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Dec 19, 2017 - 12:57
robertiii
How do I set a logical tab order so when the user enters text and hits tab on a keyboard the focus swaps to the correct field?
Dec 18, 2017 - 15:43
tomk
Speech example works well with iPad but not on iPhone. Is this a configuration problem?
```
import speech
import time
def finish_speaking...
I wanted a simple, readily available way to make a copy of a file in the editor so I wrote the snippet below and added it as an action in th...
Dec 16, 2017 - 15:21
Grun6
Hello,
I am faced with the following situation:
1- I have a simple view that I load which contains a button and a tableview.
2- I have set ...
Dec 15, 2017 - 12:05
Phuket2
I have posted this here as I am not sure its a bug or not. But as far as I can see its not possible to create a std ui Search view as in io...
Dec 14, 2017 - 07:12
upwart
I am trying to install mypy with pip install mypy under Stash.
But I get the error message:
**ERROR: You need Python 3.4 or later to use myp...
Dec 13, 2017 - 16:14
xxfunxx
I am trying to make (what I thought) would be fairly simple GUI with a lighting control switch. It's not actually controlling a light. I jus...
Dec 13, 2017 - 06:26
ramvee
HI,
I am sure this is a basic question..
i want the simplest way to save the puzzle generated on the console to be saved as an image.
I t...
Dec 12, 2017 - 22:15
Matteo
Hi, instead of to close full Pythonista app can user restart python interpreter with a soft key or function?
Sometimes I need to restart the...
Dec 12, 2017 - 09:51
Phuket2
Over some years it has been brought up before how some people have expresssed interest in supporting the Pythonista App/project in terms of ...
Dec 11, 2017 - 16:30
Fractals
Am I only limited to their three? I know I can edit them ... but can’t see how to add more
Also - if I want to edit outside of editorial an...
Dec 10, 2017 - 09:54
Phuket2
A lazy Sunday :) I just thought I would share this small thing I did. It's very simple. It's just a function that returns a view that has a ...
Dec 09, 2017 - 21:07
tguillemin
In order to have a river-style (Dave Winer) feed about book reviews in some great newspapers (NYT, The Economist, Le Monde, Japan Times), I ...
Dec 09, 2017 - 03:35
ramvee
Hi,
I often get "cannot import name 'pyplot' error"
when i try to import matplotlib
As a work around, I go to Examples folder and run any...
Dec 08, 2017 - 17:51
mikael
If I take the ripple shader example in the Shader documentation, it runs fine at 60 fps.
If I replace the shader in the example with anothe...
Dec 08, 2017 - 11:22
Phuket2
This may not just work for the iPad and the smart Apple keyboard , but thats what I use. But often when I am writing on the forum and change...
Dec 07, 2017 - 10:26
Phuket2
I was just playing around. Just thought I would share what I was doing. I was trying to basically make a checkmark list. I was trying to k...
Dec 07, 2017 - 04:15
uncompleted
Hello, I've installed pandas via stash
After importing it, it said this version of pandas is incompatible with numpy <1.9.0, your numpy vers...
Dec 06, 2017 - 14:52
Matteo
Sorry for the strange question but it makes me curious. It is not related to Pythonista app, but maybe to any Python distribution.
The ques...
Dec 06, 2017 - 12:23
upwart
I have a Scene application that crashes after about one minute of use. By checking available memory I have finally found the cause of the le...
Dec 05, 2017 - 21:22
upwart
I am looking for a simple way to check a memory leak, and therefore would like to check the available memory regularly.
Is there a function ...
Dec 04, 2017 - 10:42
lachlantula
Hi all,
I’m developing an application with the `ui` module, but have realised something that I’m not sure is either intentional or just over...
Dec 03, 2017 - 22:35
reticulated
Hey everyone,
I've seen a few methods here in the forums for keeping things in-sync between the phone and "other" device.
I am wondering i...
Hi guys,
I've been trying to clone my repository to Pythonista using stash and every time I get the same error:
```
stash:<class
'parmiko....
Dec 02, 2017 - 12:29
xlh155
Hello, anyone know how to access the default preview stylesheet? I have an export to pdf workflow that needs a stylesheet to format the text...
