On Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:38:47 -0500 "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
On 10/24/23 16:59, Martin /Nightowl/ Byttebier wrote:
Yes I do see them with Ctrl-H. Not a big deal, but some time ago one of the docs I was working on got corrupt and I couldn't find the backup. It didn't crossed my mind to look for hidden files. Redo the work was the only option at that time.
This is why you do NOT change defaults....
You provide an option and publicize the fact you can turn off seeing .bak file rather than thinking you know better what somebody else wants to see.
It would be surprising if this wasn't the umpteenth time something similar has happened (especially in the KDE world ... but Gnome gets no free ride either ...)
This is why *I* do not use systems like KDE or Gnome whose authors think they know what I want. PS google showed similar concerns about KDE back in 2010. Maybe they're still relevant.