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authorTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2022-08-05 01:51:14 (GMT)
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gh-65802: IDLE - explain SaveAs and extensions (#95690)
File name extensions may or may not be shown for the current name and are added in an OS-dependent manner if not given for the new name.
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Save As...
Save the current window with a Save As dialog. The file saved becomes the
- new associated file for the window.
+ new associated file for the window. (If your file namager is set to hide
+ extensions, the current extension will be omitted in the file name box.
+ If the new filename has no '.', '.py' and .'txt' will be added for Python
+ and text files, except that on macOS Aqua,'.py' is added for all files.)
Save Copy As...
Save the current window to different file without changing the associated
- file.
+ file. (See Save As note above about filename extensions.)
Print Window
Print the current window to the default printer.