[PyQt] Compacting long file names or strings

Suppose I have a long file name such as C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\Wildlife.wmv that I want to display on a button but there isn't enough room to display the entire name. I want to compact it down to, say, C:\Users\...\Wildlife.wmv. I'm pretty sure that I've seen a method somwhere

Re: [PyQt] Compacting long file names or strings

Am Mittwoch, 16. Januar 2013, 09:54:43 schrieb Timothy W. Grove: Suppose I have a long file name such as C:\Users\Public\Videos\Sample Videos\Wildlife.wmv that I want to display on a button but there isn't enough room to display the entire name. I want to compact it down to, say,