Re: why doesn't the buffer list abbreviate the home directory as ~?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Jacobson wrote:
> 
> I'm thinking why in the buffer list, not abbreviate
>  MR Buffer           Size  Mode         File
>  -- ------           ----  ----         ----
>  % mountain_angles   519  Dired by name /home/jidanni/mapping/mountain_angles/
> 
> as
>  % mountain_angles   519  Dired by name ~/mapping/mountain_angles/
> 
> Make this an new option's default.

Here's a patch that does it unconditionally:

*** 19.34/lisp/buff-menu.el.orig        Sun Jan 14 00:34:30 1996
--- 19.34/lisp/buff-menu.el     Wed May 30 08:19:01 2001
***************
*** 473,479 ****
              (setq this-buffer-mode-name
                    (if (eq buffer standard-output)
                        "Buffer Menu" mode-name))
!             (or file
                  ;; No visited file.  Check local value of
                  ;; list-buffers-directory.
                  (if (and (boundp 'list-buffers-directory)
--- 473,480 ----
              (setq this-buffer-mode-name
                    (if (eq buffer standard-output)
                        "Buffer Menu" mode-name))
!             (or (and file
!                      (setq file (abbreviate-file-name file)))
                  ;; No visited file.  Check local value of
                  ;; list-buffers-directory.
                  (if (and (boundp 'list-buffers-directory)

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