TC7rc5 - Compare By Content, Edit mode, Save as, wrong ext

[white]

Select two files which DO have a file name extension and open the Compare contents dialog (menu Files/Compare By Content).
Edit one of the files and save that file under a different name without file name extension.
Result: The new file has the same file name extension as the old file.

[StickyNomad]

Hm, this issue seems not to be TC related. I just tried a few apps (Firefox, PsPad, Word, XNView) in XPSP2 and all their 'save as' dialogs behave the way you described.

So this seems to be some 'smart' autocomplete 'feature' the dudes at M$ implemented into the standard dialog.

[white]

2StickyNomad

Yes, you are right. How could I forget. Time to go to sleep...

Edited: Still awake.. How many editors behave like this? UltraEdit does not have this behavior. Neither has Notepad+. For a plain text editor not to be able to save a file with file name extension as a file without file name extension is ...not good I think.

Edited 2:It used to be like this (for editors): The default file name extension when no extension is specified by the user, is the file name extension of the file type listed in the save as dialog. When the user enters a dot at the end of the file name, he explicitly enters a file name without extension.

[petermad]

When the user enters a dot at the end of the file name, he explicitly enters a file name without extension.

Not in either Notepad, nor Wordpad (Win XP) In that case the file gets the name: myname..txt (note - two dots).

[icfu]

Not in either Notepad, nor Wordpad (Win XP) In that case the file gets the name: myname..txt (note - two dots).

...because you have chosen "*.txt" as file type.
Either change type to "All files" or add quotes instead of trailing dot.

Icfu

[white]

.. or add quotes instead of trailing dot.

That works for TC too.

[ghisler(Author)]

This is intentional. TC keeps the extension of the original file, mainly because the file save dialog always proposes a name without extension. If you want a different extenstion, you need to enter it (or a dot, as proposed above, if you want an empty extension).

[white]

If you want a different extension, you need to enter it (or a dot, as proposed above, if you want an empty extension).

Entering a dot does not work! One has to use quotes.

[petermad]

Entering a dot does not work!

It works here...

[white]

Entering a dot does not work!

It works here...

Here (TC7rc5, Windows 98) the file gets the name: myname..txt (two dots).