.langButton = Button(self, text='Change language', command=self.languageChange)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Caption.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Caption.py
index 2f1934e..9657728 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Caption.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Caption.py
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ of 24 points. Right and Left caption frames sized to 150 points width and
 try:
     import scribus
 except ImportError:
-    print "Unable to import the 'scribus' module. This script will only run within"
-    print "the Python interpreter embedded in Scribus. Try Script->Execute Script."
+    print ("Unable to import the 'scribus' module. This script will only run within")
+    print ("the Python interpreter embedded in Scribus. Try Script->Execute Script.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 numselect = scribus.selectionCount()
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/ColorChart.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/ColorChart.py
index adb1ff2..b1df6f2 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/ColorChart.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/ColorChart.py
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ try:
     # Do so _after_ the 'import scribus' and only import the names you need, such
     # as commonly used constants.
     import scribus
-except ImportError,err:
-    print "This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface."
-    print "It can only be run from within Scribus."
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ("This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.")
+    print ("It can only be run from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 ####################
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ def prepareDocument():
         y = int(color[3])
         k = int(color[4])
         scribus.defineColorCMYK(cname,  c, m, y, k )
-        if spotDict.has_key(cname):
+        if cname in spotDict:
             scribus.setSpotColor(cname, spotDict[cname])
 
     #get the pageTitle form user and store it in PageTitle
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/DirectImageImport.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/DirectImageImport.py
index f0f26b5..6290fb2 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/DirectImageImport.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/DirectImageImport.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ try:
     from scribus import *
     
 except ImportError:
-    print "This script only runs from within Scribus."
+    print ("This script only runs from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 try:
     from PIL import Image
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ def main():
 
 # for images taller than they are wide we want to limit height of frame to 80% of page height
     if (Hoehe > pageY * 0.8):
-	Hoehe = pageY * 0.8
-	Breite = Hoehe * xsize/ysize
+        Hoehe = pageY * 0.8
+        Breite = Hoehe * xsize/ysize
 
     ImageFrame = createImage(pageX/2 - Breite/2, pageY/2 - Hoehe/2, Breite, Hoehe)
     loadImage(ImageFileName, ImageFrame)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/FontSample.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/FontSample.py
index 7816467..74a9201 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/FontSample.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/FontSample.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ dictionaries to make it easier for users to customise.
 
 import sys
 import os
-import cPickle
+import pickle
 
 
 showPreviewPanel = 1 # change to 0 to permanently hide the preview
@@ -122,60 +122,60 @@ CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), '.scribus/fontsampler')
 
 try:
     import scribus
-except ImportError,err:
-    print 'This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.'
-    print 'It can only be run from within Scribus.'
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ('This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.')
+    print ('It can only be run from within Scribus.')
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
 try:
-    from Tkinter import *
-except ImportError,err:
-    print 'This script will not work without Tkinter'
-    scribus.messageBox('Error','This script will not work without Tkinter\nPlease install and try again',
+    from tkinter import *
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ('This script will not work without tkinter')
+    scribus.messageBox('Error','This script will not work without tkinter\nPlease install and try again',
                     scribus.ICON_WARNING)
     sys.exit(1)
 
 
 if not os.path.exists(CONFIG_PATH):
     try:
-        print 'Attempting to creating configuration file directory...'
+        print ('Attempting to creating configuration file directory...')
         os.mkdir(CONFIG_PATH)
-        print 'Success, now testing for write access of new directory...'
+        print ('Success, now testing for write access of new directory...')
         if os.access(CONFIG_PATH, os.W_OK):
-            print 'Write access ok.'
+            print ('Write access ok.')
         else:
-            print 'Error, unable to write to .scribus/fontsampler directory.'
+            print ('Error, unable to write to .scribus/fontsampler directory.')
     except:
         CONFIG_PATH = ''
-        print 'Failed to make configuration file directory,'
-        print 'do you have a .scribus directory in your home directory?'
-        print 'font sampler will not be able to save your preferences'
+        print ('Failed to make configuration file directory,')
+        print ('do you have a .scribus directory in your home directory?')
+        print ('font sampler will not be able to save your preferences')
 
