Consistency of ellipses across the UI

Use the function support:truncateWithEllipsis() to shorten a docstring with
... at the end. Actually we use U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS instead of "..." when
automatically shortening strings. This is to be consistent with Qt's own
truncation and is much nicer on the screen.

This includes the bugs #9575 and #9572 regarding broken text elision in the
outliner.

Known issues (non-regressions):

* TocBackend::updateItem() should be rewritten to update all TOCs. (#8386)

* "..." should be replaced with … everywhere else on the interface (including
  translation strings).

* We should prefer to rely on QFontMetrics::elidedText() to truncate strings
  with an ellipsis whenever possible, or an equivalent for the buffer view
  dependent on the font metrics. See the warning in src/support/lstrings.h.
This commit is contained in:
Guillaume Munch 2015-10-04 19:38:47 +01:00
parent f6c6416f28
commit bb344452c8
38 changed files with 173 additions and 124 deletions

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@ -756,8 +756,7 @@ docstring BibTeXInfo::getValueForKey(string const & oldkey, Buffer const & buf,
ret = html::cleanAttr(ret);
// make sure it is not too big
if (ret.size() > maxsize)
ret = ret.substr(0, maxsize - 3) + from_ascii("...");
support::truncateWithEllipsis(ret, maxsize);
return ret;
}
@ -928,14 +927,9 @@ docstring const BiblioInfo::getLabel(vector<docstring> keys,
before, after, dialog, key + 1 != ken);
}
if (ret.size() > max_size) {
ret.resize(max_size - 3);
ret += "...";
} else if (too_many_keys) {
if (ret.size() > max_size - 3)
ret.resize(max_size - 3);
ret += "...";
}
if (too_many_keys)
ret.push_back(0x2026);//HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
support::truncateWithEllipsis(ret, max_size);
return ret;
}

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@ -811,22 +811,20 @@ vector<docstring> availableSelections(Buffer const * buf)
// we do not use cit-> here because gcc 2.9x does not
// like it (JMarc)
ParagraphList const & pars = (*cit).first;
docstring asciiSel;
docstring textSel;
ParagraphList::const_iterator pit = pars.begin();
ParagraphList::const_iterator pend = pars.end();
for (; pit != pend; ++pit) {
Paragraph par(*pit, 0, 26);
Paragraph par(*pit, 0, 46);
// adapt paragraph to current buffer.
par.setBuffer(const_cast<Buffer &>(*buf));
asciiSel += par.asString(AS_STR_INSETS);
if (asciiSel.size() > 25) {
asciiSel.replace(22, docstring::npos,
from_ascii("..."));
textSel += par.asString(AS_STR_INSETS);
if (textSel.size() > 45) {
support::truncateWithEllipsis(textSel,45);
break;
}
}
selList.push_back(asciiSel);
selList.push_back(textSel);
}
return selList;

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@ -3257,11 +3257,13 @@ docstring Paragraph::asString(pos_type beg, pos_type end, int options, const Out
}
void Paragraph::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t maxlen) const
void Paragraph::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const maxlen,
bool const shorten) const
{
size_t tmplen = shorten ? maxlen + 1 : maxlen;
if (!d->params_.labelString().empty())
os += d->params_.labelString() + ' ';
for (pos_type i = 0; i < size() && os.length() < maxlen; ++i) {
for (pos_type i = 0; i < size() && os.length() < tmplen; ++i) {
if (isDeleted(i))
continue;
char_type const c = d->text_[i];
@ -3270,8 +3272,10 @@ void Paragraph::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t maxlen) const
else if (c == '\t' || c == '\n')
os += ' ';
else if (c == META_INSET)
getInset(i)->forOutliner(os, maxlen);
getInset(i)->forOutliner(os, tmplen, false);
}
if (shorten)
Text::shortenForOutliner(os, maxlen);
}

