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Save as and rename?
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Might be a dumb question but in the iPhone version of pythonista, how do you rename a file in your script library or do a save as? I can't seem to find the option anywhere and the docs make no reference to how to.
Cheers.
Marc
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You can rename a file by tapping on the title in the editor. On the iPad, a rename button will appear directly next to it, on the iPhone, you have to tap the "action" button and then select the "rename" option from the menu.
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Excellent thanks.
That was not obvious.
!m!
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Hmm.. when I tap the script title in the editor, it always opens up the drop-down exposing shortcuts to the script class/functions... Can't seem to edit/rename the script title. What am I missing?
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@BernardV Tap the button <em>next to the title</em> when the navigation drop-down is shown.
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Unfortunately it appears the only possible file extension is .py
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Not a dumb Q, Marc- took me a while to find it too!
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jose3f - you can use different homebrew filebrowsers to work with other file extensions.
I made a GUI (kinda incomplete right now- http://omz-software.com/pythonista/forums/discussion/186/file-browser ) but the most robust file browser by far is Shellista ( http://omz-software.com/pythonista/forums/discussion/74/advanced-shell-shellista/p1 )
It's possible to change file extensions using things like that.
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Thank you Eliskan for your answer and specially for sharing your code.
I suggested the option to save a file in Pythonista with an extension other than .py.
But it is true that with your browser or with Shellista this is no more a real problem.
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I've tried all suggestions but I am still having the same problem on my IPhone.
I tap the title and try every icon visible, but it won't let me rename the file.
Any hints? What does the icon look like?FOUND THE SOLUTION:
HAVE TO TAP VERY SLOWLY ON THE PENCIL ICON, SO NOT IMMEDIATELY LIFTING MY FINGER.
Using iPhone 5 and ios 7.