Bug: Rename allows a dot (".") in new page name

If the "Allow non WikiWord name" box is checked, TWiki will allow renaming the topic to a name that has a period (".") in it. If you do this, the data files will be renamed to the new name, but then the scripts aren't able to find them. The page contents also get overwritten and only the META:TOPICINFO and META:TOPICMOVED tags remain. The user this struck described it to me as "The Wiki ate my page".

It looks like the problem is due to the fact that no topic name checking occurs if the "allow non WikiWord" box is checked. When this option is selected, the new topic should not be required to be a WikiWord, but the rename script should still validate that it does not include illegal characters (space, ".", <, >, &, etc.).

Test case

Create a topic, attempt to rename it to a name that includes a period (or other illegal character).

Environment

-- MarcUnangst - 10 Feb 2005

Follow up

Fix record

Fixed in DEVELOP rev 3617. Well spotted, Marc - many thanks.

-- CrawfordCurrie - 11 Feb 2005