Re: Long buffer names in buffer menu [Emacs 22.1 on w32]

[despen@verizon.net]

Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com> writes:

> On Oct 21, 7:32 pm, des...@verizon.net wrote:
>> "B. T. Raven" <ni...@nihilo.net> writes:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Adam Beneschan wrote:
>> >> On Oct 21, 9:25 am, "Drew Adams" <drew.ad...@oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> >>> So there is some confusion as to what you are using. Your initial mail spoke of
>> >>> buff-menu.el, but it also spoke about "electric" buffer list. Those are two
>> >>> different things.
>>
>> >> Actually, my initial post didn't mention any .el files.  Just for the
>> >> record....
>>
>> >>                         -- Adam
>> ....
>> >   (setq truncate-lines t)
>>
>> Okay, so this sort of works:
>>
>> (add-hook 'electric-buffer-menu-mode-hook
>>           '(lambda ()
>>              (setq truncate-lines nil)))
>>
>> The long names are shown continued on the next line.
>> The only problem is that cursor movement moves through
>> the extended file name.  Not a big problem.
>
> OK, thanks.  I think that will work as a temporary workaround.

How are your eyes?

You could try setting a face in the buffer list and
using a smaller font.

Or a proportional font on the file name.
The WIKI explains how to font lock the electric buffer list.