Forum Archive
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Pythonista (and Editorial) between 2012 and 2022. The Pythonista forum is now hosted on GitHub:
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Jan 20, 2014 - 07:55
heretiq
I love Editorial -- especially workflow feature! I think it would be great to add an optional, user-configurable "workflow favorites" bar th...
Jan 20, 2014 - 07:31
the_buch
Hey all! I hope everybody is having a good day. I'm trying something new this semester. I want to, for reasons of simplicity and personal cu...
Jan 20, 2014 - 01:02
jefflovejapan
If you jail break your phone, can you write to the filesystem using pythonista, install pip, etc? The iOS 7 jailbreak news just got me curio...
Jan 19, 2014 - 15:19
knowsbest
I put together a script which I think might do some good for Pythonista and Dropbox-users. The premise is this: you use 'Open In…' to transf...
Jan 16, 2014 - 05:54
holyjaw204
Hi all,
I'm looking for a best practice way to recognize when Pythonista is calling a script (vs. being called from, say, Alfred, or just i...
Jan 15, 2014 - 13:20
scj643
Would it be possible to add iCloud support so I can go from one iPad and pick up on another?
Jan 15, 2014 - 13:17
scj643
I have an idea for a gui for a file manager. I found a program that we could use to base it off of. The only problem with the program is tha...
Jan 14, 2014 - 23:31
agatonsax
Is there a way where one can read keyboard input in a Scene application ?
I've made a Scene application and would like to store settings in...
Jan 14, 2014 - 23:27
coolius
Hello all,
I would really love to have some sort of text input in the scene module. This would certainly make programming more serious apps...
Jan 14, 2014 - 17:05
jbwhaley234
<h1>QuickReminder.py</h1>
<p>This is a simple script which takes input from Drafts.app (required) and then schedules a reminder at a specifi...
Jan 14, 2014 - 04:57
pudquick51
<b>Disclaimer:</b> This works in combination with a (free) third-party App Store app.
The code is here:
http://gist.github.com/4704121
Us...
Jan 13, 2014 - 22:11
purmac
Just a quick question, is is possible to integrate MathJax into Editorial. I most time need to type mathematical equation in my notes. It wo...
Jan 13, 2014 - 05:18
julio.guzman
Hi! Has anyone managed to install requests_oauthlib module with pythonista or get to work with the Twitter API?
Jan 12, 2014 - 21:48
meikai
Is there a way to include a Pythonista Script/Scene as part of a Storyboarded App?
Since PythonistaAppViewController is derived from a UIVie...
Jan 12, 2014 - 09:47
djbouche42
I don't know if this has already been done, and no idea how useful this really is in practice, but I thought I'd give it a crack!
I wrote a...
Jan 11, 2014 - 14:26
alpinerunner
In the new contacts module is there any way to modify the person's picture?
I'm not finding it, and I wanted to see if I was missing some...
Jan 10, 2014 - 18:40
Scatterfelt
I've been using gravity() during a scene's setup to establish the starting position of the device. It works great on my iPad Air. My iPhone ...
Jan 09, 2014 - 22:53
joshwhitehouse
Hi,
I am trying to use photos.pick\_image in a "Scene with Layers" but replacing in setup(self) the line "self.layer.image = 'Snake' " wi...
Jan 09, 2014 - 22:18
joshwhitehouse
Hi,
When creating an new Scene with Layers how do I set the layer image in **setup(self)** using **photos.pick\_image()**? If I just alter ...
Hello all,
I am interested in using pythonista to reuse my python code base, but have a native iOS GUI. Is this possible? Anyone know exp...
Jan 09, 2014 - 04:57
DrNo152
In the editor the magnifying glass for making selections appears to be still of pre ios7-style. The new one is used for editing file names, ...
Jan 08, 2014 - 00:05
hvmhvm
Does anyone know if there is a way to detect when a running program (scene) is in the background (e.g. Because the user has pressed the home...
Jan 07, 2014 - 19:16
makeliferock
I'm just getting started with Pythonista and I love it. I'm very inspired from the forum here and all the contributions I worked my way thro...
Jan 07, 2014 - 09:15
Theramist253
Might be a dumb question but in the iPhone version of pythonista, how do you rename a file in your script library or do a save as? I can't s...
Jan 06, 2014 - 20:57
Michael
Hi again!
Is there a way to get an outline view of your document, assuming that it was written in markdown?
