firefox add-on to grab python code handily?

[Paddy]

On May 10, 8:58 am, CM <cmpyt... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I encounter a fair number of small Python scripts online, and usually
> try them out by copying them to the clipboard, pasting into Notepad,
> saving them, and either running them directly or opening them in
> IDLE.
>
> And so I was wondering if anyone knew of an extension/add-on/script
> for Firefox which would allow a way to do something like this:
>
> user highlights Python code on a webpage
> right clicks
> selects a menu item, "Save as Python code"
> FF pops up a filename dialog or popup for filename
> (and, though I don't know if this is possible, runs Python code)
>
> Not an important thing by any means, but it would be a nice
> convenience.
> I know there are similar add-ons in FF for grabbing highlighted text
> and
> saving, but they are not good, as they don't seem to preserve line
> breaks
> properly or append the .py extension, etc.  I've Googled for this and
> so far
> it seems it doesn't exist.  Anyone know?

Take a look at the crunchy project: http://crunchy.sourceforge.net/

- Paddy.