Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote: > Hi Rich, > >>> Also, I consider this a regression, and an unwanted side effect of the >>> removal. As far as I know, the intention was that now the dialog should >>> behave as if the "Automatic file name extension" option is always on. >>> However, when you try this in OOo 2.3.1, then the extension is only >>> added when there is no other extension. Today, the extension is always >>> added, which is merely nonsense, IMO. >> >> wouldn't that fail to work with filenames that include dots ? >> i quite often use filenames like 2008.01.09-something. >> older versions of oo.org mocked me by replacing 09-something with he >> extension :) > > Hmm, you're right. > > Which means we can either have the current behavior - you cannot store > files with extensions not foreseen by the problem -, or the old behavior > where file names with dots where crippled. > > Sounds like the decision to remove the box was perhaps ... premature?
No, just the way it was done is wrong. We should do it the following way: if the file name contains something that looks like an extension, leave it alone. If it doesn't contain a "dot", add the extension. This "simulates" the automatic removal of auto-extension for all names containing dots. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
