[Bug 18292] New: Make 8.3 names for LFNs more "Windows-like"

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18292

Summary: Make 8.3 names for LFNs more "Windows-like"
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.20
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://source.winehq.org/source/dlls/kernel32/path.c
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: kernel32
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

When Windows creates 8.3 names for long file names, it does so in the form
Progra~1 and increments the number by one with each new creation of a similar
filename.

So,
Program Files --> Progra~1
Programmers --> Progra~2
Program Blah blah --> Progra~3
and so on.

Under Wine, the 8.3 filenames seem somewhat random (PROG~HAE for example).

Is it possible to implement this behaviour?

It would make it easier to guess short path names, which makes it easier to add
paths to the registry (when needed for workarounds, for example).