[dolphin] [Bug 475805] Files with ending .bak are treated as if they were hidden.

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475805

--- Comment #11 from dncrash at gmail.com ---
(In reply to Felix Ernst from comment #10)

Hi Felix!

Just trying to pitch in to the conversation here.

In my case my own files got hidden right in front of my eyes when I was trying
to back them up so they don't get overwritten when pasting other files with the
same names. No other app was doing it, it was me manually renaming the files. 
I was concerned because after a month or more I could forget about the backup
files, and if I were to look for them via dolphin, I wouldn't find them. I'd
have to remember that I made them, and my memory isn't my best asset.
I think people who've been using Linux for a while are used to ".bak" files and
wouldn't expect them to be hidden. Like others in the discussion here.

Dolphin is now deciding what files I should see and what files should be hidden
- from me, who at the end of the day am the rightful owner of those files. I
think for the sake of some users being bothered by the "clutter" created by
backup files, we're reducing the real and necessary functionality of an
important tool like dolphin to a mere toy. For me this breaks the "powerful
when needed" motto.

Usually tools that create backup files, like Emacs for example, can be
configured to create those files on a certain path on disk, so they don't
pollute the drive randomly. 
And if they don't have that option and create backup files all over the
filesystem, don't you think that's the problem of the tool itself, and not
something dolphin should hide? If anything Dolphin should show you the files so
you could observe that messed up behavior and address it with the guilty
application.

Please note that at the end of the day I'm just a user expressing my opinion.
I'm not trying to start a fight or to tell you what to do, I'm not making any
"demands". I know you don't owe me anything and I'm not trying to be entitled
here. I'm just a fan of dolphin and a long time user, but in the end ofc do
what you think is right for you and for Dolphin itself.

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