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: → Join the Discussion!
Dec 02, 2013 - 20:00
OmarKN
Hi & good day, How can I get the workflow for wordpress postings (Post To Wordpress) going? 1.) Error message says: ”Custom Action...
Dec 02, 2013 - 01:45
Dann239
My first attempt at more than a simple action script. Feedback greatly appreciated. Spent many late nights reading and reading Python forums...
Dec 01, 2013 - 10:24
Rob
It would be very useful to be able to preview MMD tables (including spanning fields) in Editorial, in the way that is supported, for example...
Dec 01, 2013 - 08:30
jrwagz
I have a few contacts in my Contacts app that have birthdays with no year associated. This allows them to show up in the calendar even thou...
Dec 01, 2013 - 05:54
Bobbyt
I have recently upgraded to 1.4 and it is great. I have a question when using my images. If I delete an image I cannot re-use that name...
Nov 30, 2013 - 18:49
mcsquaredjr148
I have to quit Pythonista to reload modules after I modify them. Is there a better way, something along the lines of ipython's autoreload di...
Nov 29, 2013 - 19:26
Stefano
Explain and Code. Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs: Instead of imagining that our main task is to i...
Nov 29, 2013 - 07:17
due3die
Hi @ole, Please find below is the code to check online status for dev center written by @viticci. I am getting strange output! And please...
Nov 29, 2013 - 06:45
fdebruin
Dear all, I am new to Editorial, mark-down, and python and I am looking for some help to convert a text that consists of multiple lines i...
Nov 29, 2013 - 05:41
dgold
I don't know python well and can't write python scripts. Have a strong technical knowledge and use pythonista for quite a few tasks at the m...
Nov 28, 2013 - 17:25
Gerzer
I've noticed some compatibility issues with iOS 7, most notably the problem with line wrap when you paste text into the editor. It seems tha...
Nov 28, 2013 - 17:23
dongo
Hi there, folks. I feel like I'm probably missing something super obvious, but this is driving my crazy. Changing "Tab Width" in the sett...
Nov 28, 2013 - 12:41
Gcarver166
Here is my favorite arcade game from the 80s. It's 2 player and IPad only. https://gist.github.com/4115763
Nov 28, 2013 - 08:35
eliskan175
edit: please read lower comments for newer versions and information. This project is growing! https://gist.github.com/26a01b934ea7e522c497...
Nov 27, 2013 - 16:40
JadedTuna
Hey all! I wanna ask, is there a way to run some script in Pythonista using `editor` module? Or somehow else, not using `RUN` button? Thanks...
Nov 27, 2013 - 13:46
LittleHouse75
Would regular expressions be in the future? (BTW, lovely app!!!)
Nov 27, 2013 - 13:27
rikishiama
I have searched the forums but I can't find an answer to something basic like how to set up Dropbox. The manual makes it sound like all I ne...
Nov 27, 2013 - 04:38
dgold
Given the new functionality in Pythonista is there a way I can open a PDF file in Pythonista and then have it save to Evernote and also save...
Nov 27, 2013 - 01:15
Malanowski204
Hello all, I'm not sure if this is possible with Pythonista, or at all. Say I had a 50 page PDF that I wanted to turn into 50, 1 page ...
Nov 26, 2013 - 22:23
mcsquaredjr148
Just updated to 1.4 and noticed it takes several seconds to open the Settings dialog. Has anybody else experienced something similar or is ...
Nov 26, 2013 - 19:50
aidanharris
For some reason the following code does not work: ```python a=input('input something: \n') print(a) ``` It produces the following e...
Nov 26, 2013 - 19:27
rmanly
Can anyone help me to understand why this works in OS X but not in Pythonista? https://gist.github.com/rmanly/7648823 For those who do...
Nov 26, 2013 - 08:35
RainmanNoodles
So I have a complex script that takes a web page and turns it into a .epub file. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to move the .epub fil...
Nov 25, 2013 - 11:53
AlexKucera
Hi guys, I have [a workflow][1] that cleans up a string and turns it into a URL for my blog. I also have [a workflow][2] that turns a Mar...
Nov 25, 2013 - 09:36
Michael
Hi! I wanted to open a *.markdown file generated by iThoughts HD in Editorial - just iThoughts HD won't offer me Editorial as target app!...
