Re: The file name in the title bar...

In article <uce-98D0C4.06122917072006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Gregory Weston <uce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <m2hd1h9o0p.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jochem Huhmann <joh@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Sander Tekelenburg <user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Linux, most applications displaying a filename in the titlebar of a
window actually display not only the name, but the full path, using the
"~" abbrevation for the home directory of the current user, which is
IMHO a good idea.

A complete path will often be too long to fit the Title Bar. While I
agree it might be a useful option to some people, I think it makes no
sense to make it the default as in most situations and it seems unlikely
to me that Apple will add this -- when you have a document open you're
generally not that interested in its path. Its title is enough, just so
you can easily tell different open Document Windows apart.

Yes, I have no hope that Apple will add this, even as an option.

It's not something that Apple _can_ add in the general case. Application
developers have the final say in what gets shown in a title bar.

But they can provide a standard API that apps can use to specify the
title bar info, and then the standard GUI can automatically display it
in all the various ways -- as a path, or a menu when cmd-clicking, etc.

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