 
 try:
     from PIL import Image
-except ImportError,err:
-    print 'You need to install Python Imaging Library (PIL).'
-    print 'If using gentoo then you need to emerge /dev-python/imaging'
-    print 'If using an RPM based linux distribution then you add python-imaging or similar.'
-    print 'Script will continue without the font preview panel.'
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ('You need to install Python Imaging Library (PIL).')
+    print ('If using gentoo then you need to emerge /dev-python/imaging')
+    print ('If using an RPM based linux distribution then you add python-imaging or similar.')
+    print ('Script will continue without the font preview panel.')
     showPreviewPanel = 0
 
 
 try:
     from PIL import ImageTk
-except ImportError,err:
-    print 'Module ImageTk not found, font preview disabled'
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ('Module ImageTk not found, font preview disabled')
     showPreviewPanel = 0
 
 
 if showPreviewPanel:
     if not os.path.exists(TEMP_PATH):
-        print '.scribus folder not found, disabling font preview panel'
+        print ('.scribus folder not found, disabling font preview panel')
         showPreviewPanel = 0
     if not os.access(TEMP_PATH, os.W_OK):
-        print 'Unable to write to .scribus folder, disabling font preview panel'
+        print ('Unable to write to .scribus folder, disabling font preview panel')
         showPreviewPanel = 0
 
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ def set_font_fixed(fontList):
         for j in fontList:
             errorList = errorList + j + '\n'
         errorMessage ='No suitable fixed width font found.\nPlease install at least one of these fixed width fonts:\n'+errorList
-        print errorMessage
+        print (errorMessage)
         raise Exception(errorMessage)
 
 
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def set_font_proportional(fontList):
         for j in fontList:
             errorList = errorList + j + '\n'
         errorMessage = 'No suitable proportional font found.\nPlease install at least one of these proportional fonts:\n'+errorList
-        print errorMessage
+        print (errorMessage)
         raise Exception(errorMessage)
 
 
@@ -406,23 +406,23 @@ def save_user_conf(path):
                 'a' : defaultPrefs,
                 'b' : userPrefs
             }
-            cPickle.dump(data, file)
+            pickle.dump(data, file)
             file.close()
         except:
-            print 'failed to save data'
+            print ('failed to save data')
 
 
 def restore_user_conf(path):
     """Restore the data from the save file on the path specified by CONFIG_PATH."""
     try:
         file = open(os.path.join(path,'fontsampler.conf'), 'r')
-        data = cPickle.load(file)
+        data = pickle.load(file)
         file.close()
         defaultPrefs.update(data['a'])
         userPrefs.update(data['b'])
     except:
         userPrefs.update(defaultPrefs)
-        print 'failed to load saved data so using default values defined in the script'
+        print ('failed to load saved data so using default values defined in the script')
 
 
 def set_page_geometry(dD, geometriesList, paperSize, wantBindingOffset):
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ def set_page_geometry(dD, geometriesList, paperSize, wantBindingOffset):
         return result
     except:
         errorMessage = 'set_page_geometry() failure: %s' % sys.exc_info()[1]
-        print errorMessage
+        print (errorMessage)
 
 
 def set_odd_even(pageNum):
@@ -1227,10 +1227,10 @@ class Application(Frame):
         """
         available = self.listbox1.size()
         selected = self.listbox2.size()
-        size = FloatType(selected)
+        size = float(selected)
         blocksPerSheet = draw_selection(scribus.getFontNames(), 1)
         value = size / blocksPerSheet
-        pages = IntType(value)                  # Get whole part of number
+        pages = int(value)                  # Get whole part of number
         value = value - pages                   # Remove whole number part
         if value > 0:                           # Test remainder
             pages = pages + 1                   # Had remainder so add a page
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ class Application(Frame):
         self.statusPaperSize['text'] = 'Paper size: %s   ' % userPrefs['paperSize']
 
     def __listSelectionToRight(self):
-        toMoveRight = ListType(self.listbox1.curselection())
+        toMoveRight = list(self.listbox1.curselection())
         self.listbox1.selection_clear(0,END)
         toMoveRight.reverse()   # reverse list so we delete from bottom of listbox first
         tempList = []
@@ -1255,13 +1255,13 @@ class Application(Frame):
         self.statusbarUpdate()
 
     def __listSelectionToLeft(self):
-        toMoveLeft = ListType(self.listbox2.curselection())
+        toMoveLeft = list(self.listbox2.curselection())
         toMoveLeft.reverse()
         self.listbox2.selection_clear(0,END)
         for i in toMoveLeft:
             self.listbox1.insert(END, self.listbox2.get(i)) # Insert it at the end
             self.listbox2.delete(i)
-        fontList = ListType(self.listbox1.get(0, END))      # Copy contents to a list type
+        fontList = list(self.listbox1.get(0, END))      # Copy contents to a list type
         self.listbox1.delete(0, END)                        # Remove all contents
         fontList.sort()                                     # Use sort method of list
         for j in fontList:
@@ -1508,7 +1508,7 @@ class Application(Frame):
 
