[issue21603] IDLE: Document SaveAs extension display on Mac

Tal Einat added the comment: +1 for closing this either way, preferably with a note in the docs. I'd add the notes about extensions in one set of parenthesis at the end, but that's likely just a matter of taste. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue21603] IDLE: Document SaveAs extension display on Mac

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I should have mentioned before, but forgot, that Windows, by default, hides file name extensions in File Explorer. (The 'type' column supposedly makes them redundant.) If they are hidden, they are also hidden in the Save As name box, as described for

[issue21603] IDLE: Document SaveAs extension display on Mac

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- assignee: -> terry.reedy stage: -> test needed versions: +Python 3.6, Python 3.7 -Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5 ___ Python tracker

[issue21603] IDLE: Document SaveAs extension display on Mac

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: (I moved the commit message) I am assuming that Ned is correct. I think we should start documenting system peculiarities like this. I changed the title and will leave this open for this purpose. -- title: IDLE SaveAs drops the extension in the

[issue21603] IDLE: Document SaveAs extension display on Mac

Saimadhav Heblikar added the comment: Saimadhav, can you quickly try Save As with x.py on Linux? with files of type python: filename stored on disk - x.py with all files type : filename stored on disk - x.py -- ___ Python tracker

[issue21603] IDLE: Document SaveAs extension display on Mac

Ned Deily added the comment: If Raymond concurs that either unchecking the Hide Extensions option or checking the Show All Filenmame Extensions preference solves the problem for him, we should just close this issue. In this particular case, the file is actually saved with a .py extension;