[Octave-patch-tracker] [patch #9025] Concise output of filenames

[Lachlan Andrew]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?9025>

                 Summary: Concise output of filenames
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: lachlan
            Submitted on: Fri 10 Jun 2016 09:28:40 AM GMT
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: lachlan
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

    _______________________________________________________

Details:

This patch displays shorter forms of file names in contexts like error
messages and the most-recently-used file menu.  It does *not* change Octave's
practice of always storing absolute filenames.

Filenames are shortened in three ways:
1. Relative path names are used for files below the current directory.
2. The user's home directory is replaced by a ~
3. The directory containing Octave's core scripts is replaced by SCRIPT.
   (Would "SYS" be a better string?)

All of the scripts that change directory internally, such as run(), disable
this locally so that they don't display misleading error messages.

The SCRIPT command has been added to return the relevant prefix, so that users
can find out the absolute path names.

This is disabled by default, and can be enabled by


output_short_filenames (1)




    _______________________________________________________

File Attachments:


-------------------------------------------------------
Date: Fri 10 Jun 2016 09:28:40 AM GMT  Name: patch_output_short_filenames.cset
 Size: 25kB   By: lachlan

<http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/download.php?file_id=37447>

    _______________________________________________________

Reply to this item at:

  <http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?9025>

_______________________________________________
  Message sent via/by Savannah
  http://savannah.gnu.org/