[New-bugs-announce] [issue21140] Idle: saving an OutputWindow should default to .txt

[Terry J. Reedy]

New submission from Terry J. Reedy:

If possible, when saving an instance of an OutputWindow, the file type should default to .txt (or possibly even nothing) instead of .py. At present, OutputWindows are only used for Find in Files (grep) output, which is very much not Python code. The same should be true of any other OutputWindow uses, which I except there will be, making OutputWindow saves more common.

A patch should be tested and verified on Mac, Linux, and Windows.

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components: IDLE
messages: 215419
nosy: terry.reedy
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: needs patch
status: open
title: Idle: saving an OutputWindow should default to .txt
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5

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