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Shorten long file names via ellipses in the middle #171

Open 3rd3 opened 10 years ago

3rd3 commented 10 years ago

It would be better to truncate file names by putting the ellipsis in the middle rather than at the end of the file name. So instead of this:

A very long filen…

rather this:

A very … name.zip
patcon commented 10 years ago

:-1:

Often the important difference is at the end of a file. Maybe there could be some logic to choose the best formatting, but wholesale using ellipses at the end would strike me as a backward step for UX :)

3rd3 commented 10 years ago

That’s how it is right now; the ellipsis is at the end of the file name and cuts away file extensions and possibly other suffixes (counters, versions, dates etc.). Example.

patcon commented 10 years ago

haha oh then +1 :)

jmini commented 9 years ago

+1 for me...

In java it is a it is a common pratice to have reverse domain name notation. If you have multiple projects in one repo you can not differenciate them:

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Source: https://github.com/jmini/fr.obeo.releng.targetplatform

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