Use as 3rd party keyboard
Textastic is by far the best coding keyboard I’ve seen for iOS devices and there aren’t really any viable options for external keyboards out there.
I would love if I could use Textastic in other apps (like if I’m submitting an issue on github) so I don’t have to copy and paste from Wikipedia just to get a backtick character.
iOS file system
When trying to open a folder from some apps (which have file system integration) the following errors occur on my iPhone and iPad (iOS 12.1.3):
OneDrive: Textastic tries to open folders as files (and does not display anything in this file then)
Nextcloud: Textastic takes no action (not even a warning message) when trying to open a folder
Opening just files from those file providers works perfectly fine.
It would be really nice if this bug was fixed.
jpg not imported correctly
Hi, Alexander - When I import a jpg file to a folder from the Photos app, Textastic is treating it as a binary file and it isn’t importing correctly. The workaround is to export the file from Photos to Folders and then open in Textastic, but it would be nice to be able to import directly again. Thanks, and thanks for the app - I do ALL my web development in it.
Custom extensions from syntax themes and opening all extensions
There are quite a few suggestions already concerning this, but none 100% like this:
I installed a new syntax definition via the described process. It theoretically works, however I cannot open any file of that type, even though described in the .tmLanguage file. For this reason Kodex has a switch to open any extension, something Textastic is unable to do. This is really frustrating. I hope both those features (extension from language file, all extensions possible) get implemented. Otherwise custom language syntax is pretty useless.
Feature Request: Choose Default Screen
I’m almost always editing the same files. So it would be a nicer experience if, when starting up the app, there was an option for it to default to “recent files” instead of “local files”.
To make matters slightly worse, all the files I edit are external, not local, so currently the app likes to show me an empty folder on startup, and then I have to navigate “up” and into “recent files”. Not a big deal, but I have to do it a lot!! Would just make the app more polished I think.
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