code: def save_plot(axes="gca", path=None):
      
  
      global line_attributes
  
      # choose a path to save to
      if path==None: path = _s.dialogs.Save("*.plot", default_directory="save_plot_default_directory")
  
      if path=="":
          print("aborted.")
          return
  
      if not path.split(".")[-1] == "plot": path = path+".plot"
  
      f = file(path, "w")
  
      # if no argument was given, get the current axes
      if axes=="gca": axes=_pylab.gca()
  
      # now loop over the available lines
      f.write("title="  +axes.title.get_text().replace('\n', '\\n')+'\n')
      f.write("xlabel="+axes.xaxis.label.get_text().replace('\n','\\n')+'\n')
      f.write("ylabel="+axes.yaxis.label.get_text().replace('\n','\\n')+'\n')
  
      for l in axes.lines:
          # write the data header
          f.write("trace=new\n")
          f.write("legend="+l.get_label().replace('\n', '\\n')+"\n")
  
          for a in line_attributes: f.write(a+"="+str(_pylab.getp(l, a)).replace('\n','')+"\n")
  
          # get the data
          x = l.get_xdata()
          y = l.get_ydata()
  
          # loop over the data
          for n in range(0, len(x)): f.write(str(float(x[n])) + " " + str(float(y[n])) + "\n")
  
      f.close()
docs: Saves the figure in my own ascii format