[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 111070] Saving file with a different LO-recognized file extension does not add correct extension

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111070

--- Comment #14 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Yousuf Philips (jay) (retired) from comment #6)
> I would think it would be a bad thing to do this, as extensions on windows
> are hidden by default and users would only see 'abcd.doc' and assume it was
> a '.doc' file.

This is comparing current situation (when user saves "file.doc", gets
"file.doc", sees it as "file", and in fact it's ODT) with saving "file.doc",
getting "file.doc.odt", seeing "file.doc", which in fact is ODT. Personally I
don't see a single drawback of the proposal *compared to the current
situation*. The concern expressed in comment 6 was a kind of generic "we see
one extension, but that's the other one", but without considering what the
current situation is.

> Instead it should replace the extension and be 'abcd.odf', if
> we agree that filetype selection should overwrite what users type or select
> as the filename.

I second Aron's concerns from comment 7, and I would hate to see LibreOffice
not allowing me to have what I typed in the file name.

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