#17942: save() should download files in the notebook
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Reporter: vbraun | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-6.6
Component: user interface | Resolution:
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Authors: | Reviewers:
Report Upstream: N/A | Work issues:
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u/vbraun/save_should_download_files| 91830de68726ac8b38ed836b4bc9525beb5cf4bd
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Changes (by vbraun):
* commit: => 91830de68726ac8b38ed836b4bc9525beb5cf4bd
Old description:
> In a browser-based notebook an object's `save()` method should
> automatically download the saved file and not just let it linger on the
> remote server.
>
> I'm proposing to do this by returning, from `save()`, a `SavedFile`
> object instead of nothing. The `SavedFile._rich_repr_` method then
> returns a custom rich representation which gives browser-based display
> backends a hook to do something with the saved file. Also, nothing
> happens if you call save() from within code---only if it hits the
> displayhook:
> {{{
> sage: my_plot.save() # yes, download
> sage: _ = my_plot.save() # no automatic download
> sage: for i in range(10):
> ....: my_plot.save() # depends
> sage: for i in range(10):
> ....: my_plot.save() # no
> ....: x = x + i
> }}}
New description:
In a browser-based notebook an object's `save()` method should
automatically download the saved file and not just let it linger on the
remote server.
I'm proposing to do this by returning, from `save()`, a `SavedFile` object
instead of nothing. The `SavedFile._rich_repr_` method then returns a
custom rich representation which gives browser-based display backends a
hook to do something with the saved file. Also, nothing happens if you
call save() from within code---only if it hits the displayhook:
{{{
sage: my_plot.save() # yes, download
sage: _ = my_plot.save() # no automatic download
sage: for i in range(10):
....: my_plot.save() # depends
sage: for i in range(10):
....: my_plot.save() # no
....: x = x + i
}}}
[[Image(http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/vbraun/www/ipython-download-
link.png)]]
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Comment:
Apparently not so easy in IPython
(https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/8053), I implemented a
moderately hackish workaround.
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Ticket URL: <http://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/17942#comment:7>
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