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Bug 313307 - show_backup_files key not working
show_backup_files key not working
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Preferences
2.11.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-08-12 08:54 UTC by Lionel Dricot
Modified: 2012-03-08 01:04 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.11/2.12



Description Lionel Dricot 2005-08-12 08:54:39 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:
Comment 1 Lionel Dricot 2005-08-12 08:59:51 UTC
See also http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11399
Comment 2 Sebastien Bacher 2005-09-17 12:46:44 UTC
a patch has been sent on the nautilus-list to fix that
Comment 3 Alexander “weej” Jones 2007-03-06 23:29:15 UTC
So much for the patch, then?
Comment 4 André Klapper 2011-10-28 15:25:13 UTC
Patch was not considered the right approach:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2005-September/msg00151.html
Comment 5 Vadim Rutkovsky 2012-03-07 05:42:35 UTC
This bug should be closed - in nautilus 3 show_hidden_files hides both hidden and backup files
Comment 6 Cosimo Cecchi 2012-03-08 01:04:18 UTC
Yes, closing.