GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 313307
show_backup_files key not working
Last modified: 2012-03-08 01:04:18 UTC
Please describe the problem: In gconf, the /desktop/gnome/file_views/show_backup_files seems not to work. Instead, the key /desktop/gnome/file_views/show_hidden_files seems to set the preference for both backup and hidden files. In fact, all of this is not really consistent : Ctrl+H, the option in the preferences dialog and gconf keys seem to all work in their own way. Related bug are : http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167740 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=306821 Ubuntu bug : http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11417 Steps to reproduce: 1. Browse in spatial nautilus to a folder with backup and hidden files 2. Try to set the keys in gconf 3. Try to set the preference in the preferences dialog. Actual results: Expected results: A consistent preference, consistent with gconf : two preferences in both or only one in both. Does this happen every time? Other information:
See also http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11399
a patch has been sent on the nautilus-list to fix that
So much for the patch, then?
Patch was not considered the right approach: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2005-September/msg00151.html
This bug should be closed - in nautilus 3 show_hidden_files hides both hidden and backup files
Yes, closing.