From 197717ce683c1045f53e3de9db94bb503c4c72f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 09:10:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Enable hidden when opening a hidden file

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 src/nnn.c | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51a8bb8a..a08426f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Runs on the Pi, [Termux](https://www.youtube.com/embed/AbaauM7gUJw) (Android), L
   - Preview hovered files in FIFO-based previewer
   - Open with desktop opener or specify a custom opener
   - File-specific colors (or minimal _dirs in context color_)
-  - Icons or Emojis support (customize and compile-in)
+  - Icons and Emojis support (customize and compile-in)
   - Plugin for image, video and audio thumbnails
   - Create, list, extract (to), mount (FUSE based) archives
   - Option to open all text files in `$EDITOR`
diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 9e8c8aa0..0d7e9d2f 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -8525,7 +8525,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			initpath = startpath ? xstrdup(startpath) : getcwd(NULL, 0);
 			if (!initpath)
 				initpath = "/";
-		} else {
+		} else { /* Open a file */
 			arg = argv[optind];
 			DPRINTF_S(arg);
 			if (xstrlen(arg) > 7 && is_prefix(arg, "file://", 7))
@@ -8537,6 +8537,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				return EXIT_FAILURE;
 			}
 
+			/* If the file is hidden, enable hidden option */
+			if (*xbasename(initpath) == '.')
+				cfg.showhidden = 1;
+
 			/*
 			 * If nnn is set as the file manager, applications may try to open
 			 * files by invoking nnn. In that case pass the file path to the