pagemanager is cluttered with paths

Bug #721929 reported by KaiMartin
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gEDA
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Bug Description

Currently, the page manager windows shows the whole absolute path for each and every document. When working on a hierarchic design, this path contains no much information. In multi user environments, the absolute path can get pretty long. There are two drawbacks:
1) When working with many files in a hierarchic design, it gets difficult to spot the right file at a glance.
2) It is a waste of screen estate. Since the path starts at the left, the file name tends to go to the far left.

Suggestions:
a) Show file names only by default. Only expand to absolute path if the user checks a button in the dialog.
b) Show the file name on the left, followed by the path in brackets.
c) Only show the file name and present the path in a statusline on mouse-over.

---<)kaimartin(>---

tags: added: gschem
Changed in geda:
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
tags: added: usability
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