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Pythonista (and Editorial) between 2012 and 2022. The Pythonista forum is now hosted on GitHub:
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Nov 19, 2017 - 13:29
mikael
I have been told that you should not generate documentation from code, and there are probably several good reasons behind that guideline. Ho...
Nov 17, 2017 - 19:57
chibill
So I am trying to convert the following to python (can’t code block it on mobile...)
```
@import SystemConfiguration.CaptiveNetwork;
/** R...
Nov 17, 2017 - 13:10
condenado
Hello, evereone. I am planning to use pythhonista for some data mining courses, and I need theano for it. Maybe anyone knows the way to impo...
Nov 16, 2017 - 12:02
PeterN
There's an old topic on triggering the iPhone vibrator, but it states there is no means of varying the duration. Does anyone know whether th...
Nov 16, 2017 - 05:57
Grun6
Hello,
Limited coding experience.
The forms dialog function accepts several types ('switch', 'text', 'url', 'email, etc...) but there is no...
Nov 15, 2017 - 04:56
robertiii
Is there a Way to receive midi notes from another app?
Nov 14, 2017 - 03:18
josephwang
Hello! I am literally new to coding - just finished 70 videos of an introductory video course side-by-side with the Pythonista app on my iPa...
Nov 13, 2017 - 11:19
bruceathome
Hi all. Non-programmer here. I've been using pythonista to process photos of student work, to remove the background and shadows etc. It i...
Nov 13, 2017 - 06:50
kyelewis
Hey All,
I know PythonistaKit hasn't really seen much attention recently, but this one is strange as it works in the simulator (and on the ...
Has anyone gotten a DLNA server working under Pythonista? I'd like to use it to stream content to a Roku box that is a DLNA client.
Nov 11, 2017 - 18:17
scatter
Hi, new to python and desperately trying to import Tkinter to Pythonista, can anyone help?
I couldn’t find anything on here except a 5year ...
Nov 09, 2017 - 17:43
mikael
My wife needed a presentation timer for an event, to replace pieces of paper with numbers on them to show the speakers how much time they ha...
Nov 09, 2017 - 11:36
djorge
Hi,
What is the best way to update the content load by a widget?
Let me explain:
I have a script that parses a pdf file and creates a fil...
Nov 09, 2017 - 04:36
monlie
I would like to write a simple editor of scheme to learning *SICP* with my iPad. So I need to highlight some characters (such as keywords an...
Nov 09, 2017 - 02:00
murphykate
I’m trying to do some Linear Programming in Pythonista. I need to get GLPK or CBC (from Coin-or) to run in Pythonista, but I don’t know how...
Nov 08, 2017 - 21:27
purple_cyborg
Any word on when we can expect an update for Pythonista? I’m checking the App Store daily at the moment, hoping it’s gonna happen pretty soo...
Nov 07, 2017 - 20:42
midas9087
I’m trying to do a pretty simple search: i want to find files that contain 2 words. The words are not contiguous. For example, if I input “i...
Nov 07, 2017 - 15:46
midas9087
Over time, the workflows on my iPhone have diverged from those on my iPad. Is there a way, I guess this is related to my other post about sy...
Nov 07, 2017 - 15:38
midas9087
Is it possible to sync Workflows between devices? I have used the Backup and Restore workflows to do this in the past, but things inevitably...
Nov 07, 2017 - 04:57
easy_fly
```
import sound
import dialogs
recorder = sound.Recorder('speech.m4a')
#recorder.record()
dialogs.alert('Recording...', '', 'Finish', h...
Nov 05, 2017 - 00:10
hereiam
I purchased Pythonista for iOS in 2016. Do I get an upgrade to Pythonista 3? Or do I need to pay for 3 again?
I don’t mind paying but just ...
[see](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uislider)
Example:
```
# ui.Slider is an UISlider
# we can set its images/colors via ...
Nov 04, 2017 - 17:56
BlockSweeps
I am using Pythonista 3
I have made a pyui file with a button and a label.
In my py file I have a defined a function for button action.
I wa...
Nov 04, 2017 - 12:14
ryanvolap
Hi all.
I'm new in pythonista.
I have a question: Is it possible to highlight specific row of a tableview from user input. For instance, I...
Nov 04, 2017 - 10:40
PKHG
the (not a link to be found in gist or so ) jumptooctopus (tge bane if the game) uses not declared bottom() top() right() left()
replaci...
