mode-line-format in 18.56 changed behaviour

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From: Oliver Schoett
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 1991 17:36

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My mode-line-format variable contains the element (-20 . "%f") to
display the name of the visited file.  If the full path name of the
file is longer than 20 characters, emacs 18.55 displayed the tail of
the path while 18.56 displays the head.  This new behaviour is not
what I want, as the display looks like '/nfs/flip/home/schoe' for all
my files.

How can I display the tail of the file path under 18.56?


Oliver Schoett	     Institut f. Informatik, Technische Univ. M"unchen
		     Postfach 20 24 20,	   8000 M"unchen 2,    Germany
schoett@informatik.tu-muenchen.de    phone +49 89 2105-2390  fax -8207

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