Outliner with drag/drop reordering - part 2

ihf

@cvp This is very strange. I ran the new version and line 9 is blank (no errors). I then went back to run the outline.py script and I immediately get an error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/private/var/mobile/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/05D14C00-CCAC-4E98-A3CC-96C6944B8534/Pythonista3/Documents/outline.py", line 1167, in layout
ws,hs = self.get_screen_size()
File "/private/var/mobile/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/05D14C00-CCAC-4E98-A3CC-96C6944B8534/Pythonista3/Documents/outline.py", line 1158, in get_screen_size
app = UIApplication.sharedApplication().keyWindow()
File "/var/containers/Bundle/Application/8778D1CF-1C08-48BA-9714-9D2CFE524EA1/Pythonista3.app/Frameworks/Py3Kit.framework/pylib/site-packages/objc_util.py", line 801, in call
ordered_args = list(args) + [kwargs[key] for key in kwarg_order]
TypeError: 'builtin_function_or_method' object is not iterable

I tried again and got same error. I closed pythonista and ran it again and managed to open the same outline and it worked though line 9 has text. Short of sending the full outline, is there something I can post that would help?

ihf

@cvp That error is now popping up whenever I start the script.

cvp

@ihf I don't understand correctly all your posts.
The error has already happened in The past, not really from my py code.
Is the error coming only for the outline with blank line 9?
Of course, I would be happy to get your outline or at least line 9 (you can always edit the .outline as text in Pythonista, find "9.0" and extract via select/copy/post the line to post).

ihf

@cvp Here is line 9.0 which shows as blank in the html view but shows the text otherwise:

([8], '9.0 ', {'dates': ('2021-09-04 16:49:34', '2021-09-05 17:59:10', None, None), 'hidden': False, 'checkmark': 'no'}, {'text': "Return Peter's fluke"}),

cvp

@ihf thanks. I don't know (Ho yes, text includes a quotE) why but it is the first time that I meet

{'text': "xxxxxxx"}

in place of

{'text': 'xxxxxxx'}

In a py script, no problem, a dictionary is understood in both cases, but in my JavaScript code, I have to do it my self.

Next version will follow today

PS that does not explain the (old, already met) Pythonista crash

cvp

@ihf new V00.03 of outline_viewer.html

ihf

@cvp That fixed it!. Thank you!

cvp

@ihf Finally, is this html what you wanted to replace the Mac py?

ihf

@cvp I know JS is not what you want to work on, but if you are open to any enhancements to the .html file, one thing that would be nice is if it could default to the last file that was selected, rather than to have to select it each time. Or, perhaps it could open the file selection directly rather than have you click Select File which is always going to be required.

cvp

@ihf I don't think that html5 allows to set a default path, for security reasons. At least, I don't see how.

Édit: I'm busy to try (actually without success) to simulate a tap on the input file selector at page load.

I think I I'll give up. Finally, it is only to win one tap, isn' it?

ihf

@cvp Is it also difficult to have a version which just opens a specific file (i.e., no memory of file last used and no selection). If so, I could create a few .html files wach of which would open a different outline. Not elegant but it would avoid any selection.

cvp

@ihf said

Is it also difficult to have a version which just opens a specific file

So far as I have already read, I think it is not authorized in html5 to access a predefined path/file.
But, if you find a way, I agree to incorporate it in the html.

ihf

@cvp I don’t know about html5 limitations/restrictions. Perhaps it could all be done in a Python executable on the web server.

cvp

@ihf said:

Perhaps it could all be done in a Python executable on the web server.

Wow. what an imagination! That, if possible, seems very far of my skills. But, who knows?
In the mean time, what will you use: mac_outline_viewer.py or outline_viewer.html?

But, would you be able to configure iCloud access on the web server?

ihf

@cvp I will probably use outline_viewer.html as it is accessible from any web browser that is on a machine that is logged into my iCloud account. Unless I am mistaken, the web server does not need iCloud access as you are accessing the file from the client.

cvp

@ihf said:

the web server does not need iCloud access as you are accessing the file from the client.

I think it needs it if the Python program runs on the web server. If you run a code on the server, it is the server which access the file, not the client, at least, I think so.

A solution is perhaps to modify outline.py to save at each file end (not update: end of script or new other) the outline file on the web server, via ftp, sftp, smb at your choice.
The .html could access these local (on the web server) files, I don't know yet how but it should be possible, either via a selection, either via a fixed path

cvp

@ihf sorry, I updated previous post during your connection, please read it.

ihf

@cvp Sorry, I thought you were referring to the .html approach. Yes, if the viewer ran as a python script, then access to the file from the server would be needed. One problem with putting the outlines on the server that I hadn’t considered is not having any authentication for access.

cvp

@ihf you're right, it is not the right solution. Sincerely, is selecting an outline file so heavy? I had also thought to cookies but not sure it could help. I'am open to any feasible solution.

Perhaps I could store the last outline file as a local cookie but if you modify the file.....
But you may have max 20 x 4K bytes of cookies per site

ihf

@cvp I set a due date on a line in my outline and then viewed the outline with the .html. The due date showed up but was associated with a different line (the 1st line). The dates are sorted in descending order. Also, I modified another line and the modification shows in the viewer but the update date is from a couple of days ago (probably when it was created).