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I was playing with the "Shorten File Status" property for VCS Generic Filesystems, and it doesn't shorten the status information very much. I think that for experienced users, the badges telling them whether the file is up-to-date or not is enough. Why not change "Shorten File Status" to "Hide File Status", hiding all VCS info except for the badge. That would save a lot of room, especially on the Source Editor tabs.
Hm, do you know John about POSSIBLE_FILE_STATUSES_LOCALIZED_SHORT accessory variable where you can define empty string "" for those statuses that you are not interested in ? I think it's what you are calling for ... isn't it ?
just reiterating my concerns about statuses. the customization variables in vcsgeneric are more targetted at designers of profiles rather then regular users. too complex customization hurts IMHO.
You're right, Milos, that too much configuration is not always a good thing. I guess the real problem isn't saving space in the Explorer, but in the Source Editor tabs. I searched for that old RFE to hide VCS status info in the Source Editor tabs, but couldn't find it. Did that get closed as WONTFIX or just forgotten about? That would be the ideal solution to this problem but if it isn't possible to implement it from the Source Editor side then this is one solution we could implement from the VCS side.