Unable to reproduce this behavior in Karmic default install.
Now there is *no feedback* when "/" is entered in the filename , it just doesnt
save without giving any warning to the user. and the save dialogue just remains!
But this behavior is IMO even worse.
As the OP says, the dialogue can ask "X folder doent not exist. Do you
want to create it?"
** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Status: New => Confirmed
** Description changed:
When the user types a filename, if he puts a forbidden symbol (like "/" for
example) in the name, when clicking on the "Save" button there's a really
obscure message coming out: instead of saying "one or more character you have
typed are not admitted" , or "the symbol "/" is not admitted in a file name",
it says (approximately, I'm translating from the italian version) "THE FOLDER'S
CONTENT CANNOT BE VISUALIZED: error in executing stat of file
/home/john/Desktop/xxxxxx : no file or directory".
I tried with Openoffice.org, Gedit, Archive manager, Brasero, Sound recorder
and Gimp, and they all have the same behaviour. The only one to give the
correct response has been Nautilus which told me that "/" is not allowed.
- I think this is very confusing for the newcomer: if it's easily fixable,
- it should be fixed in Karmic.
+
+ However, my opinion is that the message that shows when the typed path is
incorrect is not useful for those who don't already know the mechanism: that
would consequently compromise usability.
+ I think it would be useful to replace the present message with something like
"The path you have typed is not correct: please check the directory tree" , or
"The "/" symbol can be only used to head to a subdirectory, not in a filename:
if you wanted to set a subdirectory for your file, please check the directory
tree".
+
+
+ I think this is very confusing for the newcomer: if it's easily fixable, it
should be fixed in Karmic.
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Incoherent warning message when inserting a forbidden symbol in filename
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/393158
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