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Jan 01, 2022 - 20:01
DavinE
Hello Guys,
I was planning to create a ping query via a python "script" with:
```
print(os.system('ping -c 5 localhost'))
```
but here I al...
Dec 22, 2021 - 19:27
jaalburquerque
Hi. I am trying to implement a user defined class with a single method so that its method can be used in the other scripts that I write. I...
Dec 22, 2021 - 19:07
kaan191
Hi all & @mikael
Substituting WKWebView for ui.WebView in one of my scraping routines worked like a charm - thanks and excellent work!
Wh...
Dec 22, 2021 - 13:39
Avabrian12123
Physics, science that offers with the structure of remember and the interactions among the fundamental parts of the observable universe. Ins...
Dec 21, 2021 - 09:34
ErickDaGamer
By running the following program line by line in the console, you can crash Pythonista:
```
import sys
sys.settrace(lambda: 0)
def s(): retu...
Dec 21, 2021 - 02:35
Geese
Hello,
Using Pythonista 3.3(330025) on 5thGen iPad Pro. iOS 15.2
No matter where I am in the UI designer, anything I paste shows up at th...
Dec 18, 2021 - 22:12
PyThrrrone
https://github.com/PyThrrrone/ScreenSlaver
Preview output on shadertoy: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/7ldXDs
Dec 15, 2021 - 12:39
nami_22
I thought it was said that saving keys as environment variables was a bad idea? I normally use a.env file and load values from it with doten...
Dec 13, 2021 - 04:08
jellybeard
How can I execute a series of actions on a single touch? For example, if I have this example from the Pythonista documentation but I want t...
Dec 12, 2021 - 14:28
boing
When I have a file open, and using an external keyboard, I noticed that clicking a line in the currently open file causes the editor to “jum...
The profile settings has a setting for receiving email for topics to which you are subscribed. I have Watch turned on for a few threads but ...
I wanted to see if I could install Streamlit (a Webapp development platform). I used pip with Stash and it ended with:
```
Running setup fil...
Dec 08, 2021 - 17:36
DavinE
Hello Guys,
I have a Question/Problem...
I‘m trying to read a *PDF file to get an Output like this:
```
['2374575', '1', 'ZB33S Zählerschr...
Dec 08, 2021 - 05:44
frankL
Is anyone having problems with previously working pythonista scripts after upgrading iPhone to ios15?
Dec 07, 2021 - 20:39
levi.starrett
I have a group of students that I want to work on a group project. The project is split into multiple files. I want to share the OneDrive fo...
Dec 02, 2021 - 03:05
Bozmo
However I call the script, it seems to always launch Pythonista App before it runs the script. Is it possible to run the scrip in the backg...
Dec 02, 2021 - 01:40
jaalburquerque
I’m wondering if it is possible to use something like ```console.alert()``` to show the user some text rendered in different colors. Would ...
Dec 01, 2021 - 23:39
frankL
I have a strange situation that I would like to get some help with. I have written a script with a class that contains a set of widgets tha...
Nov 26, 2021 - 18:37
jkoen
Hi Pythonista,
I recently bought Pythonista because I thought it could help me to sort and build dictionary outputs from "Get contents of U...
Nov 26, 2021 - 18:28
JamesC
Hi all,
Is it possible to get Shapely to work?
I installed and got around the types error - but no further.
Presume it’s because
Nov 25, 2021 - 21:11
pietvo
I bought a new iPad mini and it updated to 15,1. But I can’t set a script for the Pythonista widget. I select a script from Examples/Widgets...
Nov 24, 2021 - 14:25
Befe89
Writing an essay may seem like an extremely difficult task, but how to approach it properly, tedious text writing can turn into an interesti...
Nov 24, 2021 - 08:02
jacklewis3
For [Google Recovery](https://www.myaccountrecovery.com/google-account-recovery/) or if you want to recover your google account then, you ne...
Nov 23, 2021 - 14:18
cloudytechi147
I have this [python copy directory](https://www.techgeekbuzz.com/python-copy-file-and-directory-using-shutil/):
```
{128: ['S', 'S', 'O', '...
