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Jul 28, 2014 - 07:53
JonB
In my ipad 2, I find that almost whenever I task switch away from pythonista, when I come back I find that pythonista has restarted, presuma...
Jul 27, 2014 - 10:29
ppolack
Is it possible to access the NIC in iOS so one could scan nearby access points and report their info (such as channel, freq, etc). It sure ...
Jul 27, 2014 - 05:04
beer2011
I want to easily change an opening file and the file which opened first now.
Can I have any hint?
Thanks.
Jul 25, 2014 - 22:55
[deleted]
I can't find any example of how to use ui.delay(). I've tried what seems the obvious simple case below, but the function always runs immedia...
Jul 25, 2014 - 17:53
bent55
Pythonista is awesome. It blows away any other ide for ANY language I've used... But when I'm only carrying around a laptop I'm stuck with n...
Jul 25, 2014 - 14:44
jugisto135
Is there any way to get an overview of all services and accounts for which there are keys stored via Pythonisat?
Jul 25, 2014 - 02:16
smath
Does anyone know if the [bokeh][1] plotting library can be imported through pipista for web development? There's a JS library involved for f...
Jul 23, 2014 - 18:06
Merl
How do generate sounds in order to write an audio modem for ax.25.? I obviously need to generate tones.
I really think this app is limited ...
Jul 23, 2014 - 13:17
iamjaden
Hello there,
I am new to the pythonista world and just starting out learning to do this so please bear with me ;)
I started out with a...
Jul 23, 2014 - 13:14
mcarrara3
Hello, I really love Pythonista, but I am really missing the Aircode feature like Codea's one. Can you please consider to add it in the near...
I was able to get the following Pythonista-related talk approved for EuroPython. It would be wonderful to get some other Pythonista users i...
Jul 23, 2014 - 01:04
mcarrara3
Hello, I need to display a plot in a custom view, and I am having hard time trying to figure out how to do it. I found this https://gist.git...
Jul 22, 2014 - 18:53
mcarrara3
Hello, how can I create and rotate a label of pi/2? I've already tried the GState() example, but when you input pi/2 the text disappears...
Jul 22, 2014 - 07:02
claggs
I am wanting to use console.input_alert to take user input, but would like it to show the numpad instead of a full keyboard. Is this possib...
Jul 21, 2014 - 18:45
mcarrara3
Hello, this is probably a dumb question but I am having hard time in loading classes defined in another file (that has the same directory), ...
Jul 21, 2014 - 15:22
techteej
Is there any way to hide the name bar with the x on the sheet view? Thanks.
Jul 21, 2014 - 14:09
techteej
Hey all. I'm working on implementing the UI module into my [high scores module][1] and I'm having some trouble with button images. The image...
Jul 21, 2014 - 13:46
hackworks
Is there an ability to insert images/photos from iPhone photo stream? I would like to create documents with photos I would have taken. Typic...
Jul 21, 2014 - 05:46
henryiii
Using wait_modal seems to really slow down the ui thread. [Here's my modal dialog, a simple file picker](https://gist.github.com/henryiii/5f...
Jul 19, 2014 - 18:07
tomkirn
Hi,
I tried a simple plot via plt.plot and have trouble with plt.grid(True). Result is 'TypeError: bool object is not callable'. Same cod...
Jul 18, 2014 - 12:00
mcarrara3
Hello, how can I make the view to 'slide up' when the keyboard appears? I need to insert data into a textfield and this gets covered by the ...
Jul 18, 2014 - 05:30
Sebastian
Found this in one of the games I made a while back...<br>
Thought I would share it ;) Maybe someone can improve it a little bit and make it...
Jul 16, 2014 - 20:26
Manny
As much as I like the idea of Editorial (I'm a huge Pythonista fan), I find I don't actually ever use it.
The reason is the handling of t...
Jul 16, 2014 - 18:56
mcarrara3
Hello, I am new to Python and loving Pythonista. Here's my problem: I am writing an app that implements finite element modeling, and even at...
Jul 16, 2014 - 10:27
upwart
I have made a script to convert a number in any base between 2 and 36 to a number in another base between 2 and 36.
