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

[Felix Ernst]

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

--- Comment #13 from Felix Ernst <felixernst at kde.org> ---
(In reply to dncrash from comment #11)

Thank you for the information!

>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".

You didn't come across as impolite to me! I hope I didn't make you feel like
you needed to clarify this. :)

>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 am not sure if you are aware, but there is an action called "Show Hidden
Files" in Dolphin that will make sure that the view will always show all files
that Dolphin can see. So while it is true that they are being "hidden" (in some
sense of the word), Dolphin doesn't really prevent anyone from using these
files.

>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?

In an ideal world this would certainly be the best solution. The tool should
hide files that the user isn't supposed to interact with or which needlessly
clutters folders that the user might actively interact with. Some users did
however want us to hide them in Dolphin, so I am currently trying to think of a
plan that makes everyone happy.

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