save-text-to-file-chrome icon indicating copy to clipboard operation
save-text-to-file-chrome copied to clipboard

Options that have no effect

Open Dboingue opened this issue 5 years ago • 1 comments

This is not a critic, as the problems are not preventing me from using this. I am hopeful it will improve over time, as the modern browsers allow (some wiggle room for customization).

Show directory selection dialog: no effect, the windows dialog always shows.

If file exists: "prompt" has the same effect overwrite. In all cases, the directory selection dialog shows up, which is a good default, as one can avoid blunder of overwriting.

Also, i have only tested with

Filename component order: last choice (PageTitle-Date-Custom) Filename custom text: nothing (erased the default text) Add date or epoch to filename: YYYY-MM-DD, None, and epoch. Prefix filename with page title: checked, (perhaps put this option before the order one) Save current URL in file: checked

Dboingue avatar Aug 03 '19 23:08 Dboingue

I finally took the time to use the extension with the host application. however now, nothing works see end of comment.

  • Are there restriction on the python version and depth of install folder (should python be at root level?)?
  • x32 vs x64?
  • can I have many python paths, and if not all versions compatible, which one (i can then prioritize in path).
  • other problems of that nature I should look for?

I am using latest chrome, still windows 7 64 bits ultimate. I will try some more, and remove the savetextfile root folder to go back to non-host helper behaviour, which had basic functionality at least. So i will update here. as i experiment.

Currently with host application (if i did it correctly):

  • the overwrite vs append does not seen to register upon reload of that extension options in chrome, revolving to overwrite
  • none of the notification or save dialogue options have any effect
  • nothing happens upon context menu available choice of this extension.

Prior to that without host app:,

  • all available restricted options worked (beside the mass down-loaders effect on filename control see #2).

Dboingue avatar Mar 17 '21 22:03 Dboingue