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Save Text To File

Saves highlighted text to a file in the specified directory Created by Robert Byrne

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Saves selected text to a file in a directory (defaulting to the user's home directory).
After highlighting some text, right-click and select "Save Text to File".
File names have the format "userPreference--<todaysDate>-<timestamp>.txt"

Features:
- Add date to saved file name
- Add time to saved file name
- Add date to the beginning of saved text
- Add time to the beginning of saved text
- Add a line separator to the file before saved text
- Various date formats to choose from
- Save current URL in file
- Text encoded using UTF-8 (Unicode) so all international characters can be stored correctly
- Show/hide widget icon
- Ability to either append text to existing file or create a new file
- Optional preference confirmation panel triggered when Save Text to File is clicked
- Option to save selected html text
- Can edit text before saving... More Info »

Localization:
English (en-US), Chinese (zh-CN), French (fr), German (de), Japanese (ja), Polish (pl), Russian (ru) and Spanish (es-ES)

Link to official Save Text To File site

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Save Text To File was added by Danilo_Venom in Mar 2015 and the latest update was made in Oct 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Jun 2015. It's possible to update the information on Save Text To File or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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