How to display file names

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Tue December 16 2003 23:13, Rolf Magnus wrote:
> On Monday 15 December 2003 10:09, David Faure wrote:
> > If you create a file in KDE which is named "blah %2F foo"
> > you'll get %252F on the filesystem. This gives a slight incompatibility
> > with the filesystem like you found above, but it allows users to use
> > _any_ character in filenames, including slash. KDE: accept no limitations
> > :)
>
> I don't think this is a good idea. The inconsistancies when doing this kind
> of encoding are worse than not allowing / in file names, IMHO.

Yes, I agree. I think we should seriously reconsider the current approach of 
konqueror. It shouldn't be too hard for CD rippers to replace '/' with '-'.

E.g. the current behavior of "New folder..." -> "/tmp/test" in konqueror is 
quite surprising.

Cheers,
Waldo
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