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Pythonista (and Editorial) between 2012 and 2022. The Pythonista forum is now hosted on GitHub:
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Jul 16, 2015 - 01:38
amirmasoudabdol
I'm syncing my entire Dropbox folder with Editorial and it works ok; however, the navigation is not that easy if you have many sub-directori...
Jul 15, 2015 - 18:54
donnieh
So I have a line of code to set a plot title:
```python
plt.title(r'title')
```
But what I really want to do is replace 'title' with...
Jul 15, 2015 - 18:17
donnieh
I have a string from a textfield that I want to input as the math function. How do I take this string and allow the plot function to recogni...
Jul 15, 2015 - 16:55
Phuket2
I assume this is a bug, if it is so be it... I hope not....
But I am adding a label to a TableViewCell. And magically it's offset by one. I...
Jul 15, 2015 - 12:56
Cook92
I'm just fiddling with something....would appreciate some input.
If I have some HTML code with CSS and put it into ui.webview.load_html() i...
The current build (160016) is expiring in about 14 hours. Unfortunately, I'm running into some issues (again), trying to upload a new build ...
Jul 12, 2015 - 07:04
ywangd
**[EDIT]: 2016-05-26**
Inspired by [shellista](http://omz-orums.appspot.com/pythonista/post/5302343285342208) and its variants, [StaSh](htt...
I'm just beginning to play with the new IOS Workflow app and trying to understand how it works with Pythonista. I was trying to see if I cou...
Jul 11, 2015 - 15:40
Gianx
Each time I use any kind of script importing the appex module I get this error
from _appex import watch
ImportError: cannot import name ...
Jul 11, 2015 - 09:14
Phuket2
I am trying to use ui.measure_string. I do a simple call to print out the results. I get a tuple (0,0) as the result. It seems weird as I am...
Jul 11, 2015 - 05:27
spaceodyssey
I really like the fountain support a lot, everything works great but I can't figure out at all how to export it as a print ready pdf as it s...
Open the Pythonista console and type: `import platform ; print(platform.libc_ver())`
I stumbled into this one while creating [`platform_i...
Jul 09, 2015 - 10:25
Phuket2
I know this maybe a mute point for many, But I really would love a way to attach a class (a normal class, inheriting from object) to a ui ob...
Jul 08, 2015 - 16:42
Webmaster4o
When I build my app for the iPad 2 simulator, everything works fine. When I build for my iPad mini, I get
ld: -no_compact_unwind and...
I've made a new Xcode template for turning Pythonista scripts into apps. It's based on the current beta of v. 1.6, so it's work-in-progress....
Jul 08, 2015 - 16:37
TutorialDoctor
Wondering if this has been addressed in the upcoming version.
I am importing a class I made in another script (in the same directory).
...
Jul 07, 2015 - 05:38
Cook92
First off, hi! I'm pretty new to Python- having a lot of fun figuring things out. I check this forum often so thank you all for your help.
...
Jul 07, 2015 - 05:33
momorprods
Hey, so again I feel a bit dumb asking a so-basic question, but I wasn't able to have basic modules working:
***File 'a.py':***
aa...
Jul 07, 2015 - 00:18
D4t4Wr4ngl3r231
Are there any plans to release a Python 3.x variant of Pythonista?
Jul 06, 2015 - 14:19
AlanEdwards
Is it possible to print WYSIWYG? I can take a screen grab of a populated PYUI and can then print it from iPad Photos app but I wondered if i...
Jul 06, 2015 - 09:58
Wizardofozzie
I'm trying to edit and create Google Earth KML (keyhole markup language, based on XML); on Windows with iPython I usually use [simplekml](ht...
Recent experiments with Pythonista ui building has proven to me the value of designing user interfaces with the pyui Editor. Creating UI el...
Jul 04, 2015 - 18:34
charmaex
Is there a way to import a Pythonista file into Editorial? A simple py file is easy but I want to import a py file with a pyui.
Is there a ...
Jul 04, 2015 - 17:06
Wizardofozzie
I'm getting an Exception RECURSION ERROR which is due to the default value being 256; ie `sys.getrecursionlimit() = 256`
The only way to ...
