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Re: Abbreviating path name in task bar tabs

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• Subject: [mg119963] Re: Abbreviating path name in task bar tabs
• From: Heike Gramberg <heike.gramberg at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 05:00:54 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <201107010849.EAA28315@smc.vnet.net>

I have Mathematica 8 myself so I don't know if this works in 7 but you could try setting WindowTitle to
"ShortFileName" in the options inspection menu (in 8 you do this via Format > Option Inspector..., select
Global Preferences from left-most pull-down menu and search for WindowTitle).

Heike.

On 1 Jul 2011, at 09:49, Zaph wrote:

> I'm working on several Mathematica files at the same time. The file tabs in the task bar display the whole path, which is too long, and I can't see the file names. Is it possible to abbreviate the path in the task bar tabs, and only show file names? See screenshot annotated in Skitch:
>
> https://skitch.com/sabman/f8byy/skitched-20110628-153343
>
> Some other softwares like pdf viewer show file name, not the full path, which suggests that it's not an operating system problem, its a Mathematica problem.
>

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    • From: Zaph <zaeem.burq@gmail.com>