Feature request: Have the file browser display a symbol/emblem on a symlink

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X-Apps [Text] Editor (Cross-DE, backward-compatible, GTK3, traditional UI)

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Feature request: Have the file browser display a symbol/emblem on a symlink #599

Open spike200a opened 1 year ago

spike200a commented 1 year ago

 * Xed version (xed --version) 3.4.3
 * Distribution - (Mint 17.2, Arch, Fedora 25, etc...)

Working on or with symlinked files or directories from within Xed can lead to dangerous situations as at the moment it is not possible to identify whether a file/dir is a symlink or a regular file/dir