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

[Stecy Dube]

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On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 4:38 PM Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Semicolon is currently not allowed either, I will allow both, we will see
> if
> our ExifTool Metadata reader then has any problems.
>
> Maik
>
> Am Donnerstag, 29. Juli 2021, 22:34:14 CEST schrieb Stecy Dube:
> > Ok I can see it being a problem on a CLI but is digiKam calling CLI
> > programs with those filenames?
> >
> > Also I use semicolons and sometimes the equal sign 😉
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 4:32 PM Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > 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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