Actually I retract my vote for this. I just realized that I have my tab labels set to only show the filename. I don't think I'd be happy about seeing the end of the filename, rather than the beginning. Oops. :)
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Sergio Acosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Dec 9, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Jonathon Mah wrote: > >> Perhaps we need to make this a bit more complicated. It makes sense to >> truncate the left side of the path, but the start of the filename is >> generally the most important part. As a bit of a contrived example, >> consider two files open in the same directory (so no path bits are >> shown). With right-truncation of the filename, you'd see: >> >> employees_contr... | payroll_controll... >> >> But with left truncation, you'd likely see: >> >> ...s_controller.rb | ...ll_controller.rb >> >> So I think it might need some more smarts. > > Consider how other editors handle tabs: > > Both TextMate, BBEdit (and even Microsoft Visual Studio) always show > the full filename on the tab, no truncation, but also no directory > components. > > That means: > > - You cannot see the path until you hover the mouse over the tab, and > a tooltip is shown with the full file path. > - The tab sizes are different for each tab, and they depend on the > file name lenght, so the implementation could turn more complicated. > > I had never noticed how other programs did it, but now that I saw it, > it seems a good solution. I wouldn't mind seeing only the filename and > not the path on the tab. > > my 2 cents. > > sergio > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
