How do I let Godot see TXT files in the filesystem panel?

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I'm trying to write a script that lets godot read a script from an external TXT file, but the filesystem explorer doesn't recognize it and the code i use to grab it isn't getting anything it can use. Is there a manual way to make this happen? Or an alternative way to let godot read text files?

Godot version 3.2.3
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i saw that one! i used the code, and it works, but the issue was godot couldn't even see it at all. i figured it out though, thank you for the help!

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Found it! You have to create the file from the godot scripting window's file/edit/tools bar thing. Then godot will see and recognize it as part of the project!

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It doesn't look like it's possible to show TXT file types (and some others) in the FileSystem panel. Here are a few open, related proposals:

https://github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals/issues/677
https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/25665

Regarding opening / reading a TXT file from code, that should be possible, but without more info, there's not much else to say.

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