[issue21603] IDLE SaveAs drops the extension in the prompted filename

Ned Deily added the comment: Thanks, Raymond. Upon further investigation, I think you are running into a user-wide behavior of OS X rather than specifically a Tk or IDLE issue. By tradition and by default, OS X tries to hide file extensions in file Open or Save dialogs; this dates back to th

[issue21603] IDLE SaveAs drops the extension in the prompted filename

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: > Can you say which version of Tk was in use > (it should be in the About IDLE display) and on what platform? I am using ActiveTcl8.5.15.1 and a latest Python for Macs taken from the python.org download page. I'm running OS X 10.9.5. -- _

[issue21603] IDLE SaveAs drops the extension in the prompted filename

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I agree that having .py not visible but written would be obnoxious. Hoever, without more information, I am inclined to close this as a 3rd parth (OS) issue. Saimadhav, can you quickly try Save As with x.py on Linux? -- nosy: +sahutd

[issue21603] IDLE SaveAs drops the extension in the prompted filename

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: On Win 7, I also see x.py in the save dialog, both 2.7 and 3.4 as installed. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue21603] IDLE SaveAs drops the extension in the prompted filename

Ned Deily added the comment: There are known differences among the various Tk implementations with regard to how file extensions are handled in Tk file dialogs, like IDLE uses; see Issue4832. Can you say which version of Tk was in use (it should be in the About IDLE display) and on what platf

[issue21603] IDLE SaveAs drops the extension in the prompted filename

New submission from Raymond Hettinger: In IDLE, edit and save a file foo.py. Then choose File SaveAs. The dialog box only shows "foo", not "foo.py" which is irritating when renaming a file or saving a variant of a file. -- components: IDLE messages: 219338 nosy: rhettinger priority: norm