[Bug 3212] Option to hide backup files as well as dotfiles?

[peter_s_d at fastmail.com.au]

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------- Additional Comments From peter_s_d fastmail com au  2008-06-28 12:49 -------
The more that I think about this the less I like it.  

Should hiding be an operating system thing, a filing system thing, an installation thing, a (creating) application thing, a (viewing) application thing, a view thing, or a user thing?  Or some evil combination of the above?  We could have a hierarchy of configurations.  >:->  There must be a dozen places that you can insert "vi" options.  

Option A)
"ls" already has "-a" and "-A" options.  Let's just badger all application maintainers to create dotted backup files.  

Option B)
Keep the current drop down menu "View".  Replace, "Show hidden files" with a sub menu, "hide files =>" and have a check box for each of; dot files, bak files, tllde files, [[every other daft convention that you can think of]] and finally a check box for a user's regex expression.  The default should be to have "dot files" checked and all others unchecked.  

Just my 2 cents worth.  ;-)