Long filename display in short panel

Roland Illig roland.illig at gmx.de
Fri Feb 11 19:46:05 UTC 2005


Ryan Weaver wrote:
> 	Hi,
> 
> In the current CVS version, if a filename is wider that the panel it's
> displaying in, the file name is truncated. In previous versions the filename
> would be spliced and the beginning and end would be displayed with a ~ in
> the middle.
> 
> Eg: mc-4.6.1a-20050211cvs.tar.gz on a 80x24 screen.
> 
> Current:  |mc-4.6.1a-200502|
> Previous: |mc-4.6.1~.tar.gz|
> 
> Was this change planned or is it an error? Personally, I prefer the previous
> version.

Me too, and it was my (programming) error and fault (to commit it 
unreviewed). Well, that's once more a sign that I should calm down in 
coding.

I have committed a fix for this and reviewed the other routines I 
changed that they behave as before.

Roland



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