Public bug reported:
See screenshots and german rant here:
http://demystifikation.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/dat-dial/
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS"
Gedit 3.4.1 Xubuntu 12.04 LTS
When opening a file, the "file open" - Dialog cripples the directory
names, while having plenty of space to show the full names:
scala> val pfad = "/home/stefan/proj/mini/forum"
pfad: String = /home/stefan/proj/mini/forum
scala> val dirsAndFile = pfad.split ("/").tail dirsAndFile:
Array[String] = Array(home, stefan, proj, mini, forum)
scala> println (pfad.length)
28
The size in which the dialog opens is about 1000 pixel. That would allow
30 pixel per character, even if you substract something for button
borders and the initial icons. Another bad idea is, to shorten a 5
character dirname to 4 characters + "...". You could for example shorten
only names longer than 5 to 4 + "..." like this demo code in Scala
shows:
List ("vier", "fuenf", "sechse", "siehben").foreach (x => { if (x.length > 5)
println (x.take (4) + "...") else println (x)})
vier
fuenf
sech...
sieh...
** Affects: xpdf (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: file open ui ux
** Attachment added: "Screenshot File open dialog (Detail)"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1223049/+attachment/3811865/+files/datei-oeffnen-gek%C3%BCrzte-Verzeichnisse-Detail.png
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