 
 def setup_tk():
-    """Create and setup the Tkinter app."""
+    """Create and setup the tkinter app."""
     root = Tk()
     app = Application(root)
     app.master.title(WINDOW_TITLE)
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ def initialisation():
     restore_user_conf(CONFIG_PATH)
     # get and set the initial paper size to match default radiobutton selection...
     dD.update(set_page_geometry(dD, geometriesList, userPrefs['paperSize'], userPrefs['wantBindingOffset']))
-    # Made it this far so its time to create our Tkinter app...
+    # Made it this far so its time to create our tkinter app...
     app = setup_tk()
     # now show the main window and wait for user to do something...
     app.mainloop()
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/InfoBox.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/InfoBox.py
index b342ea9..16f5f51 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/InfoBox.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/InfoBox.py
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ but this can be changed.
 try:
     import scribus
 except ImportError:
-    print "Unable to import the 'scribus' module. This script will only run within"
-    print "the Python interpreter embedded in Scribus. Try Script->Execute Script."
+    print ("Unable to import the 'scribus' module. This script will only run within")
+    print ("the Python interpreter embedded in Scribus. Try Script->Execute Script.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 def main(argv):
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def main(argv):
                                          str(o_cols) + ')?','1')
             column_pos = int(column_pos) - 1 
     if (o_cols == 1):
-	columns_width = 1
+        columns_width = 1
     new_height = 0
     while (new_height <= 0):
         new_height = scribus.valueDialog('Height','Your frame height is '+ str(o_height) +
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Ligatursatz.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Ligatursatz.py
index 36f8998..4828550 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Ligatursatz.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/Ligatursatz.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Hyphenator:
         Postcondition: Constructs a hyphenator object for the
         given patterns.
         """
-        if type(patterns) is not unicode:
+        if type(patterns) is not str:
             raise TypeError("The “patterns” parameter must be of type "
                             "“unicode”, but it isn’t.")
         self.tree = {}
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class Hyphenator:
             the word might get wrong hyphenation because the
             upper-case-letters are not recognized).
         """
-        if type(word) is not unicode:
+        if type(word) is not str:
             raise TypeError("The word must have the data type “unicode”, "
                             "but it doesn’t.")
         else:
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class GermanLigatureSupport:
         WARNING This function must be kept
         in synch with isWordCharacter().
         """
-        if type(my_unicode_string) is not unicode:
+        if type(my_unicode_string) is not str:
             raise TypeError("The “my_unicode_string” parameter must be of "
                             "type “unicode”, but it isn’t.")
         return my_unicode_string.lower().replace("ſ", "s")
@@ -22283,7 +22283,7 @@ class InstructionProvider(GermanLigatureSupport):
         šâäéóöü
         :rtype: list
         """
-        if type(my_word) is not unicode:
+        if type(my_word) is not str:
             raise TypeError("myWord must be of type “unicode”, but it isn’t.")
         stripped_word = u""
         stripped_word_index = []
@@ -22367,7 +22367,7 @@ def is_bmp_scalar_only(my_string):
     Unicode scalar values consists of the ranges 0 to D7FF (16) and E000 (16)
     to 10FFFF (16), inclusive.”
     """
-    if type(my_string) is not unicode:
+    if type(my_string) is not str:
         raise TypeError(
             "“my_string” must be of type “unicode”, but it isn’t.")
     return re.search(u"[^\u0000-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFF]", my_string) is None
@@ -22460,7 +22460,7 @@ class StoryInterface:
                 raise IndexError("“first” is out of range.")
             return u""
         scribus.selectText(first, count, self.__identifier)
-        return scribus.getAllText(self.__identifier).decode("utf8", "strict")
+        return scribus.getAllText(self.__identifier)
 
     def delete_text(self, first, count):
         """Precondition: The object with the unique identifier “textFrame”
@@ -22514,7 +22514,7 @@ class StoryInterface:
         “story”, that means the common text content that is shared between
         this text frame and all linked text frames. Note that this function
         will (likely) change the current text selection of the story."""
-        if (type(first) is not int) or (type(text) is not unicode):
+        if (type(first) is not int) or (type(text) is not str):
             raise TypeError("“first” must be “integer” and “text” must "
                             "be “unicode”, but they aren’t.")
         if first < 0:
@@ -22528,7 +22528,7 @@ class StoryInterface:
                                "the constructor does currently not refer to "
                                "a text frame in the current document.")
         scribus.insertText(
-            text.encode("utf8", "strict"),
+            text,
             first,
             self.__identifier)
 
