I considered saving directly from the shell but then I ran into a use-case problem. Saving the shell window as an runnable script will also save any syntax errors that were entered. A user would then have to open an editor to correct these errors.

A high-level task analysis would be as follows:
With "Save As Runnable", the user needs to save, open, and then fix.
With "Paste from Shell", the user needs to copy, paste, and then fix.


If you have suggestions for handling shell errors, I'm open to them.