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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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...
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...
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...