Nov 25, 2013 - 05:46
Ohope5
When I type code in Pythonista, when it is longer than screen width, I can no longer see it. It just comes out as a strange blob (in magnify...
Nov 19, 2013 - 15:02
JKM
Is it possible in a future release to have (1) multiple docs open with tabs for each document ala Goodreader or PDFExpert? and (2) nested bo...
Nov 18, 2013 - 08:31
Lioneldp213
I have all the necessary access (app key, secret, full dropbox access) set up using the great scripts found on the forum - thank you - but t...
Nov 17, 2013 - 12:07
keimina
# Sharing a bit useful command. I like Pythonista on iPad or iPhone retina display. It looks very beautiful and is very very powerful. ...
Nov 16, 2013 - 17:48
yvess
Hi I'm a new user of Editorial, and it's awesome :-) One thing I'm missing in Editorial or any other ios text editor, is native suppo...
Nov 16, 2013 - 09:06
Kenmcn
I have seen this mentioned in the forums, but it was linked to a discussion about errors renaming files, so I thought it best to start a new...
Nov 15, 2013 - 21:12
RickardDahlstrand127
I can see a lots of uses for this. I saw someone requesting this on twitter. Rickard.
Nov 14, 2013 - 16:13
Raph
Sorry if the question is very basic. Maybe I overlooked something in the documentation.I tried import filename With no luck, wheth...
Nov 13, 2013 - 01:16
fjpoblam
Currently, the only operation available upon "Select all" is "Copy". There are situations in which "Cut" and "Paste" would also be useful.
Nov 12, 2013 - 21:46
mcsquaredjr148
Is there a way to clear browser's cache in Editorial? I have a workflow that uses an external server and have schanged css files there but E...
Nov 12, 2013 - 21:34
ClareMacrae
I just had a bunch of conflicts in my early experimenting with Editorial's Dropbox sync, and found I had to force-kill Editorial, to get it ...
Nov 11, 2013 - 21:20
rcarmo
I've been tinkering with [Hy](http://hylang.org) and am curious as to how hard it would be to bundle with Pythonista (I haven't really tried...
Nov 11, 2013 - 19:56
rcarmo
This is more of a question than anything else, but I'm curious as to whether there are any plans to move from PIL to Pillow (which is a tad ...
Nov 09, 2013 - 05:59
da5id
Dear friends: Pythonista is really amazing. Developing IOs apps is a lot simpler and lots of fun. I have a problem, though. I've made ...
Nov 08, 2013 - 22:23
InsolublePancake
I've been trying to find a way to access the notes in the standard iOS notes app with pythonista but have not managed. Can anyone help? I t...
Nov 08, 2013 - 19:49
filippocld223
trying this code : ```python #coding: utf-8 import workflow action_in = workflow.get_input() if action_in.endswith(' ')==True :...
Nov 08, 2013 - 15:52
Michael
Hi! I need to use chemical formulas in my texts. While superscript works (H^2), subscript won't work (O~2). Also O_2 won't produce what I...
Nov 08, 2013 - 08:57
filippocld223
trying this code : ```python #coding: utf-8 import workflow action_in = workflow.get_input() if action_in.endswith(' ')==True...
Nov 07, 2013 - 20:47
OmarKN
Hi, I would have expected the Markdown setting a LINEBREAK ``` \<br \/\>``` to 'appear' after each footnote. As it is now all footnotes a...
Nov 07, 2013 - 20:35
OmarKN
Hi, I get the ff Workflow Error: `”Custom Action (Advanced)”: Line 16: IOError: unsupported XML-RPC protocol.` I'm counting the l...
Nov 07, 2013 - 19:27
Redsleaves
Hey guys, Is it possible to pull the first line of a document and use that text to rename the file?
Nov 07, 2013 - 12:42
dendrites
Hello, I just started using Editorial a few days ago and I have some problems: Renaming files in my Dropbox gives me “Sync Error – An err...
Nov 07, 2013 - 02:05
montedavis
In my script that works fine within Pythonista -- the main file is a web form -- I am getting an error when trying to run it as a standalone...
Nov 07, 2013 - 00:54
theoriginalbudman
I've run into an unusual program behavior I've not seen before. I attempted to rename a document I'd just created and received an error mes...
Nov 06, 2013 - 04:08
SteveW928
Hello, unless I'm doing something wrong, after do a Global Search, I am unable to scroll the results page to get to all the occurrences. Inc...