This has been fixed with Nautilus 3.6 which will be available in Ubuntu 13.04. Specifically, Show Hidden Files is not persistent; there is a separate option in Preferences if you want to always show hidden files.
This has been fixed with Nautilus 3.6 which will be available in Ubuntu 13.04. Specifically, Show Hidden Files is not persistent; there is a separate option in Preferences if you want to always show hidden files.