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Re: why doesn't the buffer list abbreviate the home directory as ~?
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Kevin Rodgers |
Subject: |
Re: why doesn't the buffer list abbreviate the home directory as ~? |
Date: |
Wed, 30 May 2001 08:28:51 -0600 |
Dan Jacobson wrote:
>
> I'm thinking why in the buffer list, not abbreviate
> MR Buffer Size Mode File
> -- ------ ---- ---- ----
> % mountain_angles 519 Dired by name /home/jidanni/mapping/mountain_angles/
>
> as
> % mountain_angles 519 Dired by name ~/mapping/mountain_angles/
>
> Make this an new option's default.
Here's a patch that does it unconditionally:
*** 19.34/lisp/buff-menu.el.orig Sun Jan 14 00:34:30 1996
--- 19.34/lisp/buff-menu.el Wed May 30 08:19:01 2001
***************
*** 473,479 ****
(setq this-buffer-mode-name
(if (eq buffer standard-output)
"Buffer Menu" mode-name))
! (or file
;; No visited file. Check local value of
;; list-buffers-directory.
(if (and (boundp 'list-buffers-directory)
--- 473,480 ----
(setq this-buffer-mode-name
(if (eq buffer standard-output)
"Buffer Menu" mode-name))
! (or (and file
! (setq file (abbreviate-file-name file)))
;; No visited file. Check local value of
;; list-buffers-directory.
(if (and (boundp 'list-buffers-directory)
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