Thanks,
Michael
Jan 06, 2014 - 16:51
nealtz
Hello,
I'm new to Pythonista and Phython. I'm looking for a way to automate a process I have to do when I want to forward calls from my c...
Jan 06, 2014 - 09:07
c0deh0wler
One of my idevices has iOS 6. I can't upgrade to the latest version of Pythonista since it is not supported, and many other reasons such as ...
Jan 05, 2014 - 20:17
Forinfo
Hi
I am loving Editorial and can't wait for updates to add functionality. Two features I really feel the lack of are:
1. Global sea...
Jan 05, 2014 - 20:08
ChipWarren
Is there a way to jump to the edit point, or the end of the document using a preview workflow?
I am working on a document that's curren...
Jan 05, 2014 - 01:54
heretiq
Editorial is a very impressive app. I'm convinced it can accommodate most of my text editing needs. However, from time to time I need to inc...
Jan 04, 2014 - 22:51
Webmaster4o
I'm trying to make a rolling ball game, and I need to know how to write a script that uses collision detection. I also need to know if there...
Jan 04, 2014 - 21:26
davidw
I'd like to replace Evernote with a combination of Editorial / a Laptop MD editor / and a private github repo. I am so tired of Evernote's c...
Jan 04, 2014 - 21:05
ungaa
I've been using Pythonista for about an year now, and I have to say that it is an absolutely fantastic piece of software.
Lately, I've be...
Jan 04, 2014 - 19:47
britishgaming
Hi guys
I'm having an issue with a workflow that uploads an image to an FTP server. Here's the code (adapted from a Pythonista example)
...
Jan 04, 2014 - 16:56
mwerevu
I discovered this in a more complex set of code, but I've boiled the issue down to two very simple scripts:
**mainprog.py**
```python
...
Jan 04, 2014 - 11:28
DrNo152
The following code
from PIL import Image
img = Image.open('test.png')
img.show()
throws "`IOError: broken data stream wh...
Jan 03, 2014 - 03:53
gerwitz
Does anyone have any examples of using the editorial: inter-app URL scheme? I'd love to have a bookmarklet for Safari that invokes Editorial...
Jan 02, 2014 - 08:47
brumm
Is it possible to set the screen resolution from 1024 x 748 to 2048 x 1496?
`scene.get_screen_scale()` => 2.0
Setting self.size and se...
Jan 01, 2014 - 19:47
brumm
This code is showing a choosen picture for approx. 5 seconds until it crashed. What's wrong?
```python
import sys
import photos
from s...
Dec 31, 2013 - 22:32
gregusmihai
hello,
i'm trying to connect to my vps with pythonista, but it doesn't seem to work.
When i run this, it just freezes after i enter the ...
Dec 31, 2013 - 04:54
edgauthier
Any plans to add support for accessing the calendar or contact databases, perhaps through a Python module? I have some ideas for workflows (...
Dec 31, 2013 - 04:52
JordanPatterson28
I am using the method posted by ole to create a Dropbox app register it then pull the info into other scripts in pythonista. Is this possibl...
Dec 30, 2013 - 22:57
role
Hi all,
I am trying to write a script to measure reaction time.
It should show the 10 digits as buttons, then show a random digit and ...
Version 1.2 introduces the pythonista:// URL scheme for opening and running scripts in your library. Using Safari web clips (home screen boo...
Dec 30, 2013 - 18:41
DrNo152
How would one code a script that would work like the menu entry 'Run selected lines' in IEP when called as an action menu entry from the edi...
Dec 30, 2013 - 12:55
jldiaz
I love Editorial so much that I'm starting to use it as my editor of choice for writing Markdown, even replacing the one in the desktop comp...
Dec 30, 2013 - 10:04
RobertClay
I am new to Editorial, and still finding my way around. Impressed so far but keep running into a problem that likely has a very simple solut...
Dec 30, 2013 - 02:32
realburch
I have a block of text that looks like the below:
>I need you to take a look at Bug 123 and Bug 2345. Also see the list below:
1. Bug ...
Dec 29, 2013 - 19:19
oghh
Editorial should remember (optionally at best) the last view as well last edited cursor and page view scroll position for each document!
...
Dec 29, 2013 - 13:35
zeitgeist
Has anyone else seen a problem with Pythonista 1.4 not running a script? It does not report any error or output in the console (even if I ha...