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Can't delete local .zip file

Stuart Hertzog 13 years ago updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 13 years ago 1
I downloaded a WordPress plugin Akismet .zip file to Goodreader on my iPad, then opened it in Texastic. Now, I cannot delete it in the local files list either by swiping or Edit->Delete. I can open it even though it is a binary file. It showis up as gibberish, naturally.
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FTP Problem

Nicola Sabbatino 14 years ago updated 14 years ago 2
I just purchased Textastic from the app-store and I have a problem downloading files from two servers running the same FTP Service (Quick n' Easy FTP Service) on Windows 2003 Server.

Files are listed correctly but when I try to download I get the "Remote file not found" error.

It seems (but I can be wrong) that there's an extra blank char between the folder name and the file name.

I can download from these servers with other ftp clients (ex. FileZilla).

Thank you in advance for your support and sorry for my english.

Nicola
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Support importing files over HTTP?

Ted Lemon 14 years ago updated 14 years ago 4
Currently you have support for WebDAV, which is really cool, so I was a bit frustrated to discover that you don't actually support read-only URLs (that is to say, regular web pages) for import. It seems like this would be a fairly easy tweak, and it would really help my workflow: in order to review an IETF document, I want to get the document into an editor and then work my way through it. But since WebDAV only supports read/rwrite servers, I can't do this: I have to first transfter the document to some computer at my house, and then set up a WebDAV server on that computer so that I can open the document, and then finally open the document using WebDAV.

I realize that there are a variety of ways to make this work, and it's not a showstopper for me, but it would really enhance the workflow to be able to have this feature, at least for me. :)
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Coldfusion

O. S Idowu 14 years ago 0
To be honest this is by far the best dev app available on AppStore. So well done guy.
Just a future request, please could you include CFMs & CFCs code completion?

Thanks very much.
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Under review

Capture special keys by filetype

Dohn 14 years ago updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 14 years ago 0
As you use special characters, they are captured and displayed on the extra key bar. The unique keys and their weighted importance are saved by filetype. There may be one set of special keys when writing SQL queries, and others for other file types
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Fixed

Localization error: "Möchten Sie diesen Link in Safari öffnen"

Alexander Blach (Developer) 15 years ago updated 15 years ago 0
When you click an external link in the online manual, you get the message "Möchten Sie diesen Link in Safari öffnen".
Version 1.1
Answer
It now correctly says "Do you want to open this link in Safari?"
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No files are listed when using FTP.

pascalforum 14 years ago updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 14 years ago 1
Browsing starts normally and when I arrive in a folder containing 29 files and 22 subfolders nothing is displayed. Some folders/files have long names.
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Double-Tap to zoom in and out

Alexander Blach (Developer) 14 years ago 0
"When I zoomed in I find myself instinctively double tapping to snap back out."
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Fixed

Text entry sluggish

Matthijs van Polen 15 years ago updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 14 years ago 11
Not sure if it's a bug, but text editing is quite laggy. I type the characters (Bluetooth keyboard or on screen, doesn't matter) and then I slowly see them appear. This is especially annoying when deleting text.
Answer
Textastic uses the CATiledLayer class to draw the text in background threads. This is the same class that is used in the Maps app which fades in Google Maps layers as soon as they are loaded from the internet.

So, the text isn't displayed immediately, but drawn in the background and then faded in. This makes it look slightly sluggish, especially because the screen is drawn in tiles and several tiles have to be drawn and faded in. This is especially noticable with external keyboards, because then there's a bigger screen areay that has to be drawn.

But, this makes scrolling and zooming very fast even with big text files and CATiledLayer makes good use of the limited memory available on the iPad.

I see what you mean, but I think it's acceptable. I'll see if I can improve drawing in a future version, but right now it's not a priority.