Bug 258531

Summary:	Kmail replaces dots in filenames with underscores when saving attachments
Product:	[Applications] kmail2	Reporter:	Ian Stanistreet <ipstanistreet>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.0.89
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Arch Linux
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Ian Stanistreet 2010-12-02 01:59:07 UTC

Version:           2.0.89 (using KDE 4.5.80) 
OS:                Linux

Saving an attachment with more than one dot in it results in all but the last dot being replaced with underscores.
For example, test.tar.gz becomes test_tar.gz

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a file with two dots in the filename, e.g. test.tar.gz
2. Attach it to an email and send it to yourself (or someone using kmail).
3. Open the received email, or open it from your sent-mail folder. Notice that the filename is as expected (e.g. test.tar.gz).
4. Right-click the attachment and save-as. Notice that the filename in the save-as dialogue has been changed as described (e.g. test_tar.gz).

Actual Results:  
All dots in the filename are replaced with underscores, except the final dot.

Expected Results:  
The filename shouldn't be changed!

Comment 1 Tobias Koenig 2010-12-12 15:09:37 UTC

SVN commit 1205780 by tokoe:

Enable the 'replace dot by underscore in filenames' feature
only in enterprise build where the user base might not be familiar
with the special meaning of dots in filenames.

BUG: 258531


 M  +2 -0      stringutil.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1205780

Comment 2 Ian Stanistreet 2010-12-13 00:27:28 UTC

Thanks Tobias, I didn't realise this was actually a 'feature'.