[dolphin] [Bug 465016] Dolphin started treating files/folders with hidden property set in NTFS files the same as any Linux hidden file/folder

[Sebastian Gauna]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=465016

--- Comment #4 from Sebastian Gauna <gaunas at gmail.com> ---
I'll try to explain myself better.

What's the normal or expected behavior in Linux for a file to be hidden? A
hidden file in Linux has to be a Dotfile.
Would you expect a file to be hidden in Windows if its name begins with a dot
but the file is not marked hidden?

I think this behavior breaks the "Principle of Least Astonishment" from a Linux
perspective.

What I didn't have into consideration is that Dolphin can be run in Windwos as
well. But, why not use a differentiated bahavior depending on the installed OS?

Why should Dolphin behave differently than a terminal in Linux? It makes no
sense to me, or at least I think there should be an option to change the
behavior and the default in Linux, IMHO, should be to show hidden NTFS files as
normal files, not even grayed out.

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