Bug#306655: gedit shouldn't show backup files in file picker by default

[Ross Burton]

On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 10:23 +0100, inkwire@thegoldenear.org wrote:
> > How would one open a backup file if it isn't shown?
> 
> I can't tell if you're asking me the question seriously, or being a little
> sarcastic, so I'll answer it seriously...
> Nautilus' approach works better for me, thats all I'm saying. I expected
> with GNOME's integrated and consistant approach that gedit should behave
> similarly.
> 
> Perhaps gedit could have a button in its file picker to 'show backup files'

I've filed a bug with the GTK+ file selector to consider backup files to
be hidden files, so are hidden by default.  No action on it yet,
thought.

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136196

Ross
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