- added a new menu entry in the context menu of the Tcl Shell: 'Save Log' which will save the content of the Tcl Shell browser window to a file

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM beta
 
 - some PEP changes, some method descriptions updated
 - added a placeholder text to 2Sided Tool
+- added a new menu entry in the context menu of the Tcl Shell: 'Save Log' which will save the content of the Tcl Shell browser window to a file
+
 
 23.04.2020 
 

FlatCAMApp.py

@@ -3971,7 +3971,7 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         self.date = ''.join(c for c in self.date if c not in ':-')
         self.date = self.date.replace(' ', '_')
 
-        filter__ = "Config File (*.FlatConfig);;All Files (*.*)"
+        filter__ = "Config File .FlatConfig (*.FlatConfig);;All Files (*.*)"
         try:
             filename, _f = FCFileSaveDialog.get_saved_filename(
                 caption=_("Export FlatCAM Preferences"),
@@ -4032,6 +4032,67 @@ class App(QtCore.QObject):
         self.file_saved.emit("preferences", filename)
         self.inform.emit('[success] %s: %s' % (_("Exported preferences to"), filename))
 
+    def save_to_file(self, content_to_save):
+        """
+        Save something to a file.
+
+        :return: None
+        """
+        self.report_usage("save_to_file")
+        App.log.debug("save_to_file()")
+
+        self.date = str(datetime.today()).rpartition('.')[0]
+        self.date = ''.join(c for c in self.date if c not in ':-')
+        self.date = self.date.replace(' ', '_')
+
+        filter__ = "HTML File .html (*.html);;All Files (*.*)"
+        path_to_save = self.defaults["global_last_save_folder"] if\
+            self.defaults["global_last_save_folder"] is not None else self.data_path
+        try:
+            filename, _f = FCFileSaveDialog.get_saved_filename(
+                caption=_("Save to file"),
+                directory=path_to_save + '/file_' + self.date,
+                filter=filter__
+            )
+        except TypeError:
+            filename, _f = FCFileSaveDialog.get_saved_filename(caption=_("Save to file"), filter=filter__)
+
+        filename = str(filename)
+
+        if filename == "":
+            self.inform.emit('[WARNING_NOTCL] %s' % _("Saving to file cancelled."))
+            return
+        else:
+            try:
+                f = open(filename, 'w')
+                defaults_file_content = f.read()
+                f.close()
+            except PermissionError:
+                self.inform.emit('[WARNING] %s' %
+                                 _("Permission denied, saving not possible.\n"
+                                   "Most likely another app is holding the file open and not accessible."))
+                return
+            except IOError:
+                App.log.debug('Creating a new file ...')
+                f = open(filename, 'w')
+                f.close()
+            except Exception:
+                e = sys.exc_info()[0]
+                App.log.error("Could not load the file.")
+                App.log.error(str(e))
+                self.inform.emit('[ERROR_NOTCL] %s' % _("Could not load the file."))
+                return
+
+            # Save content
+            try:
+                with open(filename, "w") as f:
+                    f.write(content_to_save)
+            except Exception:
+                self.inform.emit('[ERROR_NOTCL] %s %s' % (_("Failed to write defaults to file."), str(filename)))
+                return
+
+        self.inform.emit('[success] %s: %s' % (_("Exported file to"), filename))
+
     def save_geometry(self, x, y, width, height, notebook_width):
         """
         Will save the application geometry and positions in the defaults discitionary to be restored at the next

flatcamGUI/GUIElements.py

@@ -2568,13 +2568,19 @@ class _BrowserTextEdit(QTextEdit):
 
     def contextMenuEvent(self, event):
         self.menu = self.createStandardContextMenu(event.pos())
-        clear_action = QAction("Clear", self)
+
+        if self.app:
+            save_action = QAction(_("Save Log"), self)
+            self.menu.addAction(save_action)
+            save_action.triggered.connect(lambda: self.save_log(app=self.app))
+
+        clear_action = QAction(_("Clear"), self)
         clear_action.setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt.Key_Delete))   # it's not working, the shortcut
         self.menu.addAction(clear_action)
         clear_action.triggered.connect(self.clear)
 
         if self.app:
-            close_action = QAction("Close", self)
+            close_action = QAction(_("Close"), self)
             self.menu.addAction(close_action)
             close_action.triggered.connect(lambda: self.app.ui.shell_dock.hide())
 
@@ -2588,6 +2594,10 @@ class _BrowserTextEdit(QTextEdit):
         self.moveCursor(QTextCursor.End)
         self.insertHtml(text)
 
+    def save_log(self, app):
+        html_content = self.toHtml()
+        app.save_to_file(content_to_save=html_content)
+
 
 class _ExpandableTextEdit(QTextEdit):
     """

flatcamTools/ToolShell.py

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class TermWidget(QWidget):
 
         scrollbar = self._browser.verticalScrollBar()
         old_value = scrollbar.value()
-        scrollattheend = old_value == scrollbar.maximum()
+        # scrollattheend = old_value == scrollbar.maximum()
 
         self._browser.moveCursor(QTextCursor.End)
         self._browser.insertHtml(text)
@@ -251,11 +251,12 @@ class FCShell(TermWidget):
         self._sysShell = sysShell
 
     def is_command_complete(self, text):
-        def skipQuotes(text):
-            quote = text[0]
-            text = text[1:]
-            endIndex = str(text).index(quote)
+        def skipQuotes(txt):
+            quote = txt[0]
+            text_val = txt[1:]
+            endIndex = str(text_val).index(quote)
             return text[endIndex:]
+
         while text:
             if text[0] in ('"', "'"):
                 try:

tclCommands/TclCommandHelp.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 from tclCommands.TclCommand import TclCommand
 
 import collections
-import math
 
 import gettext
 import FlatCAMTranslation as fcTranslate
@@ -109,6 +108,7 @@ class TclCommandHelp(TclCommand):
                     displayed_text = ['> %s\n' % cmd for cmd in sorted(self.app.tcl_commands_storage)]
 
                 cmd_enum += '<br>'.join(displayed_text)
-                cmd_enum += '<br><br>%s<br>%s' % (_("Type help <command_name> for usage."), _("Example: help open_gerber"))
+                cmd_enum += '<br><br>%s<br>%s<br>' % (
+                    _("Type help <command_name> for usage."), _("Example: help open_gerber"))
 
                 self.app.shell.append_raw(cmd_enum)