Re: do not truncate long filenames beginning with dot

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 09:23:29PM +0200, Johannes Hofmann wrote:
> 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?

  That was one of the first things I considered, but thought that
when saving a ".config" file it was good to keep the name. I'd like
to know the real problem the user had.

-- 
  Cheers
  Jorge.-