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I'm new to Editorial on iPhone and would like to ask if something is possible... and to see if anyone can point me in the right direction:
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Jun 17, 2015 - 10:52
dashorty
I tried at first this code:
```python
import webbrowser
telnumer = '1234567890'
webbrowser.open('tel:' + telnumber)
```
This works...
Jun 17, 2015 - 10:51
rayalez
Hi! I'm not sure if it's possible, I'm just curious.
I have a Django blog with REST API. It would be incredible if I could automatically ...
Jun 17, 2015 - 04:38
MartinPacker
I see a nice graphic showing multiple versions of a file in Dropbox but how do I bring that list up in Editorial? I don't see how to do it.
This is a script that you can add to the Actions menu to duplicate the current script and add a number to it (or if it's numbered already, a...
Jun 16, 2015 - 15:30
MartinPacker
I'd like to highlight HTML comments <!-- Hello World --> for example. Another (possibly paler) colour would be nice.
Any idea how to do i...
Jun 16, 2015 - 12:50
donnieh
If I drop a table view in the ui editor...
1) How do I edit the cell text programmatically?
2) detect which cell was touched in the...
Jun 16, 2015 - 11:20
Vijay
Hi Ole,
Great work again.
There was a customizable HTML preview template in the earlier version. I write latex equations in my markdow...
Jun 16, 2015 - 11:18
[deleted]
I really like using Editorial, but when I type Korean characters, it really slows down. Sometimes it is too slow that I can't even write a w...
Jun 16, 2015 - 06:29
ywangd
I am aware a Bluetooth module is available in 1.6 beta (I don't have access). However, I guess it may still be a while before 1.6 is officia...
Jun 16, 2015 - 06:06
mtello
I love the new update, but it seems to take quite a while to load certain files (and start) :(
Will this be addressed eventually?
Jun 15, 2015 - 18:27
Pesto
My summer project is to learn to code (at least start to). I am thinking I will use Python thou many people have told me to go for Swift. I ...
Jun 15, 2015 - 18:07
TattooedMac
Good eveving people. I have yet a simple question, and that being, is this App being Actively Supported by the Developer??
I ask this, b...
Jun 12, 2015 - 21:59
ClareMacrae
**Are there any Editorial tips & tricks to allow to share one's own Python functions between multiple Editorial workflows, please?**
Over...
Jun 12, 2015 - 14:22
hendrikstier
Hello!
I'm currently trying to implement a small script to explicitly set/change a single contact's group. I'm not sure how to use the AP...
Jun 12, 2015 - 09:59
SteveIves
I'm trying to put a UI on a classic 'Star Trek' game written in Python.
To start with, I want a full-screen background onto which I can ...
Apple's WWDC app does the same thing but still interesting to read thru the code...
`https://github.com/cielpy/WWDCVideosDownloadURLCrawl...
Jun 12, 2015 - 03:16
Sd.trent
Hi guys, I'm brand new to programming. So my beginners textbook the other day had me create a simple program to convert Fahrenheit to Celsi...
The currently open script is lost (set to blank) when doing this beta upgrade and the previous one too!!!
See: http://omz-forums.appspot....
Jun 10, 2015 - 19:52
mtello
Hi, I'm having issues using [Gabes SFTP plugins][sftp], and other variations based on his plugin. Both have the same errors, and I'm not sur...
Jun 10, 2015 - 09:47
JonB
been playing around in JavaScript again in pythonista. maybe I'm just smarter now, or maybe recent iOS versions have better safari capabili...
Jun 10, 2015 - 09:19
JonB
open a new file.
paste in simple example below.
press run.
```python
import ui
ui.View().present('sheet')
print 'switching to cons...
Jun 10, 2015 - 08:47
donnieh
Can a ui.button have text that wraps many lines? I can only get it to be one line...
Jun 10, 2015 - 08:35
Phuket2
Is it possible to play .mp4 files in say a custom view or any other ui element? I don't just need an external player, I want to be able to o...
