Howdy, Is there a general consensus from the folks on the lists about what the menu entries for the file history should look like? Right now, it's the full filename, absolute path and everything. Linas suggested two other formats, one of comparing against $HOME and chopping that off the front, or just chopping off any common directory info from all the entries. Another idea would be to set a maximum character length and replace enough directory names with ellipses so that the total length is less than the max. In all three cases, the tooltip and/or status bar would show the complete filename. My personal feeling, after coding the history stuff up, is Linas's second one, with some ellipses thrown in. Something like: 1. .../gnc/bank.xac (/home/myname/private/data/gnc/bank.xac) 2. .../gnc/archive/1999bank.xac (/home/myname/private/data/gnc/archive/1999bank.xac) 'Course, if there was a filename with no common path, I guess either the ellipses stay, or the full path gets stuck in again. 3. .../doc/examples/trading.xac (/usr/src/gnucash/gnucash.pristine/doc/examples/trading.xac) What do y'all think? Robby
