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Re: [PATCH] gitk: Display commit messages with word wrap

From
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
May 14, 2006, 23:34 UTC
Message-ID
<17511.48749.631725.358279@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
In-Reply-To
<20060514151456.GA18012@procyon.home>
Sergey Vlasov writes:
> Some people put very long strings into commit messages, which then
> become invisible in gitk (word wrapping in the commit details window is
> turned off, and there is no horizontal scroll bar).  Enabling word wrap
> for just the commit message looks much better.
Well... you can scroll in any direction with mouse button 2, but ok...
> +    $ctext insert end "\n" {}
Why are you adding the superfluous {} ?
> -    set comment {}
> +    set headers {}

Why are you changing the name here? Your commit description doesn't address either of these points.

Paul.
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Message 4 of 6 in “gitk: Display commit messages with word wrap”
  1. gitk: Display commit messages with word wrapSergey Vlasov, May 14, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2006
  3. Sergey VlasovMay 15, 2006
  4. Paul MackerrasMay 14, 2006
  5. Sergey VlasovMay 15, 2006
  6. gitk: Display commit messages with word wrap (try 2)Sergey Vlasov, May 15, 2006

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