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@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ public:
int options = AS_STR_NONE,
const OutputParams *runparams = 0) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t maxlen) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const maxlen,
bool const shorten = true) const;
///
void write(std::ostream &, BufferParams const &,

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@ -2043,13 +2043,25 @@ docstring Text::asString(pit_type beg, pit_type end, int options) const
}
void Text::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t maxlen, bool shorten) const
void Text::shortenForOutliner(docstring & str, size_t const maxlen)
{
LASSERT(maxlen >= 8, maxlen = TOC_ENTRY_LENGTH);
for (size_t i = 0; i != pars_.size() && os.length() < maxlen; ++i)
pars_[i].forOutliner(os, maxlen);
if (shorten && os.length() >= maxlen)
os = os.substr(0, maxlen - 3) + from_ascii("...");
support::truncateWithEllipsis(str, maxlen);
docstring::iterator it = str.begin();
docstring::iterator end = str.end();
for (; it != end; ++it)
if ((*it) == L'\n' || (*it) == L'\t')
(*it) = L' ';
}
void Text::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const maxlen,
bool const shorten) const
{
size_t tmplen = shorten ? maxlen + 1 : maxlen;
for (size_t i = 0; i != pars_.size() && os.length() < tmplen; ++i)
pars_[i].forOutliner(os, tmplen, false);
if (shorten)
shortenForOutliner(os, maxlen);
}

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@ -123,14 +123,16 @@ public:
///
docstring asString(pit_type beg, pit_type end,
int options = AS_STR_NONE) const;
/// Appends a possibly abbreviated representation of our text
/// to \param os, where \param maxlen defines the maximum size
/// of \param os. If \param shorten is true, then we will shorten
/// \param os to maxlen chars and replace the final three by "...,
/// if \param os is longer than maxlen chars.
/// if \param maxlen is passed as 0, then it is ignored. (In fact,
/// it is reset to the maximum value for size_t.)
void forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t maxlen, bool shorten = true) const;
/// truncates str to maxlenwith an ellipsis and replaces the characters '\n'
/// and '\t' with spaces
static void shortenForOutliner(docstring & str, size_t const maxlen);
/// Appends a possibly abbreviated representation of our text to \param os,
/// where \param maxlen defines the maximum size of \param os. If \param
/// shorten is true, then os is shortened as above
void forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const maxlen,
bool const shorten = true) const;
/// insert a character at cursor position
/// FIXME: replace Cursor with DocIterator.

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@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
#include "support/convert.h"
#include "support/debug.h"
#include "support/docstream.h"
#include "support/lassert.h"
#include "support/lstrings.h"
using namespace std;
@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ shared_ptr<TocBuilder> TocBackend::builder(string const & type)
}
// FIXME: This function duplicates functionality from InsetText::iterateForToc.
// Both have their own way of computing the TocItem for "tableofcontents". The
// TocItem creation and update should be made in a dedicated function and
// updateItem should be rewritten to uniformly update the matching items from
// all TOCs.
bool TocBackend::updateItem(DocIterator const & dit)
{
if (dit.text()->getTocLevel(dit.pit()) == Layout::NOT_IN_TOC)
@ -280,28 +285,30 @@ bool TocBackend::updateItem(DocIterator const & dit)
// For each paragraph, traverse its insets and let them add
// their toc items
//
// FIXME: This is supposed to accomplish the same as the body of
// InsetText::iterateForToc(), probably
Paragraph & par = toc_item->dit_.paragraph();
InsetList::const_iterator it = par.insetList().begin();
InsetList::const_iterator end = par.insetList().end();
for (; it != end; ++it) {
Inset & inset = *it->inset;
if (inset.lyxCode() == ARG_CODE) {
tocstring = par.labelString();
if (!tocstring.empty())
break;
Paragraph const & inset_par =
*static_cast<InsetArgument&>(inset).paragraphs().begin();
if (!par.labelString().empty())
tocstring = par.labelString() + ' ';
tocstring += inset_par.asString(AS_STR_INSETS);
tocstring += ' ';
inset.asInsetText()->text().forOutliner(tocstring,TOC_ENTRY_LENGTH);
break;
}
}
int const toclevel = toc_item->dit_.text()->getTocLevel(toc_item->dit_.pit());
int const toclevel = toc_item->dit_.text()->
getTocLevel(toc_item->dit_.pit());
if (toclevel != Layout::NOT_IN_TOC && toclevel >= min_toclevel
&& tocstring.empty())
tocstring = par.asString(AS_STR_LABEL | AS_STR_INSETS);
par.forOutliner(tocstring, TOC_ENTRY_LENGTH);
support::truncateWithEllipsis(tocstring, TOC_ENTRY_LENGTH);
const_cast<TocItem &>(*toc_item).str(tocstring);
buffer_->updateTocItem("tableofcontents", dit);

