Subject: bug#5054: 23.1.50; buffer-menu truncated fields

From: martin rudalics <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:31:01 +0100

> The problem I believe I'm having here now in
 > emacs-version "23.1.90.1"
 > is there is no way to see e.g., your full name,
 >
 > .   *wide reply to Chong: 1156  Message		  ~/News/drafts/drafts/4
 >  %* *Summary nnml:mail.m: 1094  Summary
 >  %* *Article nnml:mail.mi: 952  Article
 >  %* *Group*                 77  Group
 >  %  blabla                2600  Fundamental	  /cf/updates/hscro
 >
 > no matter how wide the screen is. Nor are there any instructions
 > in the list-buffers docstring on how to do it.

The doc-string of `list-buffers' says "For more information, see the
function `buffer-menu'."  Customizing the group `buffer-menu' gives you
a buffer including the option `Buffer-menu-buffer+size-width' which is
probably the one you want to tweak here.

martin