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Jan 28, 2015 - 22:45
polymerchm
I have developed a new version of chordcalc with capo functionality. I hav used gitui and shellista to maintian a local ghit reposity for t...
Jan 28, 2015 - 22:12
simonh
I've had a few goes finding something in Google but no luck. Can someone post, or point me to a basic example of a ScrollView in use. I can'...
Jan 28, 2015 - 18:20
wtpetersen
I'm pretty new to python, and use the the pythonista app on my ipad to get some hands-on practice with it. I want to put something together ...
Jan 28, 2015 - 15:18
donnieh
I have a webview library object (named webview1) placed on the .pyui canvas. It's from the Pythonista gui editor library. I access this with...
Jan 28, 2015 - 05:27
michael_recchione
I apologize if this is the wrong place to ask something so basic, but I've searched and I'm stumped...
I have some pdf files that I downl...
Jan 28, 2015 - 03:46
donnieh
Newbie here. Why won't this load? I have a webview placed in the UI.
import ui
w1 = ui.WebView('webview1')
w1.load_url('http://www.ya...
Jan 28, 2015 - 02:18
reefboy1
This one is dedicated to ccc (I watched the EuroPython!) for all his
Help due to me being new and somewhat unsmart mistakes
This is my app...
Jan 28, 2015 - 02:15
reefboy1
Ok so I was trying to change the color with
```python
console.set_color()
```
And it ask for a float. Here it comes;
What is a fl...
Jan 27, 2015 - 16:14
BlackTea123
Dear all,
what I want: install decorator
what I did so far:
1) created a file "shellista" in pythonista from [https://github.com/t...
Jan 27, 2015 - 15:25
kleerkoat
Curious if anyone has made a Tag/Word cloud script?
I found a python script on GitHub. But I'm not sure how or if it is possible to get i...
Jan 27, 2015 - 10:27
Tizzy
I was trying to implement a live updating timer. Well, a love updating label that will ultimately be proportionate to the time passed. I was...
Jan 27, 2015 - 03:36
reefboy1
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Jan 26, 2015 - 23:18
wradcliffe
Is anyone using nose on Pythonista? If so can you post a quick explaination of how best to install it and "run" it or use it effectively?
Jan 26, 2015 - 22:13
Omega0
I've been developing some CGI based scripts in Pythonista and had intended to use the CGIHTTPServer module to test them, but when I tried to...
Jan 26, 2015 - 16:33
reefboy1
Ok so this is my first time actually trying to TRY to do something in Python and I am going to need some suggestions . Also feel free to add...
Jan 26, 2015 - 14:47
tkilgour
Hello,
I have a quick question about how the Preview window handles links. I want to be able to open them by default in Safari instead of...
Jan 26, 2015 - 05:49
sealinski
Hey everyone!
I don't know what the hell I am doing but allI know is that I am more than a little fascinated with all this iPhone automat...
Jan 26, 2015 - 05:39
reefboy1
this is an update to my game. I would have posted my update in the comments of this [post](https://omz-forums.appspot.com/pythonista/post/53...
Jan 26, 2015 - 01:18
reefboy1
Is there a way to take a picture from my picture script:
```python
import photos
x=photos.capture_image()
photos.save_image(x)
```
...
This one uses the scene and sound modules to create a very simple drum sequencer, using the built-in sound effects. Currently, it only works...
Jan 25, 2015 - 20:17
michael_recchione
I'm playing with using the ui designer for the first time, and am confused. I'm trying to create a view with a few labels and textfields, a...
Jan 25, 2015 - 15:11
donnieh
As of today, 1-25-15 is there any possible way with Pythonista to get a Pythonista project into Xcode?
I understand this feature has been...
Jan 25, 2015 - 09:07
PetervdKamp
How to set focus to a textfield was subject of an earlier forum discussion. The solution that was given is to call `textfield.begin_editing(...
Jan 25, 2015 - 08:28
brumm
Here you can find a [SMBclient][1]. Feel free to improve the code, e.g. any ideas to implement multiple select of files/directories, but als...
