Re: do not truncate long filenames beginning with dot

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 07:15:45PM -0400, Jorge Arellano Cid wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:41:23PM +0200, Johannes Hofmann wrote:
> > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 04:50:21AM -0400, Dennis New wrote:
> > > Sometimes, when trying to save a document with long filenames, the
> > > truncated default save-as filename will start with a dot. (Ie. a hidden
> > > file.) This behaviour should change. Perhaps truncate the end of the
> > > filename instead (and preserve the file extension)?
> > 
> > Do you have an example where this happens? I see that it can
> > happen with URLs like http://dillo.org/bla/.blub
> > Is this the case where you are seeing the issue or do you get it
> > with other types of URLs as well?
> 
>   I was to ask the same question days ago (yes I reviewed the code to
> make a quick patch and it cuts starting from the end). An example would
> be clarifying.

If we don't get any more feedback, I'd just replace dots with
underscores as well. What do you think?

Cheers,
Johannes