Dec 02, 2017 - 07:53
reticulated
Hi everyone,
I recently tried Pythonista and fell in love! Since then out of sheer curiosity i whipped up a few things I wanted to use in p...
Dec 01, 2017 - 14:07
Bjucha
Hi
Im having a problem with getting my SpriteNode to move several times
Moving it from one place to an other is no problem but if I would li...
Nov 30, 2017 - 21:09
ellie_ff1493
I have a scene and I want to add a custom “x” and I want to stop my scrip but sys.exit doesn’t work and I don’t know how I’d do it without t...
Nov 30, 2017 - 13:27
furuki328
I cannot find feedback page, so I write here. If irrelevance, please guide to correct page.
Please remove annoying yellow rectangle around m...
Nov 29, 2017 - 15:38
procryon
Hey all, quick question about the editor module here. For the .openfile() function, it gives me an error when I put the name of the file I w...
Nov 29, 2017 - 03:16
djeetee
hi Guys, is there a way to use a cloud drive to store scripts? haven’t found that in the app (unless i’m blind!)
is this on the app develop...
I have a dialogs list(test-1) which has items with detail_button. If you tap the row of a item, another dialogs list(test-2) will be popup. ...
Nov 28, 2017 - 15:20
JiangShenLi
Pythonista crashes often when while editing from my Bluetooth keyboard, I move the cursor with my keyboard arrow keys; such as up or down. B...
Nov 27, 2017 - 21:53
mikael
I would like to understand how Pythonista uses threads, but cannot find any real documentation on the topic.
Are these simple assumptions c...
Nov 27, 2017 - 13:54
Phuket2
I wrote [this](https://gist.github.com/bfb31f458b0601040359dd131f649b0c) class a long time ago with some help from @JonB and maybe others. ...
Nov 27, 2017 - 13:44
tguillemin
I have the following text :
```
This is paragraph #1
[comment]: # (London, Paris)
This is paragraph #2
[comment]: # (Paris, Berlin...
Nov 27, 2017 - 04:15
DrJJWMac
Hello!
I want to develop interactive demos for science/engineering courses. I have just started learning python for this. My previous (and ...
Nov 27, 2017 - 01:44
Plungestep
I primarily use Pythonista to write code to solve Project Euler problems (https://projecteuler.net). I use a number of libraries, like iter...
I’m testing Editorial, looking for “**the best**” MultiMarkdown editor for iOS.
I have three problems with Editorial that somebody might b...
Nov 26, 2017 - 01:04
rigoguthrie
Hi,
Does anyone know how do I get access to the beta version of Pythonista. Can’t wait to have the files support.
I have composed a simple program to calculate the number of fractions in base form with denominators up to and including 12000, and values i...
Nov 24, 2017 - 00:00
AddledBadger
Hi,
Searched the docs and forums but can’t seem to find this. Any help on how to set a ui date picker to a particular value, rather than th...
Nov 23, 2017 - 22:19
siulman
Hello guys,
I have an ipad pro 10.5 with IOS 11.1 and just downloaded pythonista 3. I want to import some libraries as netmiko with “pip in...
Nov 22, 2017 - 19:49
chjl07
Hello!
I am new to pythonista but found very interesting this approach of turning an ipad into a programmable device...
I would love to be ...
Nov 22, 2017 - 12:11
Phuket2
@omz, just wondering why custom properties are not retained when you use ui.dump_view. Maybe a security injection thing, I am not sure.
B...
Nov 22, 2017 - 10:07
Phuket2
I am just sharing this because I find it useful script for getting the raw text of a gist when on a mobile device. Selecting/copying etc......
Nov 22, 2017 - 05:58
paultopia
Hey y'all. I've banged together a simple Dropbox-syncing weight tracker with moving averages (like the old "Hacker's Diet"). The idea is t...
Nov 21, 2017 - 22:27
joseph
There is a time limit for iOS port forwarding. However, if we can forward the port using python scripts within Pythonista and open a web bro...
Not sure how I could have caused this but I now get the following when executing python scripts that were working fine before. Can anyone su...
Using Stash, I did pip install Roku (installs a package to control Roku devices). Install works but if I then do the following Pythonista lo...