Jun 09, 2015 - 02:21
Phuket2
Is there a form of a preflight to get the frame of a view before presenting it? Maybe it obvious, however I can't see how to do it. If I cou...
Jun 08, 2015 - 13:54
donnieh
I have a ui.button created in a class function. The button action is pointing to a different function in the same class.
The action will...
Jun 07, 2015 - 17:17
charmaex
I'm trying to upload tar files to the dropbox using this:
get_client().put_file(path_for_tar_in_db, see_below ,True)
I tried so fa...
Jun 07, 2015 - 13:16
Phuket2
I just wondered if someone could shed any light on the workings of the layout method in custom views for me. I get some inconsistent result...
Jun 07, 2015 - 08:37
Phuket2
Appreciate any comments, suggestions, on the code below.
The code below is not meant to be finished or refined, but just an idea. From my s...
Jun 07, 2015 - 08:22
Phuket2
Sorry, a duplicate. Not sure why. I only added once
Jun 07, 2015 - 00:10
jose3f23
Some time ago new Pythonista users posted requests to have numpy and other scientific libraries in Pythonista.
Omz kindly answered that th...
Jun 05, 2015 - 23:51
Jozh
I often make a list of measurements in feet and inch. Then have to pull my calculator to add them all up. Is there a way to build the workfl...
Jun 05, 2015 - 11:38
Baconinvader
I'm trying to create a pythonista version of the card game cheat and I have decided to use a TextView for the first time (I'm a bit of a noo...
Jun 04, 2015 - 23:19
polymerchm
I had been wanting a way to "re-factor" pyui files. Specifically, to group sets of views (say groups of buttons, or all views in the left ...
Jun 04, 2015 - 06:22
alexv
Hello
Some keyboard types have the "return" button, which hides the keyboard. But how do you hide the decimal pad?
Or, more generally,...
Jun 03, 2015 - 16:47
Phuket2
I am sure this code has been done 1000 x 1000 times. But was sitting here thinking about when I can access the microphone (next release) , c...
Jun 03, 2015 - 14:18
mncfre
This is a python script that work in conjunction with a workflow (you need Workflow for ios) to enable open scripts .py (Only .py for now) a...
Jun 03, 2015 - 08:56
Phuket2
I would appreciate any comments or help. I am trying to get every object in a ui.View recursively. The code I have seems to work. But I was ...
May 31, 2015 - 22:31
greedydita
I'd like to use Pythonista for coding competitions (practice). On my Windows box, I typically create one file for the solution and multiple...
May 31, 2015 - 11:55
Phuket2
I hope someone can help me understand dealing with RGB colours in the ui module. When I set an attribute using a so called RGB color, it do...
I do not have a Windows box. Can someone who has Python on Windows please run the following code and tell me what the output is?
```pyth...
May 29, 2015 - 23:49
jb145491
Is there anyway to create speech recognition in pythonista? I know I can use the Google Speech Recognition API, but I would prefer no intern...
Unfortunately, I've recently been unable to provide a new beta version of Pythonista 1.6. This is partly my own fault, and partly due to une...
May 29, 2015 - 05:43
donnieh
Is there a function or action I can refer to when a view is closed after view.present()?
I want to call a function when closed. In my cas...
May 28, 2015 - 11:37
jb145491
Anybody here who has used the pygame module before should know about a colorkey. How do I set it?
PS. In case anybody didn't know, a colo...
May 28, 2015 - 05:07
rianmurphy
I have a bluetooth keyboard with a full set of keys, including control, option, alt, the 'meta' key.
I'd like to take advantage of these ...
May 28, 2015 - 02:25
rianmurphy
Editorial's onscreen keyboard has an extra row of "keys" at the top. It's very handy.
When you activate a bluetooth keyboard, the regular o...
May 26, 2015 - 21:58
donnieh
What is the simplest way to dismiss the key board in a textview?
May 26, 2015 - 11:01
Phuket2
I hope someone can shed some light on this issue for me. So if I have a valid reference to an ui element such as (ui.Button). So btn = ui.bu...