Nov 04, 2017 - 03:54
yueqiw
Check out the neuroscience game I created in Pythonista:
https://github.com/yueqiw/ophys-game-ios
It's been a while since I posted questi...
Nov 02, 2017 - 14:59
procryon
Hey guys I have a simple question. I saw a post on the forum here that was related to this but unfortunately, the only answer on that post d...
How to code this in Python using Objective-C?
```
class CustomLabel: UILabel {
var padding:UIEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, 0, 0, 0)
...
Nov 02, 2017 - 02:13
CPunch
Hey so I got pythonista recently and so far I am LOVING it very much! However when working with try, except I found something odd. If you ha...
Nov 01, 2017 - 19:08
metawops
Hi,
I have a date as a string in the form „dd/mm/yyyy“ and need to convert it to the form „dd. MMMM yyyy“ so that the verbose month is prin...
Nov 01, 2017 - 14:37
PeterG
So opa has to follow the Game-tutorials ,,, , got a starting picture to use. Oh oh, more difficult then thaught 😉 . Using the second tutoria...
Nov 01, 2017 - 11:10
ryanvolap
Hi All.
I'm new in Pythonista and I love it so far. I want to learn how to make a compass app but I don't know where or how to start. Does ...
Oct 30, 2017 - 22:12
Stan
Hello,
My name is Stan and i am a mathematic teacher.
i want to send 30 different pdf to 30 different students ( one file to each stud...
Oct 30, 2017 - 20:25
Matteo
Hi, do you know some ways to decrease the fonts size of Pythonista (no font of scripts in editor but font of filenames, folder names, etc......
Oct 30, 2017 - 10:24
superrune
Hi! Pardon me if this has been asked, I could not find it in the search.
I have made a drawing app that is working quite well. One thing I ...
Oct 29, 2017 - 13:42
Dangthrimble
# Getting Up To Speed With Pythonista
October 2017
## Introduction
I am a Systems Engineer with 20+ years experience as a Software Engi...
Oct 29, 2017 - 13:41
Phuket2
Sorry to ask this here, but a lot of talented guys here. What I have been reading on the net seems like mumbo jumbo....Nonsensical! But it...
Oct 29, 2017 - 13:13
thecontinium
Hi.
I have looked high and low with no luck but this feels like it should be simple. I am trying to programmatically emulate swiping left i...
Oct 28, 2017 - 14:24
jiamo
I have a python file in icloud and I want to run it.
When I press share button. I see a "Run Pythonista Script" and press it. It show th...
Oct 28, 2017 - 00:27
m_doyle04
Hi All,
I've had a good look through this forum and as much documentation as I could take but I can't find a way to convert photos/images o...
Oct 27, 2017 - 22:52
Dangthrimble
Pythonista indicates in its documentation it includes some third party modules including "Dropbox for Python" and "Requests - HTTP for Human...
Oct 27, 2017 - 20:24
Dangthrimble
I'm new to both Python and Pythonista. How can I determine whether to install or update a package? Is there a way in Pythonista to list the ...
Oct 27, 2017 - 06:28
CecilWard
an absolute beginner with python. any idea how i get a list of all my own addresses for the various interfaces, including allthe ipv6 addres...
Oct 26, 2017 - 18:08
PKHG
Hi,
I have a zipfile at /Documents/testwww_resources/smokes.zip
How to show the content, how to see if it is empty or not?
stash shows it ....
Oct 26, 2017 - 18:03
PKHG
Hello
How to get https://github.com/tjferry14/Cloud-Jump-2 running (Pythonista 3) ui-menu is for me a very big problem
Oct 26, 2017 - 15:16
wenchoheelio
Hi, I've got the code below to change a tableview's data to what's in the ui's textfield when the button is pushed. Can anyone explain to me...
Oct 25, 2017 - 16:16
wenchoheelio
I'm trying to check if a textfield in my ui has any numbers in it when I press on a button. When I use the same code on a string it works. W...
Oct 23, 2017 - 15:21
m_doyle04
Hi All,
Would love some help on this one! I've got the bare bones of a game I'm building here but I've hit a stumbling block.
What I have ...
Oct 23, 2017 - 14:14
mikael
Would someone know of a robust web server implementation running in a separate thread, whenever my app is running?
For the web server, I wo...
I knew that keychain was not the same for appex as for normal mode but I've discovered today that it's also not the same for widget mode.
Is...