[Bug 166052] Filename is corrupted when saved as and change filter

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166052

--- Comment #7 from Mike Kaganski <mikekaganski at hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to Joachim Urmersbach from comment #6)
> My expectation would be:
> 
> - I have given a filename, the extension is not mentioned in the name!!!
> - the standard extension is odt or ods
> - I change the filter to xlxs
> - the filename is never allowed to be changed, whatever the name is and also
> if there are dots in the name or not. Because the extension is never shown
> in the filed of the name!

Your expectation is understood. Comment2 and comment 3 are discussing how we
can make that happen.

> So why do you think it is correct behavior to think about and decide whether
> the part after the dots given in the name mark the beginning of the
> extension?

Because "the standard extension is odt or ods" is only some *usual convention*,
not a law. People call their files very differently; they use "wrong"
extensions (like "XLS" for CSV), or completely custom extensions, in their
practice. So again: while I myself suggest, that we can improve, by following
these "common conventions" (again, see comment 2), I repeat that ".06 testdata"
is a *valid extension*, and honestly, the current behavior is technically
correct and logical.

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