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Saves selected text to a file (defaulting to the user's Download directory).
After highlighting some text, right-click and select "Save Text to File".
File names have the format "userPreference--<timestamp>.txt"
Features:
- Add date of timestamp to saved file name
- Prefix filename with page title
- Various date formats to choose from
- Save current URL in file
- Show directory selection dialog on save
- Keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+Shift+Y
Open source:
Released under GNU GPL v3 license .. https://github.com/bobbyrne01/save-text-to-file-firefox
Pre web extension api migration
If you have Firefox 19.0 to Firefox 56.0, use this release: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-text-to-file/versions/?page=1#version-2.7.3
Pre addon SDK migration
If you have Firefox 2.0 to Firefox 19.0, use this release: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-text-to-file/versions/?page=1#version-1.1.5

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Release notes for 3.2.1

Filename prefix no longer required.

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