Let users set the file type by selecting it from a menu

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From pierre.raybaut on 2011-04-22T03:55:57Z

See this thread: http://groups.google.com/group/spyderlib/browse_thread/thread/ac0feaf23790c4ef "2. File Association

• Basically I can't open files from within spyder if file extension is
  not recognized
  (i.e. 'tac', which is just a python code from the twisted library)
• Probably file association can also be made configurable similar to
  PyDev "

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/issues/detail?id=638

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From pierre.raybaut on 2011-05-16T01:30:55Z

Labels: Cat-Settings

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From pierre.raybaut on 2012-03-18T14:11:02Z

Labels: -Type-Enhancement Type-Enh

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From BladeOfL...@gmail.com on 2013-07-19T14:05:56Z

It seems to me that rather than having a list of file types to include, it would be better to go the other direction and exclude certain file types. Files with an unrecognized extension would just be opened as plain text (perhaps with some attempt to detect encoding). I think this is what most other editors do: if it's not a known type, fall back to plain text. I think that's also the right behavior most of the time, too.

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From fedebaka on 2013-12-10T20:08:44Z

+1 having this issue (discussedin the mailing list with @-ccordoba)

Files not having .py extension are open but not colored, interpreted, ran or debugged.

Could just remove file filters, make them optional or at least as ccordoba said, check for a python shebang on the first line of the file (though personally I would vote for letting the user open a file as py even if doesn't have that first line.

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From ccordoba12 on 2013-12-10T21:40:00Z

Labels: MS-v2.3

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From contrebasse on 2013-12-11T00:27:33Z

I think that the easier way is to be able to force the type of the file. It wouldn't change the current behavior and would permit to fully configure the file type. The problem if spyder tries to guess is that if it is wrong the user can't do anything. Many editors have a menu with all known file types for this purpose.
Detecting the shebang would be a nice addition in every case, though. It is very common to trip the extension for python scripts.

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From ccordoba12 on 2013-12-11T12:40:50Z

Labels: -MS-v2.3 MS-v2.3.1

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From ccordoba12 on 2014-07-15T09:26:41Z

This is a very interesting idea but we need someone to implement it. I'm going to improve shebang detection for 2.3.1 though.

Summary: Editor: Let users set the file type by selecting it from a menu (was: Editor: add a preference page to customize file associations)
Status: HelpNeeded
Owner: ---
Labels: -MS-v2.3.1 MS-v2.4

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From ccordoba12 on 2014-07-15T15:09:25Z

This issue was updated by revision 2d4ef8a5d4cc .