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Apr 30, 2014 - 11:04
JadedTuna
Well, I am trying to make some simple program. I have a socket-file, which containts socket server, that handels clients. And another file, ...
Apr 30, 2014 - 08:42
bee18
As the title said... I request for canvas-like vector drawing functions for scene module. It's very helpful for us to make a simple interact...
Apr 30, 2014 - 01:09
briarfox
I'm new to python and I may be going a bit crazy but how do you reload an imported module? I created a simple module that I import into my p...
Apr 29, 2014 - 15:57
skehmatics
I been building a game using pythonista, and with more and more progress, a question keep popping up.
Does the scene module have any pos...
Apr 29, 2014 - 09:00
JadedTuna
Hey everyone, ShadowSlayer here. I've decided to post this thread, to give myself a little motivation. I am trying to write Tkinter-like `GU...
Apr 29, 2014 - 07:58
yvess
Hi
I'm doing some code refactoring with pythonista. It works great, except the file switching is an efficient killer.
I often work with ...
Apr 29, 2014 - 04:34
the_buch
This is really just a general question, but I'm curious as to whether or not anybody has tried anything with the API for Moves for iPhone. O...
Apr 27, 2014 - 12:49
filippocld223
I am trying to edit some parameters of workflows with python code.
i've got the path where the workflows are stored but i don't know how to...
Apr 26, 2014 - 23:27
minnepicker
Is it possible to use either the 'Send Email' action or Pythhon code to send an email with recipients in the 'bcc' field? This is essential ...
Apr 26, 2014 - 19:31
Shambhala
How would I integrate Apple's iAd banner ads into my Pythonista app? I know how to export my script to XCode, but am I able to implement adv...
Apr 26, 2014 - 15:38
jonmoore
I've taken a look through the Python script but with my limited knowledge I'm unable to workout how I would adapt this script to only functi...
Apr 26, 2014 - 09:11
rjames86
I'm using a few photo apps that don't have a direct "Open in Instagram" so I've been looking into ways of doing this with Pythonista.
I'v...
```python
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
friends_with_unicode = ('Günter', 'Clauß', 'Ürsala')
print('\n'.join(sorted(frie...
Apr 26, 2014 - 03:25
wezlo
I continue to be astounded by what I'm able to accomplish with Editorial. Workflows are AMAZING.
I am wondering if there is anything on ...
Apr 25, 2014 - 03:17
JadedTuna
I've noticed, that after you run a scene, close it, and change rotation (unlock rotation and rotate the iPad), Pythonista always crashes. Wh...
Apr 24, 2014 - 15:06
emkay
Hello,
I like to develop my workflows purely in Python (so, I can write unit tests for them on my Mac (using mocks for editor, workflow, ...
Apr 24, 2014 - 11:11
jonmoore
A simple but useful one.
This workflow lists all the valid emails in a document and presents the results via a 'select from list' so the ...
Apr 24, 2014 - 09:56
pruppert222
Is there any way to use regex in the native in document search that is activated by the magnifying glass next to the settings gear? It appea...
Apr 24, 2014 - 02:19
Marco
It might be a stupid question, but I made my own python script using Pythonista and I can't figure out how to export it as an Xcode project....
Apr 23, 2014 - 17:27
emkay
Hello,
I was wondering if it is possible in Editorial to associate workflows with events that occur in Editorial.
For example, on open...
Apr 23, 2014 - 11:45
mcsquaredjr148
Has anybody else noticed super slow text selection on iPad Air? If I remember it right it was fine on my iPad 4.
Apr 23, 2014 - 07:16
luigilavanga
Hello,
I am a very beginner in Python.
I am using Pythonista to control a camera from the Ipad. I want to show an image and select a rec...
I was writing something that needs the iPad's ipaddress.
ip = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
results in
socket.gaierr...
Apr 22, 2014 - 18:41
techteej
On my own email program, I started working to save info so users wouldn't have to enter it again, but I'm not sure how I would get that info...
Apr 22, 2014 - 14:13
jonmoore
Here's a bunch of workflows to help manage links.
