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Apr 12, 2014 - 17:21
hamishmacdonald
Editorial is an incredibly useful program (I'd say "app", but this is far more powerful than what we think of when we think of apps).
My ...
Apr 11, 2014 - 23:31
kojack
Is there a way to pass parameters to a script? In other words, if I have a script that connects to a site entered by the user is there a wa...
Apr 11, 2014 - 17:56
davidw
I'd to put in a request to add the powerful and popular nltk library to pythonista.
thanks!
Apr 11, 2014 - 17:27
MartinPacker
I have a workflow, mostly written in Python, that checks things like missing footnote definitions and unused ones. I'd like to extend it a l...
Apr 11, 2014 - 15:51
mbraga
Hello all,
by mistake I deleted a plain text (txt) file I was working on.
The file was local and I don't have a backup form iTunes or iC...
Apr 11, 2014 - 14:19
Tuxinet
Hi
I'm just wondering about something. I am trying to use the location module, but something I found out very early on is that it appears...
Apr 10, 2014 - 14:56
mirko
Hello there
The following as been verbatim copied from the Cards.py example:
self.root_layer.update(self.dt)
self.root_layer....
Apr 10, 2014 - 10:02
nealtz
Because I need a way to convert time from CET (or CEST) to PST I want to use the [pytz module](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz). I'm a pyt...
Apr 09, 2014 - 22:12
Shambhala
[Pythonista Subreddit][1]
Access websites, your programs, and some other apps with your notification center. This program creates links/...
Apr 09, 2014 - 15:48
stompertje
I love Pythonista! I would love it even more if it offered support for TextExpander Touch, mainly so I can quickly setup skeleton files with...
Apr 09, 2014 - 03:11
Denrael245
I'm intrigued by Pythonista. I would love to use it for using my iPad to quickly do demos, but that would require that I be able to establis...
Apr 08, 2014 - 16:38
techteej
So, I was looking at [omz's File Transfer script][1] but noticed that it doesn't upload scripts that are in folders to the site. Any suggest...
Apr 07, 2014 - 23:51
upwart
I have a module which contains some functions I use in several other programs. I have noticed that if I change the code of the module, these...
Apr 07, 2014 - 20:46
clehrich
I'm fairly new to programming (since my old TRS-80 days!), so this may be obvious.
I'm trying to put text onto a button. I have two probl...
Apr 07, 2014 - 16:44
upwart
I would like to play a sound continously (until a certain event).
I know to use sound.play_effect, but how can I issue another play_effect ...
Apr 06, 2014 - 23:54
karthikmaiya
So im hearing a lot about pipista and its ability to install other modules. I want to install nltk or mathplotlib with pipista. Van someone ...
Apr 05, 2014 - 16:29
upwart
Sorry, I placed this in the wrong forum.
Apr 05, 2014 - 07:23
eddo88873
doesn't support locale for c libraries
Apr 04, 2014 - 21:50
mon10a
Is there an Editorial function equivalent to the 'Select from List' workflow action?
Thanks.
Is there a way to create an alarm/timer which will run in the background? I see that the alarm method is not in the signal module but I wond...
Apr 03, 2014 - 12:00
upwart
I want use PIL to create my own picture, including texts.
I can draw the string, but don't know how to use another font or change the size.
Apr 02, 2014 - 11:09
lenoirmind
Hello all,
First of: what an inspiring app Pythonista is! I am a developer, though Python is pretty new to me. But I am a quick learner a...
Mar 30, 2014 - 06:55
JadedTuna
Hey guys! ShadowSlayer here. I've noticed that these is no AirCode function in Pythonista... So I made a simple app :). It has:<br>
GUI Cli...
Mar 29, 2014 - 16:51
the_buch
I'm curious about the future of the directory, as it is currently in beta. This is a question, as well as, I guess, a feature request. It wo...
Mar 29, 2014 - 12:43
siddbudd
Hi,
I installed a package called [ltchinese 0.1](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ltchinese/0.1) through pipista, the installation went well, b...
