https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=156289
Buovjaga <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |INVALID Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED CC| |ilmari.lauhakangas@libreoff | |ice.org --- Comment #2 from Buovjaga <[email protected]> --- (In reply to David Chen from comment #0) > Description: > I was mistakenly trying to save a file with a date formatted with a slash, > and was getting an unhelpful "Nonexistent object. Path to the file does not > exist." error. I had looked around for advice on this issue, only to find > other bugs, such as #90189 and forum posts regarding network file shares. > In the same vein as #95336, it would be a great improvement to user > experience if the warnings were more specific when there are invalid > character issues, instead of leaving them with a vague error that returns > unhelpful results when looking it up. Thank you. > > Steps to Reproduce: > 1. Open a LibreOffice document > 2. Try to save it as a new file > 3. Mistakenly enter an invalid file name character such as `/` > > Actual Results: > A somewhat unhelpful error, "Nonexistent object. Path to the file does not > exist.", which may lead one to overestimate their issue, is given. > > Expected Results: > The user should get an error warning them of their mistake, instead of being > directed towards unrelated issues. Forward slash is not an invalid character on Linux, but a directory delimiter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(computing) The error message is as helpful as it can get. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
