[MonoDevelop] Stripped down GTK# notebook tabs for monodevelop

[Levi Bard]

> a) Use a certain amount of characters by default in non-current tabs
> (for instance 7, as the first proof of concept).
> b) For every tab that, for the default amount of characters, has any
> coincidence with the stripped-name of other tab, increase the amount of
> shown characters by N + 3 (being N the number of characters left for
> still being the same).
> c) Repeat (b) until there are no coincidences.

I like this method of collapsing the text on the tabs.

I do really like having the close button on the inactive tabs, though.
What about re-showing the full display (icon, close button, full name)
when an inactive tab is moused-over, then re-collapsing when the
pointer leaves?


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