(In reply to Ivo Anjo from comment #169) > (In reply to Nathan Shearer from comment #166) > > I just extracted an archive which contained a file that I could not > > copy/edit/move/rename/delete with dolphin. The file was simple readme file > > inside a nested subdirectory called L'$'\351''ame.html' > > > > The error messages in dolphin were extremely vague and did not indicate in > > an way that KDE and QT are incapable by design of handling files with these > > encoding. They did not inform the user why the file was causing these > > problems or even hint that they needed to be renamed in a terminal because > > of a WONTFIX on this bug. > > > > The only reason I knew what to do is because I encountered this bug years > > ago when operations on these files actually worked. Any normal user will > > have absolutely no idea what to do, and higher level systems will not handle > > these failures gracefully when these directory structures can't be modified > > because of a simple filename. > > > > The file or folder L'$'\351''ame.html' does not exist. > > - This is _false_ it does exist! > > Could not delete file L'$'\351''ame.html'. > > - No reason provided whatsoever. The user will not know how to solve this > > problem. > > Could not remove folder "". > > - All other files deleted, but the nested file was ignored leaving the user > > confused. > > > > This is ridiculous. > > > > It might be a lot of work, but a solution to this problem would be to store > > these strings as a tuple, where there is a degraded and user-friendly > > version of the string and the original unmodified string. If no changes are > > made to the string, use the original unmodified string. If the user decides > > to change the string, then they are interacting with the degraded version > > and deciding to keep that new string. > > Hello there -- I'm the original reporter of this bug. > > Since this one is marked as fixed, my suggestion would be to open a new bug > report, as the issue you saw may be a regression, rather than the same as > this bug, and it helps keep the discussion focused. > > Also, if possible, my suggestion is to also include an archive that triggers > this issue as an attachment, so developers can quickly jump on this one. > > Happy KDE'ing and happy easter everyone!
It is in deed a regression, the fix depended on a QT feature that was removed in 5.x, iirc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/510018 Title: Cannot delete file with bad filename To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kde-baseapps/+bug/510018/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
