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Re: [Ayatana] Sound Menu and ellipsizing in the middle



 On 31/07/10 10:38, Mohammed Amine IL Idrissi wrote:
> (Sorry if this has been asked before)
>
> Hello,
> Currently, the Sound Menu ellipses the track name in the middle. Why's
> that? Ellipsizing in the middle creates confusion: for example,
> "Casiokids - Min Siste Dag" becomes "Casioki...ste Dag", which is not
> very understandable. Why not ellipsizing in the end instead?
>

There are often sets of things that start the same way. For example,

  Air on a C String Movement 1
  Air on a C String Movement 2
  Air on a C String Movement 3
  Air on a C String Movement 4

If your ellipsis are in the middle, you more often capture the essential
bits.

Even better, if you *know* the set of things, you can choose ellipsis
smartly so that you always capture the differentiating bits.

Mark

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