I have a script that outputs some text to the console and all I want to do is display it in a specific size and font. It appears I could use...
If you tap-and-hold on the run button while you are looking at the console, Pythonista will run the current script without showing the `Run ...
Jan 24, 2015 - 00:10
janaaron97
I would like for someone to show me how to combine these two scenes into one:
```
from scene import *
class dumb (Scene):
def setu...
Jan 23, 2015 - 23:27
janaaron97
I'm trying to use the example program that discusses the gravity() function in Pythonista to learn the "scene" library.
What I want to d...
Jan 23, 2015 - 06:31
Prgmr1996
Hi I'm new here. I'm trying to create a UI interface for the "tap me" example pythonistia documentation. When I try to run the code though i...
Jan 22, 2015 - 21:34
marquito
I would like to present my suggestion to make a bookmark bar also available on the iPhone version of the app. I think it should be possible ...
Jan 22, 2015 - 18:08
mncfre
Hi, I have an idea about how to bring again the Open In Pythonista feature, I download a new app that maybe you people know it, it's called ...
Jan 22, 2015 - 15:36
mncfre
I found a useful diff script and I adapt it to fill my need, this script is intended to be used in the action menu and compare the text of t...
Jan 22, 2015 - 14:54
PetervdKamp
I'm trying to understand the difference between a section and a row in a TableView. When a create a datasource with e.g. 3 items and query ...
Jan 22, 2015 - 08:30
ywangd
It seems not possible to tell where the cursor is at in a Text**Field**? For Text**View**, there is the `selected_range` property. But it is...
Jan 22, 2015 - 07:32
reefboy1
Hey guys I have made a Chanel for pythonista on zello! Here is the link:
http://zello.me/k/dfrc3
Jan 21, 2015 - 11:02
ywangd
This could be a dumb question. But I had no success on setting a button's image programmatically, i.e. NOT using UI designer.
I tried fo...
Jan 20, 2015 - 03:17
techteej
I'm looking to get Game Center integrated into my game made with Pythonista. Any advice or links to potentially useful articles? Or even bet...
Jan 19, 2015 - 20:58
metawops
It's not possible to write Python scripts in Editorial's editor.
So if I need to write a module and import it in a Python action in a work...
```python
def changeBackground(sender):
z=sender.superview
x=1
while x<=10:
button='button'+str(x)
z[button].background_color=(...
Jan 19, 2015 - 05:56
JonB
@omz. Is `ui.add_observer` working in 1.5? What are the arguments?
Jan 19, 2015 - 00:10
TutorialDoctor
I am wondering if there is a way to create a **Create New Workflow** action.
I know workflow files are json files, and figuring the forma...
Jan 18, 2015 - 18:32
wradcliffe
In the Sketch demo script there is the following comment:
We use a quadratic canvas, so that the same image can be used in portrait and l...
Hi,
I've been using Pythonista for about a month now, but I just cannot run my scripts with arguments. The app immediately crashes if I d...
Jan 18, 2015 - 07:30
polymerchm
Perhaps this is a 1.6 issue, but I think I'm just missing something. I want to create a spinner widget that allows me to enter a number and...
Jan 18, 2015 - 03:52
Eran138
Does anybody have any suggestions on downloading/installing a MySQL client for Pythonista?
Jan 18, 2015 - 03:44
mncfre
Hi,
A new Pythonista user here, is there a way to show the line numbers in the code editor?
Thanks for your help.
Jan 17, 2015 - 20:54
dvader9
I've tried to run an Xcode project with the simple tableview example provided in the ui-tutorial post (ShowTableView.py and ShowTableView.py...
Jan 17, 2015 - 10:25
Tizzy
In my UI I have an image, loaded from a URL. It's a JPEG square. I want to create an image mask programmatically, so that the image is displ...
Jan 17, 2015 - 06:56
pruppert222
This is a script that you can use to control a local WeMo switch. You can turn turn on, turn off, toggle, or get status. You need to know th...
Jan 17, 2015 - 05:37
FWeinb
Just got my iPad yesterday and could not wait to try this app.
I created a basic gallery using bottle getting to know some Python.
I rea...