[Bf-blender-cvs] [60c0c47] master: Save sys-info to file instead of a text block

[Campbell Barton]

Commit: 60c0c47dba97ef2bdbc4bdb6e936da0297a0c1f9
Author: Campbell Barton
Date:   Thu Jan 7 00:18:40 2016 +1100
Branches: master
https://developer.blender.org/rB60c0c47dba97ef2bdbc4bdb6e936da0297a0c1f9

Save sys-info to file instead of a text block

The main reason for this change is this file is typically used when making bug reports,
its best if users attach this file to reports directly.

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M	release/scripts/modules/sys_info.py
M	release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py

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diff --git a/release/scripts/modules/sys_info.py b/release/scripts/modules/sys_info.py
index 1b5de95..c4b2d9f 100644
--- a/release/scripts/modules/sys_info.py
+++ b/release/scripts/modules/sys_info.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # classes for extracting info from blenders internal classes
 
 
-def write_sysinfo(op):
+def write_sysinfo(filepath):
     import sys
 
     import textwrap
@@ -30,14 +30,6 @@ def write_sysinfo(op):
     import bpy
     import bgl
 
-    output_filename = "system-info.txt"
-
-    output = bpy.data.texts.get(output_filename)
-    if output:
-        output.clear()
-    else:
-        output = bpy.data.texts.new(name=output_filename)
-
     # pretty repr
     def prepr(v):
         r = repr(v)
@@ -49,6 +41,8 @@ def write_sysinfo(op):
         return r
 
 
+    output = open(filepath, 'w', encoding="utf-8")
+
     header = "= Blender %s System Information =\n" % bpy.app.version_string
     lilies = "%s\n\n" % ((len(header) - 1) * "=")
     output.write(lilies[:-1])
@@ -204,6 +198,5 @@ def write_sysinfo(op):
         output.write(title("Cycles"))
         output.write(cycles.engine.system_info())
 
-    output.current_line_index = 0
+    output.close()
 
-    op.report({'INFO'}, "System information generated in 'system-info.txt'")
diff --git a/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py b/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py
index 1ebe726..b9dc691 100644
--- a/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py
+++ b/release/scripts/startup/bl_operators/wm.py
@@ -1388,16 +1388,32 @@ class WM_OT_appconfig_activate(Operator):
 
 
 class WM_OT_sysinfo(Operator):
-    """Generate system info text, accessible from Blender's internal text editor"""
+    """Generate system information, saved into a text file"""
 
     bl_idname = "wm.sysinfo"
-    bl_label = "System Info"
+    bl_label = "Save System Info"
+
+    filepath = StringProperty(
+            subtype='FILE_PATH',
+            options={'SKIP_SAVE'},
+            )
 
     def execute(self, context):
         import sys_info
-        sys_info.write_sysinfo(self)
+        sys_info.write_sysinfo(self.filepath)
         return {'FINISHED'}
 
+    def invoke(self, context, event):
+        import os
+
+        if not self.filepath:
+            self.filepath = os.path.join(
+                    os.path.expanduser("~"), "system-info.txt")
+
+        wm = context.window_manager
+        wm.fileselect_add(self)
+        return {'RUNNING_MODAL'}
+
 
 class WM_OT_copy_prev_settings(Operator):
     """Copy settings from previous version"""