These first three are based on the original Seth Brown python script **Formd**; which i...
Apr 22, 2014 - 14:06
jonmoore
### I've just uploaded a workflow that uses the excellent MakeDoc app to create a Docx out of markdown content.
['Make Docx'](http://www....
Apr 22, 2014 - 12:50
WyldKard
Over the years, I've found apps like VoodooPad and Trunk Notes rather useful for certain projects, in that being able to link to related int...
Apr 21, 2014 - 23:27
minnepicker
Greetings,
I love Editorial. It's like magic! However, today I was switching back and forth between apps and copying text back and forth ...
I want to make a workflow that pastes the selected text from the currently open browser window into the active editor window and then change...
Apr 19, 2014 - 18:49
cogs
Can anyone tell me how this parameter works? I've experimented a bit but my ear isn't accurate enough to recognise exactly what is a one-oc...
Apr 19, 2014 - 16:18
Jaap
How could I list all contacts in an existing group ?
(pythonista contacts module)
I would like to write a script that provides me with a...
Apr 19, 2014 - 15:48
Dann239
First time using scene (may recognize some of the structuring I used)... However if you continue to tap the 'button' occasionasly a note wil...
Apr 19, 2014 - 15:18
Lupee
How do I install/uninstall modules?
Can I use pip?
Thanks!
Apr 19, 2014 - 09:59
ferebee76
I’m trying to place custom HTML on the Pasteboard, for use as a signature in the Mail app among other things.
(The signature uses a CSS bac...
Apr 18, 2014 - 17:41
WyldKard
While there are a lot of Dropbox-based writing apps, few (like Notesy) will search within plaintext files. It'd be great if Editorial could ...
Apr 18, 2014 - 09:49
WyldKard
I'm working on a workflow to archive blog posts to Evernote, and I'd like to keep the source content in Markdown. I can upload the document ...
Apr 18, 2014 - 09:46
Endem
Hi guys,
In the last couple of months, mostly by following *MacStories*, I started using automation apps on iOS. Seeing that I started ge...
Apr 18, 2014 - 09:01
jmzg1229
This seems like a dumb question, but please bear with me. Ive been trying to install pipista, the module used for installing other modules, ...
Apr 17, 2014 - 09:51
Butler
I'm new to pythonista and programming on Python as I only got the app a few days ago but have had the codea app for around 2 weeks and I'm w...
Apr 17, 2014 - 08:06
andrebenrubi
Would like to see the ability to directly reference images.
Example: 
Only MobileFolio does that as far as I c...
This may well be a known or fixed issue – Editorial crashes/exits on out-of-range set_selection()
To reproduce:
- create an empty file
...
I have written many times in this Forum that you can not call scene.run() multiple times but now I have proof that this is NOT true.
Mul...
Has anyone looked at whether it would be possible to run [NTLK][1] under Pythonista?
[1]: http://www.nltk.org/
Apr 14, 2014 - 21:36
radlsneak
Is there anyway to launch another .py file while inside of shellista.py? or how would I go about adding that to the current code. I would li...
Apr 14, 2014 - 21:34
techteej
I wanted to build a menu to execute a script, but I keep getting [this error][1]. Problem being, I don't have a line 570 in the program I am...
Apr 14, 2014 - 14:36
mirko
So I am working upon this game and I am currently handling the end of the game.
The problem is that after resetting the scene, a new game...
Apr 14, 2014 - 13:55
alanmdunsmuir
On my PC, I'm running Windows 7.
How do I share files on this with Pythonista on my iPad? I've got and use iTunes on my PC, but Pythonist...
Apr 14, 2014 - 11:07
upwart
I have Scene based program with some background music.
When I abort the program with the X in the top righthand corner, the music continues...
Apr 13, 2014 - 13:20
SteveK
Hi. I'm new to python and pythonista.
I want to present a user dialog asking for a text entry from my class subclassed from Scene. How?
Lo...
Apr 13, 2014 - 12:37
upwart
I have a program that calls Scene with the *LANDSCAPE* parameter.
Strangely self.bounds returns (on my iPad) 0,0,1024,**748** and not 0,0,...