The program incorporate...
Jul 16, 2014 - 09:04
Jorgeleo149
Is there any way to access the camera?
Jul 16, 2014 - 05:36
upwart
I have developed a script in Pythonista with the new **ui** module, which I would like to share as a *gist*. What's the best way to do share...
Jul 14, 2014 - 23:23
bashedcrab
https://gist.github.com/9098744
I've been wanting to do something with the accelerometer for a while, and then I saw this game on the Cod...
Jul 14, 2014 - 19:16
dafire
Hi all, i just got pythonista and wanted to get something from web.
I just tried to import requests, but it is not working... what am I d...
Jul 14, 2014 - 02:29
smath
I'm working on a bottle web app and need to import files (mostly .tpl template files)to use in conjunction with it. I know that pythonista w...
Jul 14, 2014 - 00:05
afmac
Sorry for what is likely a dumb question, but I'd appreciate any help I can get:
To start: my wife asked me to build a simple "behavior ...
Editorial has Markdown and Plain Text modes. How do I switch them without changing a file's extension?
Specifically I sometimes want .txt...
Jul 13, 2014 - 20:07
pointer_midel
**console.input\_alert(title[, message, input, ok\_button\_title, hide\_cancel\_button=False])**
*Show a dialog with a single text field....
Jul 13, 2014 - 10:27
Dann239
Currently, I have a slider that I segmented into three pieces (as demonstrated below). Does anyone have an alternative method or style of ac...
Jul 13, 2014 - 00:50
Omega0
I want to display an image in a ui from the camera roll, but I get the error: Expected a ui.Image. How do I convert an image from Image.Imag...
Jul 12, 2014 - 16:33
Teddywill
I want to change the Markdown Formatting Character Opacity .
I increase the selection and select done and either 3 purple dots keep cycling...
Jul 11, 2014 - 22:03
LawAbidingCactus
Is there any chance that the interpreter could be updated for Python 3 in the next update, or sometime in the next few releases? EDIT: Sorry...
Jul 11, 2014 - 18:56
Zoot
I bought Editorial last night and am loving it, and of course have Pythonista and think it's perhaps my favorite iOS app, and am waiting exc...
Jul 11, 2014 - 17:13
[deleted]
I have a problem where I'm trying to copy an animated gif to my clipboard from a remote url and I get the image but it only appears to be th...
Jul 11, 2014 - 10:36
dimitri_b
I use Pythonista on iPad and iPhone, and would like to have a common depository for my scripts somewhere on the cloud. Pythonista can export...
Jul 11, 2014 - 08:55
inHishand
Thanks for adding functions to access the other sensors on the iPad, but I am having trouble getting data from the mag field sensor. Is some...
Jul 10, 2014 - 01:24
dansheffler
I have a script on my home machine to build my Jekyll site and rsync the site folder to my server. Would there be any way to run this comma...
Jul 09, 2014 - 15:57
kishner
I set up an url scheme to search for a term using the [Global Search...](http://www.editorial-workflows.com/workflow/5215802244464640/wXYWnx...
Jul 09, 2014 - 15:44
Gcarver166
I've updated my [MazeCraze][1] game to use the new ui system for it's options menu. Much much cleaner.
https://gist.github.com/GuyCarver...
Jul 09, 2014 - 07:11
tomkirn
Hi,
Is there any documentation on how to use the XCode Template? Especially about where to place additional files (modules, pyui, ...)
...
Jul 09, 2014 - 01:08
editr
I'm creating a workflow that passes variables to a Custom UI so I can edit their values, then returns the edited values to the workflow. It ...
Jul 08, 2014 - 20:24
Derekasaurus
I'm still learning my way around Editorial so apologies if this is a remedial question. I have created several workflows that all revolve ar...
Jul 08, 2014 - 15:05
mjakubowiak
There is this great tool for collaborative writing and version control, using github-like mechanism: <https://www.penflip.com/>
My questi...
It is probably in there somewhere but I couldn't find in the Image module documentation where it says what the default search path is for Im...
Jul 06, 2014 - 15:52
Sebastian
Is it possible to customize the contextual menu for the WebView?