Stop BBEdit from adding .txt extension to default file name when saving

[John Siracusa]

When I create a new document and then try to save it, the suggested
file name is something like "untitled text 1.txt" with everything but
the ".txt" selected. Is there a way to stop BBEdit from adding the
".txt" part of the suggested file name? That is, I'd like the
suggested file name to be something like "untitled 1" with the entire
thing selected and no ".txt" in sight. Thanks.

-John

[Jean-Baptiste]

It has to be possible because your desired behavior is the default one for me (i.e. 'untitled text' being selected).

Using BBEdit 10.1 (3110)

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[John Siracusa]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Jean-Baptiste <karageu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It has to be possible because your desired behavior is the default one for me (i.e. 'untitled text' being selected).
>
> Using BBEdit 10.1 (3110)

Hm, maybe that's it. I'm using 10.1.1 (3127)

-John

[Tom Robinson]

Adding extensions came in 3117. Given OS X is all but forcing them on us (sigh), personally I like BBEdit's change. You can adjust according to taste though:

> Changes
> -------
>
> * [211621] BBEdit now makes a reasonable guess at a filename
> extension when using "Save As" for a new document.
>
> Language modules can specify a "`BBLMPreferredFilenameExtension`" key,
> with a string value. This will be used if necessary. If it is
> absent, the first item in the BBLMSuffixMap array is used.
>
> You can also use an expert preference to set the preferred extension
> on a per-language basis:
>
> `defaults write com.barebones.bbedit PreferredFilenameExtension_<LanguageName> -string "abc"`
>
> Replace `<LanguageName>` with the actual language name; for example:
>
> `defaults write com.barebones.bbedit PreferredFilenameExtension_C++ -string "cxx"`
> `defaults write com.barebones.bbedit PreferredFilenameExtension_YAML -string "yaml"`
>
> Note that the extension you specify should *not* include the leading period.

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