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Then you have to delete the app and reinstall it. 

Note: All your data and settings in Textastic are lost when you do that.
Apple's Mail app shows a light blue background for the current mail but doesn't select it when you tap on the "Edit" button. I think this would be a good solution. I'll consider adding this.
Hello,

before you tap on the "Edit" button in the Files section, the current file should be marked blue. This allows you to see which one is the current file, doesn't it?
Currently you have to manually keep track of the files you changed. There is currently no way to only download or upload changed files.

I usually use "Download Latest" before editing a file to make sure I'm working on the latest version.
Haben Sie die richtige Kodierung im HTML-Header angegeben?

Also z.B. 

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
I've asked Apple's developers at WWDC 2011 and they confirmed that it's not possible right now. I've filed a bug report though and hope that they add an API. But honestly I doubt that they will implement it.

I've seen another app that hijacks the alt-space character and enables a "command mode". So you would press alt-space and then s to save. I could imagine adding something like that in the future.
Can you send me an example CoffeeScript file so I can have a look at it and compare it to the symbol list in TextMate? I've fixed a bug in the symbol list in Textastic 3.2 so maybe this issue is fixed in that version.


Textastic uses the CoffeScript TextMate bundle from 

https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script-tmbundle - It's possible to customize the symbol list by editing the bundle and using that instead of the default bundle that comes with the app. Here's how to add your own custom syntax definitions: http://bit.ly/oUK9Kc


In general, if the symbol list in Textastic looks different than in TextMate then it's probably a bug in Textastic.