Re: [ELPA] New package proposal: visual-path-abbrev.el

[Tassilo Horn]

Leo Liu <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2019-03-02 12:05 +0100, Tassilo Horn wrote:
>> I've just written a small minor mode which abbreviates file paths
>> visually by using overlays.  When point enters such an overlay, the
>> path is shown normally again.
>
> I had the need to implement such a feature in ggtags.el almost since
> its creation; see ggtags-abbreviate-files which is run by jit-lock.

Oh, interesting, but probably a bit different use-case.  I want that the
file names stay editable and un-abbreviate as soon as point enters them
(at least as an option).  I think that's not possible when using the
'invisible text property.

Bye,
Tassilo