Mar 28, 2014 - 19:17
JonB
Cancel_all works ok, but cancel doesn't seem to work:
```python
import notification
n=notification.get_scheduled()
print 'initial num ...
Mar 28, 2014 - 05:00
karthikmaiya
In pythonista is it possible to create an output textfile from within the code itself. Meaning say i want to create a text file called hi.tx...
Mar 27, 2014 - 06:16
karthikmaiya
Hello i was working through a collective intelligence book and its supposed to write to a text file called blogdata.txt after processing cer...
Mar 26, 2014 - 11:08
JonB
Curious if any of the following use cases are supported, for moving back and forth between console and editor:
1) Run specific lines from...
Mar 26, 2014 - 00:04
dstroh
Can some please point me in the right direction. I am trying to stop my app from auto-locking and the iOS api has a variable called AutoTime...
Mar 25, 2014 - 12:04
jimmbo
I wish Editorial's web browser offered a "View in Safari" option.
Mar 24, 2014 - 09:44
jastor
Hi.
The closest answer to this Ive found is notification.schedule('message',seconds_delay,'action_url')
"Scheduled notifications are d...
Mar 24, 2014 - 06:45
upwart
I would like to add some sound (effects) to my program. The sound module gives me only a limited number of these.
Can I add my own (prefera...
Mar 23, 2014 - 20:08
upwart
I have a couple of my own modules that I would like to store in a separate folder. However,Pythonista can't find them there. How can I put a...
Mar 23, 2014 - 15:42
upwart
Here's a module to generate a specified number of distinct colors.
You can exclude certain colors, most likely black or white by gving a li...
Mar 23, 2014 - 10:34
nealtz
I searched for a while but could't find a solution till now. All I want to get is a (text) list of the events of the day from my calendar. I...
Mar 22, 2014 - 20:27
nealtz
The functionality of my script might only be useful for a handful of people, because it interacts with the website of my german telefon netw...
Mar 22, 2014 - 07:59
JonB
Random question. I've been working my way through pythonchallenge.com using pythonista, and came to a point where I had to unzip a bz2 file...
Mar 22, 2014 - 02:33
nealtz
After I mastered the [login into a website](http://omz-forums.appspot.com/pythonista/post/6135208579432448) using requests I face a new prob...
Mar 21, 2014 - 04:00
Dann239
Is there a shorter way instead of using column of 'elif'?
https://gist.github.com/PyDann/182849dddc763ad46ccc
Mar 19, 2014 - 18:04
karthikmaiya
I have asked previous questions but this time is different. I am trying to teach myself about collective intelligence and i have a book that...
Mar 19, 2014 - 07:25
emkay
I am using SimpleHTTPServer in an Editorial workflow. This works well, except the stop button and the spinning button do not kill the workf...
Mar 19, 2014 - 05:22
the_buch
I made a slight mistake in my [MrReaderURL](http://www.editorial-workflows.com/workflow/5248029397352448/UM7QGkev0vk) workflow description. ...
Mar 17, 2014 - 22:49
karthikmaiya
Sorry for the repeated questions, im new to this whole thing but i hav a question, when i used pipista to download a module, it gave me a ta...
Mar 17, 2014 - 21:04
Dann239
https://gist.github.com/PyDann/4852485a5c006708febd
You will have to do some manual leg (or finger?) work to acquire your own yahoo weath...
Mar 16, 2014 - 23:24
upwart
I have made a dictionnary with the name of the colors (as shown in the color + menu).
If you include this (possibly via module), then you c...
http://omz-software.com/pythonista/docs/ios/index.html lists several pypi modules that are included in Pythonista.
**Are there other *und...
Mar 16, 2014 - 07:39
Kenbo01
What's the easiest way to get a Pythonista script to display a Word document that I have stored in a Pythonista folder?
I can't seem to u...
Mar 16, 2014 - 03:24
karthikmaiya
So im hearing a lot about pipista and its ability to install other modules. I want to install nltk or mathplotlib with pipista. Van someone ...
Mar 15, 2014 - 14:53
Dann239
I can find plenty of resources to create a dictionary with multiple keys per value, but I can't find how to set one up.
https://gist.githu...