Jul 04, 2015 - 14:39
donnieh
What is special about the **Xcode template** from omz that allows Xcode to run python and Pythonista's modules? So you can run any language ...
Jul 04, 2015 - 14:32
Webmaster4o
Can I use ui.animate to have something slide in from the top? I'm looking at the way the export manu slides down in keynote. I have my view,...
Jul 04, 2015 - 10:04
Sparky
I am trying figure out how to persist my data using pythonista on my ipad. All i can find in the documentation seems to be general python ru...
Jul 04, 2015 - 07:44
Phuket2
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Jul 04, 2015 - 06:09
SillySoviet
I love the UI editor and am wondering if there is a way to design an interface in the editor but then have that interface be converted into ...
Jul 04, 2015 - 01:20
omri
Is it possible to start a specific template via a url scheme? I don't want to give a document name, just the template.
I intend to use auto...
Does Pythonista have a file picker UI?
I want to allow the user to select a local file to be processed by my script. I would like to giv...
Jul 03, 2015 - 18:46
Wizardofozzie
Implementing [Scrypt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrypt) with just Python modules and builtins is incredibly slow; what's needed is C cod...
Jul 03, 2015 - 13:42
donnieh
When I create a new file programmatically (f.open) in my python script, the new file appears in python's main directory. When I copy and pas...
Jul 03, 2015 - 07:23
Phuket2
I mention in the comments of the code this is far from finished or polished. I am trying to get my head around a good uniform stradegy to im...
This little utility is a bit overkill but what the heck...
[__ThreeBackticks.py__](https://github.com/cclauss/Pythonista_ui)
Many peop...
Jul 02, 2015 - 19:55
donnieh
I have noticed a possible bug in the UI editor of Pythonista. The issue is choosing an image for a button using the button's attribute image...
Jul 02, 2015 - 12:25
Webmaster4o
In iOS, there's a 'share' menu, which has messages, mail, and more. Can I open this with pythonista? Note, this is *not* the same as 'open i...
Jul 02, 2015 - 00:27
Webmaster4o
I count 15 pixels, is this right?
Jul 02, 2015 - 00:14
sammy
When creating a document template is it possible to determine which folder is currently selected in the file browser?
It's seems like the...
Jul 01, 2015 - 23:51
daveterry
In the previous version a long press on the "hamburger menu" gave me a recent documents list. Seems now it's gone. Bug?
Jul 01, 2015 - 20:46
Webmaster4o
Can a ui.view have a background image? If so, how do I do this?
Also, if not, what is the best way to make an ImageView that scales ...
Jul 01, 2015 - 11:38
momorprods
Greetings,
I feel a bit stupid, but I'm stuck trying to get the actual size of a named image, loaded in my scene through *load_image_file...
Jul 01, 2015 - 08:05
Phuket2
I am just doing some testing with Abstract classes. I would like to start using them to help with the design of my classes and also help wit...
Jun 30, 2015 - 22:19
Shambhala
I pasted my script into the XCode template I found here on these forums. Custom sprites and sounds can be accessed from the /Appname.app/Tex...
Jun 30, 2015 - 20:38
MartinPacker
Anyone have any experience of publishing blog posts from Editorial using AtomPub?
I'd seriously like to try it.
Jun 30, 2015 - 18:59
blmacbeth
Hey All,
I am thrilled about the new ui module and have already made some great little apps for myself. The one thing I lack, though, is ...
Jun 30, 2015 - 17:02
Webmaster4o
I would like to suggest the addition of guides in the UI editor. They would work much like in Photoshop or Keynote, where you drag out guide...
Jun 30, 2015 - 10:53
Phuket2
I wanted to ask if there is a way or example code to make a version of a floating pallette. In my case at the moment, I don't want it for pr...
Jun 29, 2015 - 21:29
zenimot
I want to use Python to get a random line from a text file located in Dropbox.
So far I have not been very successful, as I am not able to ...
Jun 29, 2015 - 19:06
mwesten
Is there a way to, or will it be included sometime, to define [HTML abbreviations in Markdown][1]?
[1]: https://michelf.ca/projects...