[digiKam-users] Renaming a file doesn't accept comma and replaces with underscore

Maik Qualmann metzpinguin at gmail.com
Thu Jul 29 21:31:50 BST 2021


I can allow the comma, but it serves as a seperator in the command line 
interpreter and would cause problems when entering a file path. The comma 
should not necessarily be used. 

Maik

Am Donnerstag, 29. Juli 2021, 22:21:11 CEST schrieb Stecy Dube:
> A comma is a valid character on Windows.
> 
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 4:05 PM Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The digiKam renaming function decides on the file system used whether
> > commas
> > are allowed. Commas are not allowed on Windows file systems and can cause
> > problems. Colons and some other characters are also not allowed under a
> > FAT /
> > NTFS file system.
> > 
> > Maik
> > 
> > Am Donnerstag, 29. Juli 2021, 18:55:14 CEST schrieb Stecy Dube:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm trying to rename a photo and I want to use a comma but the interface
> > > replaces it with an underscore.
> > > 
> > > From the album tab, selecting a file under an album, selecting RENAME
> > 
> > from
> > 
> > > right clicking it, a dialog appears where I can input a filename. The
> > > result panel shows the new name but with the comma replaced by an
> > > underscore.
> > > 
> > > Windows 10 Pro 64 bits
> > > Digikam 7.3.0:
> > > Build date: 2021-07-10 1:25 PM (target: RelWithDebInfo)
> > > 
> > > Rev.: 206597cbfed3946264f9babebd666538fb2ff326
> > > <
> > 
> > https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/commit/206597cbfed3946264f9babebd6
> > 6
> > 
> > > 6538fb2ff326>






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