Nov 19, 2021 - 11:40
AlanE
I seek help on merging an ObjC bridge program, which Ole offered some time ago, with the standard photos.capture_image
These three lines of...
Nov 15, 2021 - 04:24
nerdtronn
In the below script, the #1 output works as expected. The #2 output, though, called from within the scene object, does not. For #2, the lo...
Nov 14, 2021 - 10:35
momorprods
Greetings incredible community!
After migrating my iPhone to iOS15 I noticed a few issues with my Pythonista-made apps. Weird SceneView beh...
Nov 13, 2021 - 04:47
dacinuk
Hi,
I have a question about the file-picker.
my file-picker get an input over a dict like that:
```
{'Kunden Übersicht': ['01_Beschreibung...
Nov 13, 2021 - 00:01
nerdtronn
I have a scene based script in pythonista which displays a filled graph of values over time.
I implemented this by creating a list of Shape...
What happened to the forum? Was it hacked? @cvp The outliner thread (along with many others) seems to have been deleted.
Nov 12, 2021 - 16:36
frankL
Is there a search function in the pythonista editor? How can I find a specific word or phrase in a script on iphone without reading through...
Nov 09, 2021 - 22:51
hello_magi
Hello I was wondering how can install discord.py on pythonista. I am very new to coding and this is how I want to start off. Do i install it...
Nov 09, 2021 - 17:14
craig.frew
Hello,
I am relatively new so please excuse my lack of knowledge and understanding. I am learning fast with the help of other which leads m...
Nov 07, 2021 - 04:30
nerdtronn
I’d like to periodically issue an HTTP request to a URL which will return a result via JSON. This is in a scene based script. So I’d like ...
Nov 06, 2021 - 12:10
racebrakesshop
Describe about Thunderbird GLOC pads.
Nov 06, 2021 - 07:24
America
Tell the any online platform from where one can buy Brz Coilovers.
Nov 01, 2021 - 22:42
rewire88
New to Pythonista and I'm trying to make a script with a bank of sliders that control gains on a separate plot (gain vs. frequency). I've pl...
Nov 01, 2021 - 19:09
ThomasF
Is there a way to read and write data to a HID device in Pythonista.
Like shown here in this swift example:
https://github.com/Arti3DPlaye...
Oct 27, 2021 - 21:50
Robert_Tompkins
Hey guys, I’m just posting this here so other people can use it if they made the same mistake I did.
I wrote many programs and later built U...
Oct 26, 2021 - 19:10
nerdtronn
I’m trying to draw a box in the center of the screen using the below. The box is drawn centered about the origin (lower left corner of the ...
Oct 24, 2021 - 19:56
baschni
Hallo!
I would like to output German day names in a strftime-Statement, but it fails with the error: „unsupported Locale Setting“
```
l...
Oct 24, 2021 - 15:49
nerdtronn
I’ve created a script in “Script Library/iCloud” using pythonista. The script creates a file and saves some cached geolocation data using t...
Oct 24, 2021 - 10:15
Bambla
Hello,
I am a DIY learner and don‘t have a professional coding education. So I apologize upfront for not having structured my code as a pro...
Oct 24, 2021 - 03:29
average
Need to update my iOS but can't until i know editorial will work :)
Oct 21, 2021 - 08:06
baschni
Hallo,
I would like to imitate the effect when you hear music with one app A and then a voice message is played in another app B. App B the...
Oct 21, 2021 - 00:00
george293
Hi, has anybody been successful in getting Mido (a Python midi library) to work in Pythonista?
I have successfully installed it with 'pip in...
Oct 20, 2021 - 09:18
sidubutt
Hello guys,
I'm working on an app I want to use with the xcode-Template and I have trouble with the notification-module from pythonista...
...
Oct 19, 2021 - 11:10
gheharukoh7
Many constructs and features of the C preprocessor are supported, but that doesn't mean that you'll be able to process most standard header ...
Oct 19, 2021 - 04:15
Bryant11
I'm waiting for an actual look at the app before buying. I was considering between [pythonista](https://www.apogeeweb.net/circuitry/tja1043-...