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Upgrade v5 to v6
Textastic 6 is the first paid upgrade since version 1.0 was released in 2010. Implementing split screen multitasking, making the app universal and supporting iPad Pro required a rewrite of large parts of the app. Charging for Textastic 6 allows me to continue to dedicate resources to improving it.


Let me explain why I didn't offer a discount for existing users:

The only reasonable way to offer upgrade discounts would have been to leave the previous versions of Textastic on the App Store and offer up to three upgrade bundles (iPad -> Universal, iPhone -> Universal, maybe iPhone+iPad -> Universal). Using "Complete my bundle", existing customer would have been able to get a discount.

While this may work if you know how the App Store works, I think it's too confusing - especially if you are a new customer who sees three versions of the app and up to three upgrade bundles when browsing the App Store. I'm sure people would buy the wrong bundle or wrong app or wouldn't buy at all because it's not easy to understand. Also, bundles were not really meant to be used like this by Apple. So I decided against doing that. I guess it's now too late anyway since many people already bought the new app at full price and I do not want to irritate anyone further.


If Apple supported proper update pricing, I would have loved to use that.

9 years ago
Restore the iOS app in the AppStore i need the …

You can download Textastic 5 from the Purchased tab on the App Store (or Updates -> Purchased on iPhone). See this article for details: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201272

9 years ago
The cursor disappears...

This issue is probably related to a password lock bug I fixed. I'll look into it.

9 years ago
The cursor disappears...
9 years ago
Please add Fira Code font

That font looks very interesting. I'll try it.

9 years ago
Курсор исчезает когда возвращаешься в программу

Can you give me some more details on how to reproduce this issue? Are you using an external keyboard?

9 years ago
Tomorrow themes

It's easy to add custom .tmTheme files to Textastic. Please have a look at this entry in the manual: http://www.textasticapp.com/v6/manual/lessons/How_can_I_add_my_own_syntax_definitions__themes_and_templates.html

9 years ago
Liquid support
Hello,
you can add custom syntax definitions to Textastic by using TextMate bundles. See
A quick search for "liquid tmbundle" in Google brought up this TextMate bundle which should work:

https://github.com/Shopify/liquid-tmbundle

9 years ago
Arduino binary value not syntax highlighted
9 years ago
Update for iPad Pro Resolution

You can sign up for the Textastic 6 beta at http://goo.gl/forms/piRaSmBzmM. It has full support for the iPad Pro and split view multitasking.

9 years ago


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