ENH: Stop mangling default figure file name if file exists

mspacek · web-flow · commit 20a46a30a2fb · 2018-03-22T18:15:51.000+01:00
If the file exists, the user is still prompted by the usual dialog box to decide whether or not to overwrite. The appended `-1`, `-2` are very annoying and not at all typical behaviour of a save dialog box.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -2275,17 +2275,6 @@ def get_default_filename(self):
         default_basename = default_basename.replace(' ', '_')
         default_filetype = self.get_default_filetype()
         default_filename = default_basename + '.' + default_filetype
-
-        save_dir = os.path.expanduser(rcParams['savefig.directory'])
-
-        # ensure non-existing filename in save dir
-        i = 1
-        while os.path.isfile(os.path.join(save_dir, default_filename)):
-            # attach numerical count to basename
-            default_filename = (
-                '{}-{}.{}'.format(default_basename, i, default_filetype))
-            i += 1
-
         return default_filename
 
     def switch_backends(self, FigureCanvasClass):
