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## save-as-text-file

Arguments: window

This function is used by the File | Save As menu-item of the default menu-bar that may be interactively attached to a form. In the IDE, it demonstrates a typical "Save As" command for saving a text file but this function is not available in a runtime image. A custom application that implements a "Save As" command will need to supply its own code for such a command instead, but it may be useful to model after the default menu-bar's example. Here is the code for the save-as-text-file example (note: this code changed between release 6.2 and release 7.0):

    (in-package :cg)
    (defmethod save-as-text-file ((window basic-pane))
      ;; Called by the default "Save As" menu-item added to a form.
      (let* ((selected-window (selected-window window)))
        (when selected-window
          (save-text-file-2
           selected-window nil (file selected-window)))))

    (defmethod save-text-file-2 ((window basic-pane)
                                 &optional pathname old-pathname)
      (declare (ignore pathname old-pathname))
      (warn "The selected window does not know how to do a save."))

    (defmethod save-text-file-2 ((window text-edit-window)
                                 &optional pathname old-pathname)
      (unless pathname
        (setq pathname (ask-user-for-new-pathname
                        "Specify the new directory and filename."
                        :stream window
                        :initial-directory
                        (and old-pathname
                             (path-namestring old-pathname))
                        :initial-name (and old-pathname
                                           (file-namestring old-pathname)))))
      (when pathname
        (let* ((text-edit-pane (frame-child window)))
          (save-file text-edit-pane pathname)
          (setf (file text-edit-pane) pathname)
          (setf (title window)(namestring pathname)))))

See also new-text-editor, open-text-file, and save-text-file.

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