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@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
#include "version.h"
#include "support/lassert.h"
#include "support/lstrings.h"
#include "support/debug.h"
#include <QApplication>
@ -394,9 +395,9 @@ void GuiCompleter::updateInline(Cursor const & cur, QString const & completion)
docstring postfix = qstring_to_ucs4(completion.mid(prefix.length()));
// shorten it if necessary
if (lyxrc.completion_inline_dots != -1
&& postfix.size() > unsigned(lyxrc.completion_inline_dots))
postfix = postfix.substr(0, lyxrc.completion_inline_dots - 1) + "...";
if (lyxrc.completion_inline_dots != -1)
support::truncateWithEllipsis(postfix,
unsigned(lyxrc.completion_inline_dots));
// set inline completion at cursor position
size_t uniqueTo = max(longestUniqueCompletion().size(), prefix.size());

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@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ public:
if (!dotted) {
if (dottedPrefix_ && !prefix_.isEmpty())
prefix_ += ".../";
prefix_ += ellipsisSlash_;
prefix_ += postfix_.front() + "/";
}
dottedPrefix_ = dotted && !prefix_.isEmpty();
@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ public:
return filename_;
bool dots = dottedPrefix_ || !postfix_.isEmpty();
return prefix_ + (dots ? ".../" : "") + filename_;
return prefix_ + (dots ? ellipsisSlash_ : "") + filename_;
}
///
QString forecastPathString() const
@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ public:
return displayString();
return prefix_
+ (dottedPrefix_ ? ".../" : "")
+ (dottedPrefix_ ? ellipsisSlash_ : "")
+ postfix_.front() + "/";
}
///
@ -1883,6 +1883,8 @@ public:
int tab() const { return tab_; }
private:
/// ".../"
static QString const ellipsisSlash_;
///
QString prefix_;
///
@ -1898,6 +1900,9 @@ private:
};
QString const DisplayPath::ellipsisSlash_ = QString(QChar(0x2026)) + "/";
///
bool operator<(DisplayPath const & a, DisplayPath const & b)
{

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@ -768,11 +768,9 @@ bool MenuDefinition::searchMenu(FuncRequest const & func, docstring_list & names
QString limitStringLength(docstring const & str)
{
size_t const max_item_length = 45;
if (str.size() > max_item_length)
return toqstr(str.substr(0, max_item_length - 3) + "...");
return toqstr(str);
docstring ret = str.substr(0, max_item_length + 1);
support::truncateWithEllipsis(ret, max_item_length);
return toqstr(ret);
}

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@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ docstring Inset::toolTip(BufferView const &, int, int) const
}
void Inset::forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const
void Inset::forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const
{
}

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@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ public:
/// Appends a potentially abbreviated version of the inset to
/// \param str. Intended for use by the TOC.
virtual void forOutliner(docstring & str,
size_t maxlen = TOC_ENTRY_LENGTH) const;
size_t const maxlen = TOC_ENTRY_LENGTH,
bool const shorten = true) const;
/// can the contents of the inset be edited on screen ?
// true for InsetCollapsables (not ButtonOnly) (not InsetInfo), InsetText

