My filemanager names copies you paste in the same directory as "filename(copy).ext" "filename(another copy).ext" "filename(3rd copy).ext" and there I got too bored to see what it did at 10 :)

It's all about making cloning of documents easier and faster.

I'm not sure this is really enough of a problem to need code added for it, do a lot of users clone files all the time?

I do. Most of the time, when creating versions, or using a document as a template for another, and also when creating temporary copies; one of the reasons is to differentiate versions among branches in git, or just use as reference for copying code; another is simply for immediate backup.

This is pretty much very helpful to developers, especially if combined with in-place renaming.

1) it is touching the filesystem to check the existence of the selected filename, which is fine if its a fast local SSD, but not so much for a remote SSHFS directory.

I'm not sure if that's a concern with a one-time command. The loop may run up to 99 but it would never always go that far. g_file_test() is also pretty much commonly used around Geany.

An option to disable this can be added if that's really a concern.

2) AFAICT it also changes the readonly behaviour, please do not include extra things in an implementation not described in the PR.

Ok, reverted.

3) probably needs user documentation :)

Done.

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