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save-text-to-file-firefox

  1. Highlight text on a page
  2. Right click
  3. Select Save text to file
  4. Text is saved to a .txt file in ~/Downloads/

Options

Extensions -> Save text to file -> Options

  1. Filename prefix

     `custom-prefix--`.txt

  2. Add date or epoch to filename

Output using each of the different options:

custom-prefix--`1514072979`.txt
custom-prefix--`20012017`.txt
custom-prefix--`01202017`.txt
custom-prefix--`20170120`.txt
custom-prefix--`20172001`.txt
custom-prefix--.txt
  1. Save current URL in file

Whether to include the current URL at the top of the saved file.

  1. Show directory selection dialog

Whether user can select an alternative directory and/or filename before text is saved.

  1. Show notifications

Whether notifications are displayed every-time text is saved.

  1. If file exists

    Uniquify

     To avoid duplication, the filename is changed
 to include a counter before the filename extension.

    Overwrite

     The existing file will be overwritten with the new file.

    Prompt

     The user will be prompted with a file chooser dialog.