How should we handle a forward slash "/" in new file and rename dialogs?

[Frank Reininghaus]

Hi Mark and Emmanuel,

thanks for your investigations!

2012/10/30 Mark:
> Hi,
>
> I'm doing a bit of dolphin bug triaging and encountered a few bugs
> already that have something to do with a "/" in a filename. See [1]
> and [2]. I can see a few possible solutions here.
>
> 1. "/" is forbidden.
> --------------------------------------
> Since "/" is a directory seperator it might just be unwise to even
> consider using it in a filename. Also, if dolphin supports this it's
> by far a certainty that others support it as well.
>
> 2. Replace "/" by "⁄".
> --------------------------------------
> It looks like a slash but is a divider sign. This might be a workable
> solution but will change the user input (a "/") to the divider symbol.

it seems that this currently happens when renaming with the rename
dialog, even though I can't see why this could make sense. Before we
discuss this further, could someone investigate where in the code the
replacement happens and why it's done?

Best regards,
Frank