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@ -299,10 +299,11 @@ void InsetBranch::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetBranch::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t maxlen) const
void InsetBranch::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const maxlen,
bool const shorten) const
{
if (isBranchSelected())
InsetCollapsable::forOutliner(os, maxlen);
InsetCollapsable::forOutliner(os, maxlen, shorten);
}

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@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ private:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const;
///
void validate(LaTeXFeatures &) const;
///

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@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ docstring InsetCaptionable::floatName(string const & type) const
BufferParams const & bp = buffer().params();
FloatList const & floats = bp.documentClass().floats();
FloatList::const_iterator it = floats[type];
// FIXME UNICODE
return (it == floats.end()) ? from_ascii(type) : bp.B_(it->second.name());
return (it == floats.end()) ? from_utf8(type) : bp.B_(it->second.name());
}

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@ -313,21 +313,13 @@ void InsetCitation::updateBuffer(ParIterator const &, UpdateType)
{
if (!cache.recalculate && buffer().citeLabelsValid())
return;
// The label may have changed, so we have to re-create it.
docstring const glabel = generateLabel();
unsigned int const maxLabelChars = 45;
docstring label = glabel;
if (label.size() > maxLabelChars) {
label.erase(maxLabelChars - 3);
label += "...";
}
cache.recalculate = false;
cache.generated_label = glabel;
cache.screen_label = label;
unsigned int const maxLabelChars = 45;
cache.screen_label = glabel.substr(0, maxLabelChars);
support::truncateWithEllipsis(cache.screen_label, maxLabelChars);
}
@ -406,7 +398,7 @@ void InsetCitation::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetCitation::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t) const
void InsetCitation::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const, bool const) const
{
os += screenLabel();
}

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@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const;
///
void validate(LaTeXFeatures &) const {}
///

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@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ParamInfo const & InsetHyperlink::findInfo(string const & /* cmdName */)
docstring InsetHyperlink::screenLabel() const
{
docstring const temp = from_ascii("Hyperlink: ");
docstring const temp = _("Hyperlink: ");
docstring url;
@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ docstring InsetHyperlink::screenLabel() const
// elide if long
if (url.length() > 30) {
url = url.substr(0, 10) + "..."
+ url.substr(url.length() - 17, url.length());
docstring end = url.substr(url.length() - 17, url.length());
support::truncateWithEllipsis(url, 13);
url += end;
}
return temp + url;
}
@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ void InsetHyperlink::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetHyperlink::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t) const
void InsetHyperlink::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const, bool const) const
{
docstring const & n = getParam("name");
if (!n.empty()) {

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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const;
///
docstring toolTip(BufferView const & bv, int x, int y) const;
///

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@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ void InsetIPAChar::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetIPAChar::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t) const
void InsetIPAChar::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const, bool const) const
{
odocstringstream ods;
plaintext(ods, OutputParams(0));

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@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const;
///
InsetCode lyxCode() const { return IPACHAR_CODE; }
/// We don't need \begin_inset and \end_inset

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@ -75,12 +75,8 @@ ParamInfo const & InsetNomencl::findInfo(string const & /* cmdName */)
docstring InsetNomencl::screenLabel() const
{
size_t const maxLabelChars = 25;
docstring label = _("Nom: ") + getParam("symbol");
if (label.size() > maxLabelChars) {
label.erase(maxLabelChars - 3);
label += "...";
}
support::truncateWithEllipsis(label, maxLabelChars);
return label;
}

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@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void InsetQuotes::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetQuotes::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t) const
void InsetQuotes::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const, bool const) const
{
os += displayString();
}

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@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t maxlen) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const maxlen, bool const) const;
///
void validate(LaTeXFeatures &) const;

