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Bug 734401 - Can't change extension of *.desktop.desktop file.
Can't change extension of *.desktop.desktop file.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
3.10.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-08-07 08:39 UTC by Roman Shchekin
Modified: 2016-03-01 15:36 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
nautilus-file: explain why is not possible to rename (1.33 KB, patch)
2015-02-27 11:05 UTC, Carlos Soriano 		none Details | Review

Description Roman Shchekin 2014-08-07 08:39:04 UTC 
Video is better than 1000 words 
https://yadi.sk/i/7ETa_cEnZDVHz (2.2 MB)

By mistake I got file with name "rss-reader.desktop.desktop". Now I can't change its extension name to another, Nautilus always add ".desktop" to the end.
Comment 1 Carlos Soriano 2015-02-27 11:05:09 UTC 
Created attachment 298074 [details] [review]
nautilus-file: explain why is not possible to rename

desktop files are managed as a special case, and changes on the file
name also affect the contents. But when the content are not a desktop
valid format, it generates an error.

The only thing that comes to my mind to keep maintaining this special
handling of desktop files and also not being in a inconsistent state is
to just explain better why we failed to rename.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=721411
Comment 2 Carlos Soriano 2016-03-01 15:36:19 UTC 
commited as https://git.gnome.org/browse/nautilus/commit/?id=2b7d17a