GNU bug report logs - #72309
propertized-buffer-identification with maximum width

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Heime <heimeborgia <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:05:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Heime <heimeborgia <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 72309 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72309: propertized-buffer-identification with maximum width
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 08:48:50 +0300

tags 72309 notabug
thanks

> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:04:14 +0000
> From:  Heime via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> 
> propertized-buffer-identification could be improved so that when using a
> maximum width there are three dots and a space at the end to indicate
> that the buffer name has been truncated.  

Emacs doesn't truncate the buffer name shown on the mode line, so no
ellipsis should be needed, ever.  IOW, the maximum width is basically
infinity.

Where did you see the buffer name truncated on the mode line?
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