OS X system file .DS_Store messes with boot file select

[pgodd]

If OS X hidden system files .DS_Store or other hidden system files are present in the scripts directory they throw off the index variable for filenames with boot prefix and create crazy results when user attempts to select boot file.
I traced the problem through and it looks like the cure (aside from Apple removing this nutty file) is to either delete it or filter it in the file manager overrides.
File management sees the file for the purposes of a count, but seemingly cannot delete the file by name.

[Dunbaratu]

We could just make the general rule that any filename starting with a dot doesn't count and should be treated as if it wasn't there. That would "theme" better for all UNIXes than just making the exception for the one hidden file Apple is a jerk about constantly re-adding after you delete it. To keep the theme uniform across OSes, we could say that all files marked as 'hidden' don't count either, for windows.

[pgodd]

It looks like the place to filter these files out is archive.cs ksp API has a function to distinguish hidden files. I'll take a crack at this.

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On Feb 24, 2015, at 7:31 PM, Steven Mading notifications@github.com wrote:

We could just make the general rule that any filename starting with a dot doesn't count and should be treated as if it wasn't there. That would "theme" better for all UNIXes than just making the exception for the one hidden file Apple is a jerk about constantly re-adding after you delete it. To keep the theme uniform across OSes, we could say that all files marked as 'hidden' don't count either, for windows.

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