Public bug reported:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTE Bionic Beaver.
1. right click mouse on desktop and select New Document -> Untitled
The file Untitled.desktop appears.
2. Right click on the file and select Rename.
3. In the file name dialog box, rename as follows:
From: Untitled.desktop
To: Untitled.txt
Then click the rename button in the dialog box.
The dialog box closes and a file appears with a name of: Untitled.txt.desktop
Thus, ".desktop" cannot be deleted or renamed.
I expected to see Untitled.txt not Untitled.txt.desktop
I also expect to be able to create a file with no extension at all on linux.
Cannot do that either.
I have also duplicated this behavior in other folders apart from the
desktop such as the default documents folder.
The only workaround I have is to create a file with extension that does
not end with .desktop is to use a text editor like Notepad++ to create a
new file then use "Save As".
Is this a bug? If not, it seems odd behavior. If I want to create a
new C++ file such as foo.cpp then I cannot do it with this behavior and
the make built-in rules will never file foo.cpp.desktop.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: nautilus 1:3.26.3-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-30.32-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Aug 19 14:51:12 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-08-13 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
usr_lib_nautilus:
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
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Nautilus won't allow .desktop extension to be changed
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