odd behavior while create a new file -> unwanted extension added

Syam syamcr at gmail.com
Fri Jan 10 14:13:13 UTC 2014


I found that old bug report: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295490

It used to add ".desktop" to the new filename. But the root cause seems
different from the current problem. So these may not be related.

Syam


On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Orcan Ogetbil <oget.fedora at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:43 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> > but the point is that create a new file with the context-menu must not
> > add any extension if one is already given and since we are talking about
> > a unix-system there is no need for an extension at all, in case of no
> > extension .txt is *not* added
> >
> > finally that means there is some fuzzy-logic which must not be there
> >
>
> While I agree with you, I believe that this mailing list is not the
> best place to raise this issue. Don't shoot the messenger.
>
> It feels like the person who coded this "fuzzy logic" has a talent of
> anticipating user intention. And yes, this kind of talent is easier to
> encounter in the Windows world. I personally don't enjoy software that
> is trying to outsmart me.
>
> Orcan
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Regards,

Syam
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