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@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void InsetRef::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetRef::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t) const
void InsetRef::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const, bool const) const
{
// There's no need for details in the TOC, and a long label
// will just get in the way.
@ -288,18 +288,13 @@ void InsetRef::updateBuffer(ParIterator const & it, UpdateType)
label += getParam("name");
}
screen_label_ = label;
bool shortened = false;
unsigned int const maxLabelChars = 24;
if (screen_label_.size() > maxLabelChars) {
screen_label_.erase(maxLabelChars - 3);
screen_label_ += "...";
shortened = true;
}
if (shortened)
tooltip_ = label;
else
support::truncateWithEllipsis(label, maxLabelChars);
} else
tooltip_ = from_ascii("");
screen_label_ = label;
}

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@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const;
///
void validate(LaTeXFeatures & features) const;
///

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@ -317,8 +317,7 @@ docstring InsetScript::toolTip(BufferView const &, int, int) const
InsetText::plaintext(ods, rp, 200);
docstring content_tip = ods.str();
// shorten it if necessary
if (content_tip.size() >= 200)
content_tip = content_tip.substr(0, 197) + "...";
support::truncateWithEllipsis(content_tip, 200);
docstring res = scripttranslator_loc().find(params_.type);
if (!content_tip.empty())
res += from_ascii(": ") + content_tip;

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@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ void InsetSpace::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetSpace::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t) const
void InsetSpace::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const, bool const) const
{
// There's no need to be cute here.
os += " ";

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@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const;
///
bool hasSettings() const { return true; }
///

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@ -542,7 +542,8 @@ void InsetSpecialChar::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetSpecialChar::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t) const
void InsetSpecialChar::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const,
bool const) const
{
odocstringstream ods;
plaintext(ods, OutputParams(0));

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@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const;
///
InsetCode lyxCode() const { return SPECIALCHAR_CODE; }
/// We don't need \begin_inset and \end_inset

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@ -789,11 +789,12 @@ void InsetText::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetText::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t maxlen) const
void InsetText::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const maxlen,
bool const shorten) const
{
if (!getLayout().isInToc())
return;
text().forOutliner(os, maxlen, false);
text().forOutliner(os, maxlen, shorten);
}

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@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const;
///
void addToToc(DocIterator const & di, bool output_active,
UpdateType utype) const;

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@ -2381,11 +2381,13 @@ void InsetMathHull::toString(odocstream & os) const
}
void InsetMathHull::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t) const
void InsetMathHull::forOutliner(docstring & os, size_t const, bool const) const
{
odocstringstream ods;
OutputParams op(0);
op.for_toc = true;
// FIXME: this results in spilling TeX into the LyXHTML output since the
// outliner is used to generate the LyXHTML list of figures/etc.
plaintext(ods, op);
os += ods.str();
}

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@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public:
///
void toString(odocstream &) const;
///
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t) const;
void forOutliner(docstring &, size_t const, bool const) const;
/// get notification when the cursor leaves this inset
bool notifyCursorLeaves(Cursor const & old, Cursor & cur);

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@ -943,12 +943,10 @@ docstring const makeDisplayPath(string const & path, unsigned int threshold)
// Yes, filename itself is too long.
// Pick the start and the end of the filename.
dstr = from_utf8(onlyFileName(path));
docstring const head = dstr.substr(0, threshold / 2 - 3);
docstring::size_type len = dstr.length();
docstring const tail =
dstr.substr(len - threshold / 2 - 2, len - 1);
dstr = head + from_ascii("...") + tail;
docstring::size_type const len = dstr.length();
if (len >= threshold)
dstr = support::truncateWithEllipsis(dstr, threshold / 2) +
dstr.substr(len - threshold / 2 - 2, len - 1);
}
return from_utf8(os::external_path(prefix + to_utf8(dstr)));

