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Trying to save screenshot via View->Save Screenshot of Ubuntu 14.04 VM, I get screenshot named Ubuntu14.png It turns out, that dots don't work.
Screenshot file name doesn't accept . dot
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Re: Screenshot file name doesn't accept . dot
On what host?
This is a common bug/feature on Windows hosts for legacy reasons: it is replacing an incorrect extension ".04" with a correct one ".png". I'm not sure how it can tell that ".04" was never intended to be the extension unless it builds in all kinds of nasty exceptions.
On other platforms the "extension" has a reduced significance.
This is a common bug/feature on Windows hosts for legacy reasons: it is replacing an incorrect extension ".04" with a correct one ".png". I'm not sure how it can tell that ".04" was never intended to be the extension unless it builds in all kinds of nasty exceptions.
On other platforms the "extension" has a reduced significance.
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Re: Screenshot file name doesn't accept . dot
Host: WIn 7 x64 + BETA4
File name should be: Ubuntu 14.04.png (double dot)
File name should be: Ubuntu 14.04.png (double dot)
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Re: Screenshot file name doesn't accept . dot
Yes, it's clear what you intended. The question is what rules the software could use to determine the actions it needs to take. Would "Ubuntu.exe.png" be ok too?
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Re: Screenshot file name doesn't accept . dot
Hmm. Good question.
I think "Ubuntu.exe.png" would be okay too. It is the last extension, that counts. Few letters after last dot. They should always be ".png" in this case.
I think "Ubuntu.exe.png" would be okay too. It is the last extension, that counts. Few letters after last dot. They should always be ".png" in this case.
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Re: Screenshot file name doesn't accept . dot
On Windows hosts it's controversial because the OS defaults to hiding the last extension, misleading users as to what the file type actually is. Of course in this case leading someone to believe that a PNG is an EXE has fewer unsafe implications than the other way round. Still, many consider it good practice to not have multiple extensions on Windows files.
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Re: Screenshot file name doesn't accept . dot
That doesn't solve the problem of the user wanting/needing to have a filename with several dots, which is really the topic here. I agree the filename should either be what the user gave or an error/warning displayed to the user with maybe a choice of changing it.mpack wrote:Still, many consider it good practice to not have multiple extensions on Windows files.
About the OP, I also would consider it a bug for the filmename to be wrong, if the change is not intentional. If it is, then the user should be told one way or another.
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