@@ -22560,9 +22560,9 @@ def show_messagebox(
     Preconditions: “caption” and “message” are of type “unicode”. icon,
     button1, button2 and button3 are either not used or of type int.
     Postcondition: Calls show_messagebox and returns the result."""
-    if type(caption) is not unicode:
+    if type(caption) is not str:
         raise TypeError("“caption” must be of type “unicode”, but it isn’t.")
-    if type(message) is not unicode:
+    if type(message) is not str:
         raise TypeError("“message” must be of type “unicode”, but it isn’t.")
     if type(icon) is not int:
         raise TypeError("“icon” must be of type “int”, but it isn’t.")
@@ -22573,8 +22573,8 @@ def show_messagebox(
     if type(button3) is not int:
         raise TypeError("“button3” must be of type “int”, but it isn’t.")
     return scribus.messageBox(
-        caption.encode("utf8", "strict"),
-        message.encode("utf8", "strict"),
+        caption,
+        message,
         icon,
         button1,
         button2,
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/color2csv.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/color2csv.py
index 9157fee..29abf34 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/color2csv.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/color2csv.py
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ try:
     # Do so _after_ the 'import scribus' and only import the names you need, such
     # as commonly used constants.
     import scribus
-except ImportError,err:
-    print "This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface."
-    print "It can only be run from within Scribus."
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ("This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.")
+    print ("It can only be run from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 #########################
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def writeColorCsvFile(filename, colorlist):
     scribus.progressTotal(len(colorlist))
     i=0
     try:
-        csvwriter=csv.writer(file(filename, "w"), quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC)
+        csvwriter=csv.writer(open(filename, "w"), quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONNUMERIC)
         for line in colorlist:
             csvwriter.writerow(line)
             i=i+1
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/csv2color.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/csv2color.py
index b888be3..1e042e0 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/csv2color.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/csv2color.py
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ try:
     # Do so _after_ the 'import scribus' and only import the names you need, such
     # as commonly used constants.
     import scribus
-except ImportError,err:
-    print "This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface."
-    print "It can only be run from within Scribus."
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ("This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.")
+    print ("It can only be run from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 #########################
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def checkValue(c, m, y, k):
 
 def getColorsFromCsv(filename):
     """get colors from csv file and return a list with name and cmyk 255 values"""
-    csvreader=csv.reader(file(filename))
+    csvreader=csv.reader(open(filename, "r"))
 
     csvcolors=[]
     i=0
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def importColors(colorlist):
             m=color[2]
             y=color[3]
             k=color[4]
-            while colordict.has_key(name):# check if color already exists - then add PREFIX to name
+            while name in colordict:# check if color already exists - then add PREFIX to name
                 name = PREFIX+name
             
             scribus.defineColorCMYK(name, c, m, y, k)
diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/importcsv2table.py b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/importcsv2table.py
index 05c7100..8efd2b6 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/importcsv2table.py
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/scripts/importcsv2table.py
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ try:
     # Do so _after_ the 'import scribus' and only import the names you need, such
     # as commonly used constants.
     import scribus
-except ImportError,err:
-    print "This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface."
-    print "It can only be run from within Scribus."
+except ImportError as err:
+    print ("This Python script is written for the Scribus scripting interface.")
+    print ("It can only be run from within Scribus.")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 #########################
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def getCSVdata():
     csvfile = scribus.fileDialog("csv2table :: open file", "*.csv")
     if csvfile != "":
         try:
-            reader = csv.reader(file(csvfile))
+            reader = csv.reader(open(csvfile, "r"))
             datalist=[]
             for row in reader:
                 rowlist=[]
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def getCSVdata():
                     rowlist.append(col)
                 datalist.append(rowlist)
             return datalist
-        except Exception,  e:
+        except Exception as e:
             scribus.messageBox("csv2table", "Could not open file %s"%e)
     else:
         sys.exit
-- 
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