Display a shorter status message when loading files

xyproto · Dec 1, 2024 · 40c6a06 · 40c6a06
1 parent 85128d1
commit 40c6a06
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/v2/neweditor.go b/v2/neweditor.go
@@ -476,7 +476,13 @@ func NewEditor(tty *vt100.TTY, c *vt100.Canvas, fnord FilenameOrData, lineNumber
 		if fnord.stdin {
 			statusMessage += "Read from stdin"
 		} else {
-			statusMessage += "Loaded " + files.Relative(e.filename)
+			relFilename := files.Relative(e.filename)
+			absFilename, err := filepath.Abs(e.filename)
+			if err == nil && len(absFilename) < len(relFilename) {
+				statusMessage += "Loaded " + absFilename
+			} else {
+				statusMessage += "Loaded " + relFilename
+			}
 		}
 		if e.binaryFile {
 			statusMessage += " (binary)"