Forum Archive
These pages contain a static archive of the old community forum for
Pythonista (and Editorial) between 2012 and 2022. The Pythonista forum is now hosted on GitHub:
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Aug 23, 2014 - 10:13
nope
I thought it might be interesting to benchmark everything in my home that ran python, and compare the different speeds. I used the pystone b...
Aug 23, 2014 - 02:44
polymerchm
I can install the ebaysdk but it wants lxml. Has anyone successfully installed lxml on pythonista?
Aug 22, 2014 - 12:28
[deleted]
Ccc's answer re orientation in a scene made me wonder why a similar approach wouldn't work with a ui.View. It seems it does?
```python
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Aug 22, 2014 - 12:28
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Aug 22, 2014 - 11:51
JadedTuna
Hey there guys! Here is a small keyboard I made for use with scene.Scene.<br>
It supports different layouts (defined by user), but I have j...
Aug 22, 2014 - 11:24
JadedTuna
I am writing a custom keyboard, and I'd like to have an image for backspace and hide keyboard. I've checked ionicons and typicons but haven'...
Aug 22, 2014 - 10:57
JadedTuna
How can I find out device orientation? Should I use scene.gravity() to get gravity and then try to transform it into orientation?
Aug 22, 2014 - 03:56
Shambhala
When the app first loads, it starts the console: http://i.imgur.com/qc1JgR0.jpg
As you can see, there is a section at the bottom of the ...
Aug 22, 2014 - 02:59
nope
I was just playing around with the ipod touch 5 accelerometer using pythonista's motion module. I wrote this little script to see how much t...
Aug 21, 2014 - 21:46
JadedTuna
I've been checking Pythonista's built-in fonts, and found out some of them are paid! Did Ole buy them? Or is there some website where I can ...
Aug 21, 2014 - 21:23
JadedTuna
Simple drum machine I made today while I was bored. Feel free to optimize. Supports 8 drums.
Later I am hopefully going to add a simple men...
Aug 21, 2014 - 05:20
magic_halley
Hello,
how can I add pictures/fotos to my MD Text?
Andreas
Aug 20, 2014 - 22:22
techteej
Another attempt at getting some help with [Cloud Jump 2][1].
[1]: https://github.com/tjferry14/Cloud-Jump-2
Aug 20, 2014 - 18:36
dgelessus
This is more of a general Python question, but maybe someone can help me - what exactly does it mean when an operation is "atomic"? Looking ...
Aug 20, 2014 - 14:38
techteej
Is there any way I could make a script to record from the microphone?
Aug 19, 2014 - 18:41
techteej
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Aug 19, 2014 - 17:40
kleerkoat
For some reason I've always had issue selecting text in both Editorial and Pythonista.
Hard to explain. the behavior other than either i...
Aug 19, 2014 - 17:28
polymerchm
Find [here][1] a script for creating and viewing a set of flashcards using ui. As soon as I figure out how (help, help), I'll upload the vi...
Aug 19, 2014 - 17:08
polymerchm
I am struggling with downloading scripts from github that are not gists. How does one do that without going through things like goodreader ...
Aug 19, 2014 - 14:49
Hungryturtle
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Aug 19, 2014 - 13:50
briarfox
I've come up with a way to create one .pyui file that all other .pyui files use to set thier style. This is a very early design, please feel...
Aug 19, 2014 - 04:09
polymerchm
No offense to the author, but the implementation git within shellista seems pretty shaky, at least in my hands. What are most folks using?
Aug 18, 2014 - 15:13
mistahbtb
Hi I am having trouble with indentation. I am not new to coding or Python but it keeps flagging up and indentation error when I know there i...
Aug 18, 2014 - 14:39
phahn
I want to to launch Editorial from Launch Center Pro directly opening specific files in my Dropbox. SInce days I am looking for a solution, ...
Aug 17, 2014 - 20:50
techteej
How would I go about changing a variable with UI switches?
I am learning from everyone's help on here. Thanks in advance.