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@ -1201,6 +1201,17 @@ docstring const escape(docstring const & lab)
}
bool truncateWithEllipsis(docstring & str, size_t const len)
{
if (str.size() <= len)
return false;
str.resize(len);
if (len > 0)
str[len - 1] = 0x2026;// HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
return true;
}
namespace {
// this doesn't check whether str is empty, so do that first.
@ -1224,7 +1235,7 @@ vector<docstring> wrapToVec(docstring const & str, int ind,
size_t const i = s.find_last_of(' ', width - 1);
if (i == docstring::npos || i <= size_t(ind)) {
// no space found
s = s.substr(0, width - 3) + "...";
truncateWithEllipsis(s, width);
break;
}
retval.push_back(s.substr(0, i));
@ -1253,7 +1264,6 @@ docstring wrap(docstring const & str, int const ind, size_t const width)
docstring wrapParas(docstring const & str, int const indent,
size_t const width, size_t const maxlines)
{
docstring const dots = from_ascii("...");
if (str.empty())
return docstring();
@ -1272,15 +1282,15 @@ docstring wrapParas(docstring const & str, int const indent,
tmp.resize(maxlines - curlines);
docstring last = tmp.back();
size_t const lsize = last.size();
if (lsize > width - 3) {
size_t const i = last.find_last_of(' ', width - 3);
if (lsize > width - 1) {
size_t const i = last.find_last_of(' ', width - 1);
if (i == docstring::npos || i <= size_t(indent))
// no space found
last = last.substr(0, lsize - 3) + dots;
truncateWithEllipsis(last, lsize);
else
last = last.substr(0, i) + dots;
truncateWithEllipsis(last, i);
} else
last += dots;
last.push_back(0x2026);//HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
tmp.pop_back();
tmp.push_back(last);
}

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@ -266,6 +266,29 @@ docstring const rsplit(docstring const & a, char_type delim);
/// problems in latex labels.
docstring const escape(docstring const & lab);
/// Truncates a string with an ellipsis at the end. Leaves str unchanged and
/// returns false if it is shorter than len. Otherwise resizes str to len, with
/// U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS at the end, and returns true.
///
/// Warning (Unicode): The cases where we want to truncate the text and it does
/// not end up converted into a QString for UI display must be really
/// rare. Whenever possible, we should prefer calling QFontMetrics::elidedText()
/// instead, which takes into account the actual length on the screen and the
/// layout direction (RTL or LTR). Or a similar function taking into account the
/// font metrics from the buffer view, which still has to be defined. Or set up
/// the widgets such that Qt elides the string automatically with the exact
/// needed width. Recall that not only graphemes vary greatly in width, but also
/// can be made of several code points. See:
/// <http://utf8everywhere.org/#myth.strlen>
///
/// What is acceptable is when we know that the string is probably going to be
/// elided by Qt anyway, and len is chosen such that our own ellipsis will only
/// be displayed in worst-case scenarios.
///
/// FIXME: apply those principles in the current code.
///
bool truncateWithEllipsis(docstring & str, size_t const len);
/// Word-wraps the provided docstring, returning a line-broken string
/// of width no wider than width, with the string broken at spaces.
/// If the string cannot be broken appropriately, it returns something
@ -274,6 +297,10 @@ docstring const escape(docstring const & lab);
/// If indent is positive, then the first line is indented that many
/// spaces. If it is negative, then successive lines are indented, as
/// if the first line were "outdented".
///
/// Warning (Unicode): uses truncateWithEllipsis() internally. Therefore it is
/// subject to the same warning and FIXME as above.
///
docstring wrap(docstring const & str, int const indent = 0,
size_t const width = 80);
@ -281,6 +308,10 @@ docstring wrap(docstring const & str, int const indent = 0,
/// that may contain embedded newlines.
/// \param numlines Don't return more than numlines lines. If numlines
/// is 0, we return everything.
///
/// Warning (Unicode): uses truncateWithEllipsis() internally. Therefore it is
/// subject to the same warning and FIXME as above.
///
docstring wrapParas(docstring const & str, int const indent = 0,
size_t const width = 80, size_t const maxlines = 10);