[gentoo-user] KDE plasma desktop view shows files that don't exist

[Jack]

Checking here for any ideas or suggestions before I report as a KDE bug.

I have my KDE Plasma desktop set to show my ~/Desktop folder. Two days 
ago, I created a script.pl Perl script in that folder. (No, I don't 
generally do work in that folder, but I just needed a quick script to 
deal with a file I had just downloaded there.) After editing that file 
in emacs, a script.pl~ also showed up on the Desktop.  However, so did a 
file #script.pl#, and actually I now have three files showing that 
name.  The original and the emacs backup also show up in Dolphin and an 
"ls" command in a terminal.  None of the "#" files do, however, which is 
expected, as there are transient working files only during an active 
emacs session.

Trying to edit one (double click) from the desktop opens an empty file, 
and right clicking and selecting Properties shows the correct info as of 
when the file actually existed - but if I ask for any checksums, they 
show up as blank fields.

I've looked, and have not found any relevant bug on the KDE bugzilla.  
(As it's not likely a Gentoo bug, I don't see any point in filing at b.g.o.)

Has anyone else noticed this?  Can anyone else reproduce it?

Thanks for any feedback.

Jack