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Text Expander snippets don't expand the first time if there is not a space before the shortcut

Brian Byrd 10 years ago in iPad 0

My primary use of Text Expander (TE) is to insert HTML tags. For example, I have set up a snippet so that when I type p; it is expanded to <br><br>


In Textastic, when I type


Hello World.p;


the p; does not expand the first time. When I erase the p; and type it again, then it expands as it is supposed to. But when I put a space before the snippet shortcut, it works the first time:


Hello Word. p;


I think TE snippet shortcuts should expand immediately the first time, without having to erase and retype them, and without having to put an unnecessary and unwanted space before them.


Thank you for checking into this. BTW, I love your app ... keep up the awesome work!

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Natural Cursor Positioning, Like a Trackpad

Casey Anderson 10 years ago in iPad updated by David Millar 8 years ago 1

This app is great except cursor positioning is painfully unrealistic for great productivity. It's because we are dealing with code where the cursor needs to be moved constantly and at precise locations.


The Codea app has MASTERED THIS. They simply provide two new keyboard keys in the center of the top row. You tap and hold the key, then move your finger and the cursor moves in parallel. It feels so natural as if I am using the trackpad on my MacBook Pro. One button is for regular movement and the other selects text. Productivity will improve 4 fold with this. I would use Codea instead but it's not a general purpose editor.


Image 137

Screenshot of the Codea app.

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Code Review Comments/Annotations

Daryl Robbins 12 years ago in iPad 0

I tend to use my iPad more to consume content than to produce it. So, my main use case for buying Textastic was as a slick tool for reviewing code -- either as part of a formal code review or to gain an understanding of some third party component. In both of these cases, it would be nice to be able to annotate the code with my comments as I review.


For example:

I click on a line number and a dialog pops up to input a comment. Once I made a comment, there would be some sort of visual indicator telling me that there was a comment at that spot. Finally, when I was done my review session, I'd be able to collect my comments in some form. This could be as simple as creating a text file FileUnderReview.rb.comments with entries like:


Line 34: Some insightful comment.


(Or it could use a standardized file format instead if there is anything out there)

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Support for bookmarklets or multiple dimensions in Preview on the iPad

Rob Cherny 12 years ago in iPad 0

Would be great if the iPad preview window had support for bookmarklets or the ability to toggle a responsive / iPhone or "phone" sized screen size. I've been looking around trying to figure out how to test responsive sizes and bookmarklets seems to be a no brainer, similar to firebug lite. The UI could resemble the new Firefox Web Development tools responsive size tool.

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see extra keys even when bluetooth keyboard is in use

Graham Charles 13 years ago in iPad 0

I'd like an option to be able to see the extra keys even when I'm using a bluetooth keyboard.

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Integrate C/C++ compiler on Jailbreak device?

Ciro Camardella 13 years ago in iPad updated by Anton Smirnov 11 years ago 3

I know that Apple limits code execution on iPad, but on Jailbreak device?

Could you try this way....

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Under review

Translation of the whole app

Joe Smith 11 years ago in iPad updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 11 years ago 1
Is it possible to translate Textastic UI? If so, I'd like to help, because I love it and use it almost every day. It would be much easier for me to work with it if it was in my native (Czech) language :)
thx for answer
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Started

iOS 7 Design

Vitaly Ishkulov 12 years ago in iPad updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 12 years ago 0
Looking forward for Textastic to be updated for iOS 7 beautiful design. 
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Fixed

Bug in the magnifier - orientation upside down.

Guy Ozery 13 years ago in iPad updated by Sarah Kelly 10 years ago 12

Hi,


I am not sure when it happened but it did.

The magnifier orientation was opposite from the text orientation.  


Probably because I switched the iPad orientation number of times. 


I tried to restart the app and now its ok but it means that there are rare case that you lose track of orientation. 


Regards,

Guy

Answer

This should be fixed in the next update.

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Under review

Trigger auto-complete only when highlighted or specifically chosen

Bar Horesh 13 years ago in iPad updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 13 years ago 0

Because the auto complete feature is triggered by pressing the return key, what happens is that even if I don’t want to use a snippet and just go to a new line, the snippet is triggered. For example, when I write an else block, I like to have the braces under the else keyword, unlike the snippet which puts them right after the keyword ( in the same line)

When I try to take it down one line (by pressing the enter key when the cursor is right before the opening brace), the else if snippet is triggered, when I didn't even need it.


I would like the snippets to be triggered only when I specifically tap them (or press return on a physical keyboard when the snippet is highlighted. This would greatly improve my coding speed