[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

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[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Changes by Terry J. Reedy : -- assignee: -> terry.reedy versions: +Python 3.6, Python 3.7 -Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5 ___ Python tracker

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: #6858 was the issue I referred to. Recognizing #!...python, common on *nex, which the patch does not do, seems sensible. I thought about coding line, but general idea is not specific to python. -- stage: - patch review versions: +Python 2.7, Python

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Daniel Swanson popcorn.tomato.d...@gmail.com added the comment: No. When I try to open the file a small window entitled Specify file encoding pops up that says The file's encoding is invalid in Python 3.x. Idle will convert it to UTF-8. What is the current encoding of the file? followed by an

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Daniel Swanson popcorn.tomato.d...@gmail.com added the comment: I am also somewhat puzzled by this issue. The other day I was able to open some .txt files just to see if I could and they opened just fine. Just now I tryed to open a .jpg file and I got an error message, but then again, why

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: Is the error message a traceback? If so, could you open a separate issue for it? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6804

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Roger Serwy roger.se...@gmail.com added the comment: This is related to issue6858. I assume that the point of this issue is to enable syntax highlighting by relying on the Windows registry? -- nosy: +serwy ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Terry J. Reedy tjre...@udel.edu added the comment: I am a little puzzled by this issue. 1. Why would a Windows user use any extention other than .py or .pyw, which IDLE opens fine. How many people do something senseless like hand-registering, say 'xiq', as a python file? 2. .pyc files are

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Changes by Gabriel Genellina gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar: Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file14803/EditorWindow.diff ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6804 ___

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Gabriel Genellina gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar added the comment: This new patch addresses the previous comments. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15334/EditorWindow.diff ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue6804

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

Amaury Forgeot d'Arc amaur...@gmail.com added the comment: This makes sense, but the code should: - not make the query when the extension is empty - catch the WindowsError raised when the extension is not in the registry. -- nosy: +amaury.forgeotdarc

[issue6804] IDLE: Detect Python files even if name doesn't end in .py

New submission from Gabriel Genellina gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar: A Python source file name doesn't necesarily end in .py/.pyw; on Linux, scripts usually have no extension but are recognized by its shebang line. Windows uses file type associations: .py files are of type Python.File, and .pyc