Saved search dissapears if I remove the folder's suffix

Bug #32537 reported by Celso Pinto
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Nautilus
Expired
Wishlist
nautilus (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Wishlist
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Saved searches are always saved as somename.savedSearch. The folder's icon gives a really nice clue about what it is so I tried removing the suffix (or file extension) but then it stopped being recognized as a saved search.

Tipically, most files are recognized by their mime-type not by their extension and this is a really good thing but such doesn't happen with saved searches and given the importance of such a feature it really matters that it does. Since the saved search file has a defined format, maybe add a header and create a mime-type for it? Is it possible to do this?

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Celso Pinto (cpinto) wrote :

I just tried double-clicking on the file (the icon preview clearly shows it's an XML file) and I was impressed because double-clicking on it brings up a Nautilus window yet Nautilus displays the following message:
"Sorry, couldn't display all the contents of somename".

I guess the half the job is already done (having Nautilus fired up) but still the Saved-Search icon is replaced by a text-file preview and Nautilus doesn't display the contents of the saved search.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks for your bug. That's known upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330320

Changed in nautilus:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Changed in nautilus:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Changed in nautilus:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in nautilus:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
Changed in nautilus:
status: Confirmed → Expired
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