Merged revisions 7042 via svnmerge from

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit 00e4dc282ebb · 2009-04-15T17:52:23.000Z
https://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/matplotlib/branches/v0_98_5_maint ........ r7042 | jdh2358 | 2009-04-15 10:47:18 -0700 (Wed, 15 Apr 2009) | 1 line fix for tkagg filextension bug reported by fperez ........ svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=7043
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_tkagg.py
@@ -708,11 +708,17 @@ def save_figure(self):
         tk_filetypes = [
             (name, '*.%s' % ext) for (ext, name) in sorted_filetypes]
 
+        # adding a default extension seems to break the
+        # asksaveasfilename dialog when you choose various save types
+        # from the dropdown.  Passing in the empty string seems to
+        # work - JDH
+        #defaultextension = self.canvas.get_default_filetype()
+        defaultextension = ''
         fname = asksaveasfilename(
             master=self.window,
             title='Save the figure',
             filetypes = tk_filetypes,
-            defaultextension = self.canvas.get_default_filetype()
+            defaultextension = defaultextension
             )
 
         if fname == "" or fname == ():
