SUMMARY Demonstrative video: https://youtu.be/gJtNGhcXeBo If I duplicate, it's a bit annoying if to perform terminal operations on it immediately after. The need to escape the whitespace makes it clunky. Normally whitepaces are not a problem because tab completion exists, but because the original file exists now the terminal wants to make sure if you want the file with whitespace or a dot. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Duplicate a file graphically 2. Do something to that file from the terminal OBSERVED RESULT I need to escape the whitespace which is a QOL issue EXPECTED RESULT The duplicated filename should have a filename that is less annoying on the terminal SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux: Arch Linux KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.9.0 Qt Version: 6.8.1
Not sure this is really a problem. Duplicating a file from the GUI and then immediately running a terminal command on it is an expert workflow. Since you already have a terminal there, why not duplicate it from the terminal too using `cp`?
I just like using the graphical interface until I need to do something that can not be done graphically. Duplicating with two mouse clicks for example is faster than using cp. Would anything be lost if the copy of a file was "file_copy.txt" instead on "file copy.txt"? If not, I don't see a reason why this change can't be made.
Familiarity for normal people would be lost. Normal people who aren't weirdos like us tend to prefer spaces in their filenames, rather than underscores.
I went to check how they do it on Windows. Yeah they use spaces, but they also use a hyphen, as in "file - Copy.txt". Not sure how jarring to a normal user a duplicate with a hyphen separator is if we used "file-copy.txt" Or we could have some other separator or no separator at all. If the answer is still a no, I'll drop this suggestion.
I don't see how that's any better, sorry. I think we'll keep this as is.