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Article #880truncated file names in the buffer menu
From: Jonas Jaernestroem TG/HK
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:15
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:15
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In GNU Emacs 18.57.2 on a Sun Sparc SLC running 4.1.1 BSD. In Emacs I frequently visit files with full path names exceeding 38 chars, which means truncation of the last (and most interresting) part of the filename when the window has the 80 chars "standard" width, when doing C-x C-b (list-buffers) to find out the buffer to file name correspondence. I would prefer the truncation being done on the "root side" of the path name. It would also help to keep the path name short (and more readable) if the absolute path to my homedir was replaced with the "~" sign. Im aware of the possibility to do scroll-left to view the missing part, or increasing the window width, though I find neither of them to be a good work around. Jonas Jaernestroem Ericsson Telecom Sweden. jonas@ericad.ericsson.se
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Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!ericad.ericsson.SE!jonas From: jonas@ericad.ericsson.SE (Jonas Jaernestroem TG/HK) Subject: truncated file names in the buffer menu Message-ID: <9212211309.AA16823@gimli.ericsson.se> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Distribution: gnu Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:15:41 GMT Approved: bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 17