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Regular expression is needed in Textastic for Mac

Kumar Muthaiah 5 years ago updated by Arsastronautica 4 years ago 1

Please implement Regular Expression to Textastic for Mac. I feel without proper tools it is not a text editor. Important features should be there and then rest. It is up to you!

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Open new file in tab

Mattijah S 11 years ago updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 11 years ago 6

Hi, I've got a problem with open new file in textastic.


For example:

I have already opened some file (abc.txt) in first tab ,but I need to open next file ,so I drag and drop file to textastic. Problem is that textastic doesn't create new tab with new file ,but it replace/add text to current tab and name is still same (From previous file).

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Large file support

Steve Forza 10 years ago 0
The ability to open large files (files larger than the amount of available RAM) would be a very useful feature. Currently, Textastic seems to load the entire file into memory. This is fine until you want to view a 10 GB text file on Mac with 4 GB of RAM.

Large file support can be implemented using file memory-mapping, where only a portion of the file being viewed is loaded into memory:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory-mapped_file

Why would anyone want to view such large files? Anyone working with server log files. Run-away logs, or logs from high-volume servers can easily reach multiple gigabytes in size.

The only text editor that I know of that is able to open files larger than the available amount of memory is EditPad Pro, a Windows only editor. You can open a 10 GB text file in EditPad Pro, and it appears instantly in the editor, because only the part of the file being viewed is loaded. I miss EditPad Pro on the Mac, but I don't want to install a 20 GB Windows virtual machine just to open large files quickly on my Mac.

If Textastic supported large files, it would be a real differentiator from all the other text editors out there, and I think it would be especially useful on iOS, where the amount of available memory is relatively small. I hope that large file support will be considered for a future version of Textastic. If not, that's okay. Very few text editors have it anyway.  (-:
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Ability to copy the path of a file (especially helpful for viewing HTML files)

Ebube Chuba 11 years ago updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 11 years ago 4

It would be helpful if there was a button  (or shortcut) somewhere that would copy the path of the file to my clipboard, so I could see it in my browser.

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Navigation with HOME/END + PG UP/DOWN on full size keyboard

dirknilius 10 years ago updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 10 years ago 3
I have to use CMD + LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN for fast navigation. On full size keyboards the quick navigation (HOME/END + PG UP/DOWN) keys are unused. Any other editor (e.g. MacVIM) offers these keys functional.
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Under review

CSS3 with Flexbox support

MastroPino 9 years ago updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 9 years ago 1

Is it possible to add Flexbox support to CSS bundle? I'm able to install CSS3.tmBundle in Textmate but it doesn't work on Textastic. For me this is a must and I think would be for every web developer!


Can someone help me? I tried every way without luck :/


Thx

+4
Under review

Indentation guide lines

Libor Gabrhel 8 years ago updated by JJAARD 8 months ago 2

Can you please add indentation guide lines like these:


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File Path in Window Title

Mark Simon 11 years ago 0
Is it possible to show the full POSIX path in the window title. This makes it easier to identify files when multiple tabs are open, especially when they have the same name.
I am aware that the information is available by right-clicking on the file name, but this is fiddly when quickly switching through many different tabs.


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Ability to sort lines.

Jonathan Fine 11 years ago updated by Joan Batet 11 years ago 5

 Since I use this as a general text editor as well, having the ability to sort lines (based on the first letter of the first word of the line, etc)

+4

How to hide/disable new tab UI feature

Gary 11 years ago updated by Abhi Beckert 5 years ago 3 1 duplicate

Hi, how do I hide/disable the new tab feature if I don't want it? I usually manage several single document windows side by side and aim for maximum vertical space, having a single tab UI chrome eating space at the top of a document is rather distracting. Thanks --Gary