In nautilus 2.16.3, backup files (files with names that end with a '~' character) are never shown in file browser mode if "File management preferences / Views / Show hidden and backup files" is unchecked, i. e. toggling "View / Show Hidden Files" toggles the display of dot files (.*) but backup files are always hidden. With "File management preferences / Views / Show hidden and backup files" checked, this is reversed, i. e. backup files are always shown - idependent of the setting of "View / Show Hidden Files". In spatial mode, I couldn't make nautilus show backup files, regardless which settings I chose. IMO backup files should be handled by nautilus like dot files (as they are for example on Ubuntu Edgy). I found those in Gnome's bugzilla: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=327361 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335315 and this in Ubuntu's launchpad: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/5326 but I didn't find a report in Gentoo's bugzilla. The patch http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=72108&action=view referenced from the Gnome bug #327361 solves the problem for me.
Nautilus 2.18.1 still behaves as described. The same patch (with a small offset) fixes it for me.
2.20.0-r1 seems to behave correct in "browser" mode, but in spatial mode it never displays hidden files at all!
It displays "hidden files" (which are .files), but not "backup files"
For me, it never displayed the hidden files either when using spatial windows
It displays them for me, but they sort after the non-hidden files. It never shows "." or "..", tho.
*** Bug 207966 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Does http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=142056 patch fix this issue?
Seems that this should be fixed in nautilus-2.22.1 :-) Major changes in 2.22.1 are: ... * Fix "show hidden" to also show backup files (was broken in some situations) ...
indeed, 2.22.1 looks like its having the proper logic. Please reopen if it's not the case.
