I just learned about a special Unicode character--U+202E: Right-to-Left Override--that forces programs to display text in reverse order. The link for more information is: howtogeek.com/127154/how-hac ... xtensions/ . The article describes how this character can be used to disguise malicious files so…

There isn't currently an option to ignore it, although it is something we've been thinking about. However, you can configure Opus to display the file extensions in a separate column (either in addition to or instead of displaying them in the main Name column that's up to you) which can be used to m…

I agree with Origami1212 that it would be useful to have an option for Opus to ignore special Unicode characters when displaying filenames in listers. Ideally, the list would be user-definable; alternatively, the list could black out all zero-width unicode characters. Another option - for maximum f…

What problems do other zero-width characters cause?

Well, to be truthful, I'm not sure offhand. But the Right-To-Left Override is not the only special character that can manipulate the order of the output. There's also a Right-to-Left-Mark (0x200F), and a Right-To-Left Embedding character (0x202B), and a Pop Directional Formatting char (0x202C), and …

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