1. Forum: Textastic for iOS
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Please add Fira Code font

Matt Burden 9 years ago in iPad • updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 9 years ago • 1

Not sure you can support the glorious ligatures, but it's still great without them: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

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Fixed

I cant count how many times I couldnt delete selected text

Ladislav Nevery 12 years ago in General • updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 12 years ago • 10

Using whole screen real estate and thanks to that only few scrolls I select text I wanna move/delete just to find out that there is no way to do it.


Selecting and deleting/moving text is basic operation we use milion times a day.


I found out that only way to do it is by ugly unintuitive hack.


So I need to doubletap to deselect this tediously selected text to show keyboard on half a screen for having cut command finally in selection menu. 


But keyboard (that is absolutely not needed for select and cut) 

will reduce already miniscule sceen to half. that is jus few lines of text being visible now. reducing previously simple and intuitive selection operation to absolute scrolling hell with milion taps needed to reach bottom of text. 

And one bad tap timing will instead of scroll deselect hard obtained selection and you can start again.


deleting/cut text operation is essential for text editor.

When this operation is missing in text selection menu than its bug and serious usability hindrance.


Please fix it. I belive tousands will be eternaly gratefull and a lot of productivity time will not be wasted.


Thank you.

Ladislav Nevery


Answer
Alexander Blach (Developer) 12 years ago

The next version of Textastic will allow cut and paste even when the keyboard is not up.

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Show code after theme is applied

Vitaly Ishkulov 13 years ago • updated 13 years ago • 3
In term of user experience, maybe it's better to display code (when opening file) when the theme is applied?

I know, some of you say that you can start reading unformatted text faster then when you are waiting for the theme to be applied. But when the text is jumpy during the process of "theme application", it's really hard to read it anyway.   
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Just amazing!

Smet_IOS 14 years ago • 0
I just have to say that Textastic is absolutely amazing. By far the best code app for any mobile app hands down.

Thank you so much for creating this.
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One different idea on version controll

Fexxel 13 years ago • updated by Myako Toudai 13 years ago • 4
I just thought about a totally different idea how version controll could be implemented, without any problems with ssh and or licenses.
There will be a Mac and Windows App on your computer, where the version controll you are using is already installed. Then the textastic app is comunicating with this app over WiFi.
Textastic itself would only need to have the following options:
- create a connection to the Mac or PC app.
- have a button to commit and push changes. This would transfer one or all changes files to your computer and finally it will be commited, pushed or whatever from there.
- when opening a file in Textastic that's on your computer, it'll ask the computer to pull changes from a server and then copy the changes files onto your iPad.
This would be very simple without any big problems. Most developers have a 24 hour server anyway, and if you really want to use this feature over 3G either the computer app supports this filesharing through the interrnet or a vpn connection can be created by the user.
All this is resulting a very simple app, without the need to have native ssh support and a terminal etc. to display output. For the users they will only have 3 buttons, push, pull, commit (regardless of what Version Controll they are using) and without any setup on the iPad except for the connection to your computer.
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Write line numbers to file

Olaf Kolle 13 years ago in General • 0
In some cases it would be nice to have the option to save a file with a line numbering included. The line number step should be user selectable. Also it should be selectable how many spaces should follow the line line number or if a tab should follow.Kind regards,Olaf
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Custom syntax colors How-To

Une Ulv 14 years ago • updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 13 years ago • 5
Hello, I like Textastic and have been using it with regular text (no programing language). I really very much want to use the custom syntax feature and have been trying to define a theme for this with Textmate (a program I do not normally use). Without any success. Therefore, for us naive non-code writing people (yes we exist): would it be possible to provide an easy to follow guide building the required files? For instance, just how to achieve highlighting of the word "aword" in Textastic->steps in Textmate (I did made a folder, added a language and defined a keyword and did try to select from that source in the theme editor but it just did not work...), files to export and import into Textastic, and setting this as a default for all texts.
Would be very amazing!
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Using $TM_FILENAME in textastic templates?

Ol Sen 11 years ago in iPad • updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 11 years ago • 1
When creating templates sometimes it would be very helpful when the filename in creating process made by a template is availible inside the snippet. The moment looks like the $TM_FILENAME syntax is not visible while creating a file from textastic templates. In my case this is important when using textastic to code c++ where filenames should fit to classnames and headerfiles. Or did i miss how to use right?
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Offer a "refresh" button in the preview

fjpoblam 12 years ago in iPad • updated 11 years ago • 8

Thanks for a great app. It's worth noting, I'm no longer maintaining my websites via laptop, but rather *just* on my iPad, thanks to this app! (I just get out my laptop to download updates and keep copies in sync.)

I've read all the suggestions here, and think I'm not posting duplicates. I'll post three. This is one.


This one, I know, has been suggested before, and perhaps reflects a bug. I have found that, occasionally, the app doesn't display the selected file, but rather, a linked file. For example, if the file previously displayed was "x.html" and if "x.html" had a link to "y.html", and if, during preview, a link to "y.html" was taken, the next time a preview is done, "y.html" is displayed instead of "x.html", and there is no manner in which to restore the display to "x.html".

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Scroll with keyboard opened

Vitaly Ishkulov 13 years ago • updated by Alexander Blach (Developer) 13 years ago • 3
When the keyboard is on screen you can scroll the document even if there are less code lines than full screen (so that there's no reason for scroll).

To reproduce:
1) Create new document (like with HTML 5 template).
2) Tap somewhere to open keyboard.
3) You can scroll now.
 


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