spcompact

Category: path
GitHub: cute_file_system.h

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Squishes the path to be less than or equal to n characters in length.

#define spcompact(s, n) cf_path_compact(s, n)

Parameters	Description
s	The path string.
n	The number of files to pop from the directory path.

Return Value

If the string is not a dynamic string from CF's string API, a new string is returned. Otherwise the string is modified in-place. You must call sfree if a new dynamic string is returned, when done.

Remarks

This will insert ellipses "..." into the path as necessary. This function is useful for displaying paths and visualizing them in small boxes or windows. n includes the nul-byte. Returns a new string.

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