+4

"One tap to edit" feature, to allow users edit their FTP files on-line

Guilherme Madaleno 14 years ago in General 0

For security, Textastic could cache opened files in local storage.

While browsing in FTP server, tapping in a single button right in the file name would open it for instant edit. So, user would make any changes and then, tapping in "Save" button, that opened file would be instantly uploaded, without confirmations, easily and faster.


That feature are present in many SDKs and similar softwares like Coda (i use that one), and I really wish Textastic could have this feature soon!


Your app is amazing, Alexander!

Congratulations!

+4

Http server instead of plain webview

Dave Mackintosh 13 years ago in General 0

It would be great if you could implement something like cocoa http server instead of using a file path so when we're building web pages we can use the likes of less, angular, backbone which all currently won't work because of being a file path protocol and not a local web server.


To clarify further, having this ability also gives us the opportunity to have something similar to Codea's "Aircode" and to run Ajax requests in page, it will throw a security error at the moment because of not being a http protocol.

+4

Use the new Dropbox sync API

Maurizio Manuguerra 13 years ago in General updated by Rostislav Raykov 13 years ago 2 1 duplicate

That would make sync painless for both the devs and the users.

+3
Under review

Add the ability to scroll beyond the last line

ChoiceWaffles 7 months ago in General updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 7 months ago 1

Notepad++, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and the iOS Notes app all allow you to scroll beyond the end of a file. This means that you can always scroll so far down that the last line of the file is not at the very bottom of the screen.

Both of the following screenshots show a file/note containing the exact same text, scrolled as far down as possible. The line "7. Quail" is the very last line; there are zero empty lines after it in either screenshot. Notice how, in Textastic, you're cramped right up against the bottom of the editor. In the Notes app, however, you can continue scrolling for about another half screen before you can't scroll anymore, which allows you to work in the center of the screen even when writing at the very end of the file.

I think it would be nice if Textastic also had this feature. It doesn't need to be the only option, or the default option. Notepad++, for example, allows you to enable or disable this feature in its settings.

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+3

Nerd fonts

nikolaus sucher 8 years ago in General 0

Please support Nerd fonts for Powerline in the terminal. 

+3

Add support for clojurescript extensions to clojure syntax highlighting

Paul Gowder 10 years ago in General 0

This is a real easy request. Syntax highlighting doesn't appear to work for Clojurescript files. But the syntax is exactly the same as Clojure (the only difference is one is hosted on Java, the other on JavaScript), so all you'd have to do is turn on Clojure syntax highlighting for extensions .cljs and .cljc in addition to .clj

+3

WebDAV Server File Upload Feature Request

Dossjb 10 years ago in General updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 10 years ago 5

It would be great to be able to upload a file from another device to the Textastic App directly using the WebDAV server. FTP On The Go Pro has this feature but Textastic is a way better editor.


Thanks!

Dossjb

Answer

This is already possible if both devices are in the same Wifi network:

  • on device A, start Textastic's WebDAV server: https://www.textasticapp.com/v6/manual/lessons/Starting_the_WebDAV-Server.html
  • on device B, use Textastic's WebDAV client to connect to the WebDAV server on device A:
    • tap on the file transfer button (globe icon)
    • tap on the "+" button and choose "WebDAV Connection"
    • enter the WebDAV url of device A and enter the user name and password
    • tap Done
    • connect to the WebDAV server and navigate to the target folder
    • select the local files you want to upload
    • tap the Upload button

I hope this helps

+3
Under review

XML Namespaces and XSD Code Completion / Autocomplete

Alexander Blach (Developer) 14 years ago in General updated 14 years ago 3

Scenario

Right now I am learning XML and trying to create a schema for Balsamiq (unofficial schema for my workflow), but I have to fire up VS 2012 RTM on my laptop and I need to constantly flip between a schema that works with intellisense and one that still has issues, not to mention having a tutorial page open to learn the specs.  As I have described, you can imagine I have limited visibility of either schema, which means I need to constantly adjust the size of the window panes.  This has another problem, there is no scrolling synch (unlike Word 2007-2013), which makes it extremely difficult to spot differences.


Why do I still use this method?

Intellisense is the reason, being allowed to reference known Schemas makes my job a little easier.


Suggestion

1.  Add ability to reference Schemas, so that autocomplete works with XML and other XML related languages (XAML, YAML, XSL, XSLT, etc).

2.  Add ability to store custom Schemas and reference them with other Schemas.

3.  Implement a synchronized scrolling feature that allows users to spot differences between 2 documents (similar to the Notepad++ diff plugin or Word 2010 if you want to wait to add diff).


(feature request copied from an email by Jon Edlund)

+3
Under review

sudo for certain files

Leonardo Galli 11 years ago in General updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 11 years ago 1
I sometimes need to change for example the php.ini file, but I disabled the root login via ssh. So I would like to see an option like "upload with sudo" overwriting the existing file and prompting password / touch id.
+3

Ability to move files on an FTP server from one directory to another

Alexander Blach (Developer) 13 years ago in General updated by 13 years ago 1

Currently, you can't move files on the server directly, but you can download files locally and then upload them to another directory. Add the ability to move files directly on the server without a download.