Use native OS save as dialog

[keith-hall]

Wouldn't it be better to use the OS' native "save as" dialog, instead of an input panel?
I realize that there is no API to ask the user to choose a file, but wouldn't the following suffice?

import sublime
import sublime_plugin


class SaveCopyAsCommand(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
    def run(self, edit):
        previous_path = self.view.file_name()
        self.view.run_command('prompt_save_as')
        self.view.retarget(previous_path or '')

    def is_enabled(self):
        return self.view.file_name() is not None

i.e. let ST show it's normal Save As prompt, then set the view back to tracking the original file path

[NickHatBoecker]

Thanks for your input. I like the current way without a dialog, but would like to implement some options, so the user can choose if a dialog should show up or not. Will see what I can do

[Cerberus-tm]

Thanks, Skyliner, for coming up with this plug-in!

@keith-hall I'd love to have it work as you describe! It has happened to me several times that I inadvertently continued to work in the copy rather than the main file, wondering why my changes never showed... and the disadvantage of the present plug-in is that I often don't know the exact path of the desired directory by heart, not to mention the effort it takes to type a whole new path without making any typos.

Do you have any idea of how I could use your code? I'm a total and utter noob. Should I try to create a new plug-in in Sublime Text (which I've never done) and copy-paste your code into it? I'm a bit scared of messing things up.

[keith-hall]

@Cerberus-tm the code I posted here is designed as a drop-in replacement for https://github.com/theskyliner/SaveCopyAs/blob/e11e70c2928aef3b3571af7a0625a778b337292e/SaveCopyAs.py. So you can install https://packagecontrol.io/packages/PackageResourceViewer and:

0. Open the Command Palette
1. Type PRV: O
2. Select PackageResourceViewer: Open Resource
3. Select Save Copy As
4. Select SaveCopyAs.py
5. Select all code in that file and replace with the code from my comment above
6. Save it

[Cerberus-tm]

@keith-hall Great! This does exactly what I wanted, thank you! As a bonus, I have now learned about Package Resource Viewer.

P.S. Perhaps you should upload your version to Package Control as a new/separate plug-in?