Node Explorer: files and directories are created with extra backslashes in name

[tendstofortytwo]

If I create a new directory with spaces in its name:

Each space is prepended with a backslash:

This isn't just a UI bug, the directory is created with the backslashes in the name.

nsood@manganese:~$ ls -l | grep directory
drwxr-xr-x  2 nsood nsood 4096 Sep 20 09:52 a\ new\ directory

The same thing happens with files as well.