Throwaway idea: Content aware Save As

[teamcons]

Problem

Code already detect syntax, but we could extend capabilities depending on which content for, for example, a Saving As that already prefill the name depending on the content

Proposal

Upon doing a save As of an unnamed file, tweak initial_name according to the content:

• if it has a list of URI, Path, URL, call the initial_name "New playlist.m3u8"
• if it has all lines with commas, or a specified delimiter specified as per csv standard, append a ".csv" in the "unsaved document" initial name
• if it has a shebang on the first line, add a .sh, or .py, or according to what it is
• if it has some html, add a .html extension
• Vala, it's a NewDocument.vala...

Prior Art (Optional)

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[jeremypw]

Actually Code doesn't detect syntax from the content - it relies on the file extension/mime-type so the file has to have been saved with the correct extension first.

Maybe we could infer the mime-type from content using GLib.ContentType.guess () and only pre-fill the name if it returns result_uncertain = false. We don't want to get too clever for fear of annoying more people than helping. There are several things a list of URI could be other than a playlist for example.

Once we have built-in AI it could learn that for a particular individual a certain type of ambiguous content is intended to be a certain type of file :wink: