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

[David Bailey]

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------- Additional Comments From dr baileynet org  2008-06-28 18:29 -------
I'm with Stephen on his conclusions and with David Faure on the point that you don't want a single regex, but a list of regex expressions.

I also like Toby's idea that we could store the hidden file regex list as part of the file-type/mime-types list. What's also good about this approach is that it is defined at the system level, but users can customize, so it empowers the users by getting around the idea of users being at the developers leading-dot preference whims.

So that would mean you could right-click on the file, get the properties of any file you have rights to, and hide (xattr) it.

Or, you could right-click a file, select the file type definition, and check a box to hide all files of that particular type. You could also create a new file type to cover any special "filename pattern" or regex and hide those as well.

The first way is a file-by-file system approach that is portable, between filesystems supporting xattrs. The second way is a user preference approach.

The only downside is that you don't get the flexibility of having multiple views that you could quickly switch between to hide different sets of files. Can anyone think of why that would be a desired function?