diff --git a/lib/nerdtree/path.vim b/lib/nerdtree/path.vim
index 32c9cdb..d997c31 100644
--- a/lib/nerdtree/path.vim
+++ b/lib/nerdtree/path.vim
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ endfunction
 
 " FUNCTION: Path.cacheDisplayString() {{{1
 function! s:Path.cacheDisplayString() abort
-    let self.cachedDisplayString = self.getLastPathComponent(1)
+    let self.cachedDisplayString = g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter . self.getLastPathComponent(1)
 
     if self.isExecutable
-        let self.cachedDisplayString = self.cachedDisplayString . '*'
+        let self.cachedDisplayString = self.addDelimiter(self.cachedDisplayString) . '*'
     endif
 
     let self._bookmarkNames = []
@@ -52,15 +52,24 @@ function! s:Path.cacheDisplayString() abort
         endif
     endfor
     if !empty(self._bookmarkNames) && g:NERDTreeMarkBookmarks == 1
-        let self.cachedDisplayString .= ' {' . join(self._bookmarkNames) . '}'
+        let self.cachedDisplayString = self.addDelimiter(self.cachedDisplayString) . ' {' . join(self._bookmarkNames) . '}'
     endif
 
     if self.isSymLink
-        let self.cachedDisplayString .=  ' -> ' . self.symLinkDest
+        let self.cachedDisplayString = self.addDelimiter(self.cachedDisplayString) . ' -> ' . self.symLinkDest
     endif
 
     if self.isReadOnly
-        let self.cachedDisplayString .=  ' ['.g:NERDTreeGlyphReadOnly.']'
+        let self.cachedDisplayString = self.addDelimiter(self.cachedDisplayString) . ' ['.g:NERDTreeGlyphReadOnly.']'
+    endif
+endfunction
+
+" FUNCTION: Path.addDelimiter() {{{1
+function! s:Path.addDelimiter(line)
+    if a:line =~# '\(.*' . g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter . '\)\{2}'
+        return a:line
+    else
+        return a:line . g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter
     endif
 endfunction
 
diff --git a/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim b/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
index a36bdf8..016a5dc 100644
--- a/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
+++ b/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ function! s:TreeDirNode.displayString()
     let l:label = ''
     let l:cascade = self.getCascade()
     for l:dirNode in l:cascade
-        let l:label .= l:dirNode.path.displayString()
+        let l:next = l:dirNode.path.displayString()
+        let l:label .= l:label == '' ? l:next : strcharpart(l:next,1)
     endfor
 
     " Select the appropriate open/closed status indicator symbol.
diff --git a/lib/nerdtree/tree_file_node.vim b/lib/nerdtree/tree_file_node.vim
index 52b6193..d4c060f 100644
--- a/lib/nerdtree/tree_file_node.vim
+++ b/lib/nerdtree/tree_file_node.vim
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ endfunction
 
 " FUNCTION: TreeFileNode.openInNewTab(options) {{{1
 function! s:TreeFileNode.openInNewTab(options)
-    echomsg 'TreeFileNode.openInNewTab is deprecated'
+    call nerdtree#deprecated('TreeFileNode.openinNewTab', 'is deprecated, use .open() instead.')
     call self.open(extend({'where': 't'}, a:options))
 endfunction
 
diff --git a/lib/nerdtree/ui.vim b/lib/nerdtree/ui.vim
index 5ea1333..32d96d9 100644
--- a/lib/nerdtree/ui.vim
+++ b/lib/nerdtree/ui.vim
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ endfunction
 
 " FUNCTION: s:UI.MarkupReg() {{{1
 function! s:UI.MarkupReg()
-    return '^\(['.g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable.g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible.'] \| \+['.g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable.g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible.'] \| \+\)'
+    return '^ *['.g:NERDTreeDirArrowExpandable.g:NERDTreeDirArrowCollapsible.']\? '
 endfunction
 
 " FUNCTION: s:UI._renderBookmarks {{{1
@@ -363,30 +363,13 @@ function! s:UI.setShowHidden(val)
 endfunction
 
 " FUNCTION: s:UI._stripMarkup(line){{{1
-" returns the given line with all the tree parts stripped off
+" find the filename in the given line, and return it.
 "
 " Args:
 " line: the subject line
 function! s:UI._stripMarkup(line)
-    let line = a:line
-    " remove the tree parts and the leading space
-    let line = substitute (line, g:NERDTreeUI.MarkupReg(),"","")
-
-    " strip off any read only flag
-    let line = substitute (line, ' \['.g:NERDTreeGlyphReadOnly.'\]', "","")
-
-    " strip off any bookmark flags
-    let line = substitute (line, ' {[^}]*}', "","")
-
-    " strip off any executable flags
-    let line = substitute (line, '*\ze\($\| \)', "","")
-
-    " strip off any generic flags
-    let line = substitute (line, '\[[^]]*\]', "","")
-
-    let line = substitute (line,' -> .*',"","") " remove link to
-
-    return line
+    let l:line = substitute(a:line, '^.\{-}' . g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter, '', '')
+    return substitute(l:line, g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter.'.*$', '', '')
 endfunction
 
 " FUNCTION: s:UI.render() {{{1
diff --git a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
index 2abd248..62506e5 100644
--- a/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
+++ b/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ let g:NERDTreeOldSortOrder = []
 
 call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeGlyphReadOnly", "RO")
 
+" ASCII 160: non-breaking space used to delimit items in the tree's nodes.
+call s:initVariable("g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter", "\u00a0")
+
 if !exists('g:NERDTreeStatusline')
 
     "the exists() crap here is a hack to stop vim spazzing out when
diff --git a/syntax/nerdtree.vim b/syntax/nerdtree.vim
index 7c80605..dddce6d 100644
--- a/syntax/nerdtree.vim
+++ b/syntax/nerdtree.vim
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ exec 'syn match NERDTreeRO # *\zs.*\ze \['.g:NERDTreeGlyphReadOnly.'\]# contains
 syn match NERDTreeFlags #^ *\zs\[.\]# containedin=NERDTreeFile,NERDTreeExecFile
 syn match NERDTreeFlags #\[.\]# containedin=NERDTreeDir
 
+"highlighing to conceal the delimiter around the file/dir name
+if has("conceal")
+    exec 'syn match NERDTreeNodeDelimiters #' . g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter . '# conceal containedin=NERDTreeFile,NERDTreeLinkFile,NERDTreeExecFile,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreeDir'
+    setlocal conceallevel=2 concealcursor=nvic
+else
+    exec 'syn match NERDTreeNodeDelimiters #' . g:NERDTreeNodeDelimiter . '# containedin=NERDTreeFile,NERDTreeLinkFile,NERDTreeExecFile,NERDTreeRO,NERDTreeDir'
+    hi! link NERDTreeNodeDelimiters Ignore
+endif
+
 syn match NERDTreeCWD #^[</].*$#
 
 "highlighting for bookmarks