Post B0SsK5CE8IplFzpaee by clacke@libranet.de
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 (DIR) Post #B0SsK5CE8IplFzpaee by clacke@libranet.de
       2025-11-21T08:32:04Z
       
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       I specified that if the generated folder name is too long, truncate it and end it with three dots.During QA the dots were missing, so I thought the dev missed that requirement.Turns out #Windows eats the dots, you can't even rename the folder manually -- any dots at the end are eaten, same with whitespace.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0SshOZaFz6w0ss9B2 by clacke@libranet.de
       2025-11-21T08:37:32Z
       
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       Saying that it treats the dots like whitespace made me want to try something.Are dots and whitespace trimmed the same? I tried renaming the folder to blabla space dot space dot space dot (`blabla . . .`).It came out showing blabla space dot! Half-eaten! But when I entered the folder or refreshed the parent folder, the last space dot vanished.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0StVpYeCZN2BVU3M0 by clacke@libranet.de
       2025-11-21T08:46:33Z
       
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       Ok, we can end a folder name with dot dot dot underscore (`..._`) and Windows won't interfere with that.I'll take it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0StembgXiZVdeAods by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2025-11-21T08:48:28.754090Z
       
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       @clacke Kind of weird stuff that makes me feel like windows ought to become as legacy as like IBM Mainframes.
       
 (DIR) Post #B0Stuzebnl40jkGqEC by clacke@libranet.de
       2025-11-21T08:51:23Z
       
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       @jay I thought of it, but I've decided I'm avoiding non-ASCII.a-zA-Z0-9.- is allowed, everything else is turned to underscore, names longer than 40 chars are truncated to 36 chars plus "..._".
       
 (DIR) Post #B0SuMFYKnYDHrgKh4y by clacke@libranet.de
       2025-11-21T08:56:10Z
       
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       @lanodan We have those too 😁
       
 (DIR) Post #B0SuVsXFER4JNBPklU by falken@qoto.org
       2025-11-21T08:57:45Z
       
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       @clacke "flagship operating system" can't even rename folders correctly#Microsoft #Windows #fail #MicrosoftWindows