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    • TutorialDoctor
      TutorialDoctor last edited by

      Issue

      Markdown tables are tedious for data entry.

      Feature

      The TableView view should have options for columns as well. This way we could have cells (editable or non-editable)

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      • barmatal
        barmatal last edited by

        #Issue

        When opening a Dropbox file in a workflow it retrieves the last synced version; there's no way to force sync before that.

        #Feature

        Possible solutions:

        • 'Force Sync' if the 'In Dropbox' option is selected in the impacted actions
        • Create a 'Force Sync' action

        #Workaround

        None that I know of (if anybody know one please share!)

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        • TutorialDoctor
          TutorialDoctor last edited by

          Issue

          If you have bunches of workflows, it can be tedious to tag each one individually

          Feature

          Tag multiple workflows at once

          Solution

          batch-edit tags

          by ole zorn

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          • omz
            omz last edited by

            @TutorialDoctor I've made a workflow to batch-edit workflow tags a while ago:

            http://www.editorial-workflows.com/workflow/5820092734504960/BxTcvdKsGgw

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            • TutorialDoctor
              TutorialDoctor last edited by

              Cool thanks ole! That workflow is not searchable in the directory, I see it is unlisted. Could you upload it as listed?

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              • quastdog
                quastdog last edited by

                Tutorial Doctor:

                re: Markdown Tables

                I occasionally import (often via Command-C) csv data tables, paste into an Editorial doc and run the Tidy/create MMD table on and...nicely formatted table complete with headers from the csv file.

                Pretty quick and easy. If I wanted, I could automate the task using something like Launch Center Pro to grab the file from Dropbox and send it to a new file in Editorial and call the Tidy/create action on it.

                If I was building the table within Editorial, I'd do the same - just enter the data as csv.

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                • TutorialDoctor
                  TutorialDoctor last edited by

                  I tried it, but it didn't work (I have a really long and messy csv file).

                  I tried making several table generators, but haven't been able to make one that is simple enough to use.

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                  • MartinPacker
                    MartinPacker last edited by

                    Shame there's no "like" button here. The ability to extend Markdown relatively easily would be good. For now I'm contemplating injecting HTML (almost wrote JCL :-) ) directly.

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                    • TutorialDoctor
                      TutorialDoctor last edited by

                      Hmm Martin, that gives me an idea of making a "Second Editor" workflow that can interpret custom syntax as HTML tags. I'm sure I'd have to use regular expressions. I am not too comfy with Javascript, but it does seem that would be the best way to do it.

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                      • TutorialDoctor
                        TutorialDoctor last edited by

                        Feature

                        In-line-variables

                        Example:

                        In the editor you can store additional info in a variable and do computations between that variable and another_variable

                        These variables could be changed via workflows. This way, you can easily alter document content via workflows.

                        I think this would be a big plus to editorial. Sort of how the [Calca](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calca/id635757879? app works perhaps?) app works?

                        I could use this to reference a CSS file in an HTML link as well.

                        Alternative:

                        Keyword 2.0

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                        • TutorialDoctor
                          TutorialDoctor last edited by

                          Feature

                          Full screen editor

                          Alternative

                          The Sidebar preview workflow gives a live update of text in the markdown editor. Perhaps some manipulation of this, and a custom UI will suffice? I'd rather it were built in though.

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                          • TutorialDoctor
                            TutorialDoctor last edited by

                            Issue

                            It's hard to design in the UI view due to the fact you can't zoom out. Also, content dragged too far to the bottom, cannot be dragged onto the view without deleting the whole action and starting over.

                            Feature

                            Pinch to Zoom inside of the custom UI action.

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                            • shdds
                              shdds last edited by

                              I don't know if this is possible (I just use apps and don't know a thing about developing them), but I would like to see a ios8 widget in the notification center that could display the contents of my *.taskpaper file. Perhaps it can be extended with workflows to show only items with due dates within certain days of today, maybe by exporting my main list out to a separate file and displaying that through the widget.

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                              • TutorialDoctor
                                TutorialDoctor last edited by

                                @shdds
                                I'm hoping editorial takes full advantage of the new extensions API in IOS8. I haven't upgraded, and don't plan on it, but such a change in editorial would be tempting. Perhaps for now, an edit to my Notification or Event Timer workflow can help?

                                Notification

                                Event Timer

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                                • TutorialDoctor
                                  TutorialDoctor last edited by

                                  Issue

                                  The date picker can pick dates, do a countdown, and be a timer, but it cannot pick from a user-specified list.

                                  Feature

                                  A picker widget (modification of the datepicker) that can scroll through a list

                                  Alternative

                                  For now, a tableView has to be used, but in some circumstances it crashes Editorial.

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                                  • gebloom
                                    gebloom last edited by

                                    Solarized text mode would be wonderful.

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                                    • TutorialDoctor
                                      TutorialDoctor last edited by

                                      Issue

                                      I indent sub-lists in a Taskpaper document but when moving the top level item, the sub lists don't move.

                                      Feature

                                      Sub-lists move with their parent list item. Marking a parent list item done should mark all sub items as done also. Once all sub items are marked done, a full project should be marked done.

                                      Alternatives

                                      Perhaps regular expressions can be used to do this.
                                      I did create a "UI Outline" workflow for moving lines.

                                      Solution

                                      N/A

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                                      • hotzenplotz
                                        hotzenplotz last edited by

                                        I'd like to get an export to PDF feature. Being able to just mail out print-ready docs would be incredibly useful for me. I tried the solutions given in this forum but none of them worked satisfactory. It seems to me iOS already has this built in it, so maybe it could be easily implemented. Some competitors make use of it (e.g. 1Writer). Very important: the generated PDFs should respect the page boundaries I set in the template.

                                        I'd also like to be able to use multiple md-templates by just switching between them. Three slots for templates would be enough for me.

                                        Interfacewise it should be possible to hide the top bar as well. The bar could then slide in together with the file selector when one swipes from left to right.

                                        Thanks.

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                                        • TutorialDoctor
                                          TutorialDoctor last edited by

                                          Issue:

                                          Quite often, I find myself needing to repeat the current workflow under a condition. I've posted a hackish way using the sub-workflow action but...

                                          Feature:

                                          Access to sub_workflow() in the API via Python would be useful.

                                          Perhaps a workflow.sub_workflow() function?

                                          Or maybe a workflow.run_workflow('workflow_name') function?

                                          Alternative:

                                          Here is my hack:
                                          Loop Workflow

                                          Notes:
                                          At least if there was a parameter for the sub_workflow that allowed you to specify which workflow to run! by name! that might be okay too.

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                                          • TutorialDoctor
                                            TutorialDoctor last edited by

                                            Feature

                                            Emulating keyboard key events via python (or even an action)

                                            Useful for triggering workflows or snippets.

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