Aug 17, 2014 - 20:48
ltddev
Hi, I'm trying to build and package a script and its .pyui file into a standalone .ipa file in Xcode. I have Apple developer provisioning pr...
I'm brand new to Python (and, by extension Pythonista). In fact, I'm new to coding with an iOS device altogether, so bear with me:
I'm t...
Aug 16, 2014 - 14:43
Omega0
I'm trying to use the page name as a sort of dynamic label, sending information to the user in a convenient way. I can get this to work usin...
Aug 16, 2014 - 12:21
JonB
In the new ui module, is there a way to get screen width?
Or, to change popover location to a different corner? For instance, by default...
Aug 16, 2014 - 07:23
amdam
Hi,
How can I use pythonista location module ( http://omz-software.com/pythonista/docs/ios/location.html ) in my own application?
Aug 16, 2014 - 00:36
techteej
Is there any way to tell if a text field is empty?
Aug 15, 2014 - 15:05
Shambhala
Can we have some sort of list of apps created in Pythonista that were released on the App Store? I have my game on the App Store, but I don'...
Aug 15, 2014 - 13:18
momorprods
Hi,
Here is a basic Raycasting renderer. It runs quite well on my iPhone 4S, even though it can still be optimized a lot !
https://gis...
Aug 15, 2014 - 06:30
userista
Is there a callback or some way to tell if the app is in the background/foreground?
```python
import webrowser
webrowser.open('safari...
Aug 15, 2014 - 05:13
Shambhala
Script: https://gist.github.com/32a03716b248f76cf7d4
Run this first: https://gist.github.com/96d2753d00cd6e6a5018
I made this just for...
Aug 15, 2014 - 05:08
spauker
Is it possible on ios7 to import a script file ?
Alternstively, does pythonasia run on kindle
Thx
Aug 13, 2014 - 22:27
briarfox
I'm trying to figure out the ui module and was wondering if anyone had any tutorials or examples. I would have liked to have been able to us...
Aug 13, 2014 - 20:23
smkirby229
I realise this was asked before a couple of years ago, but is there any chance that some of the drawing goodness in the canvas module might ...
Aug 13, 2014 - 02:03
techteej
I saw [this][1], and I thought that we should do the same in Pythonista. It really could be interesting to see what we as a community come u...
Aug 12, 2014 - 23:53
gebloom
Since v1.1, I lose my Dropbox sync, regularly. My response is unlink and link, but I lose a bit of data that way. Anyone else having this is...
Aug 12, 2014 - 05:42
CanadianGC
Just downloaded the app. Looking through the forums. Is the Codea forum a bigger user base and any tips for a new guy
Aug 12, 2014 - 04:29
dgelessus
I'm trying to create a text output using the ui module that functions similarly to the built-in console in that it always jumps to the last ...
Aug 11, 2014 - 19:07
richbuzzer
This sound module function sound.play_effect will accept the string "Piano_[Letter][Number]" e.g., "Piano_C3" but what are the complete acce...
Aug 11, 2014 - 17:13
richbuzzer
This sound module function sound.play_effect will accept the string "Piano_[Letter][Number]" e.g., "Piano_C3" but what are the complete acce...
Aug 10, 2014 - 23:25
techteej
We just have a few more issues with sprites I would like to bang out, then we can start implementing some really cool new features that take...
Can't understand how to create/delegate **action** method for ui.TextView (like ui.TextFiled.action that gets called when text field has fin...
Aug 10, 2014 - 12:17
iisdev
This is probably a feature request (although I'd be interested if anyone has a work-around via script.) Also, I'm new to iOS so please forgi...
Aug 10, 2014 - 09:03
MartinPacker
Finally I got round to trying the new ui module and the UI editor.
But I can't see how to save a .pyui file. I've hunted around for quite...
Aug 09, 2014 - 21:10
[deleted]
It occurs to me that because iCloud syncs contacts between devices, the Contacts module could be a neat way to implement a Pythonista script...
Aug 09, 2014 - 15:09
[deleted]
I'm writing a [Menu][1] subclass of ui.View to add menus to the Actions menu. The menus auto-populate from the contents of the corresponding...