On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 16:58:52 +0000 Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> wrote:

> Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> I was wrong that adjusting column widths in tabulated-list-format is
>> necessary: with the attached patch, when a non-final column whose label
>> is at least 3 characters long is selected, the label will get truncated
>> and a sort indicator added; but the final column label will never get
>> truncated and always get a sort indicator when selected.
>
> The behavior with your patch looks like an improvement to me.  How about
> the case when we narrow the column but there is no sort indicator,
> should we use the ellipsis then?  See for example `list-buffers' when
> using the narrowing commands without sorting on any of the headers.

Try the attached patch; does it do what you're suggesting well enough?