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Re: [PATCH] gitk: let you easily specify lines of context in diff view

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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
Jul 26, 2007, 12:34 UTC
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Steffen Prohaska writes:
> More lines of context sometimes help to better understand a diff.
> This patch introduces a text field above the box displaying the
> blobdiffs. You can type in the number of lines of context that
> you wish to view.

Nice idea! I suggest you use a spinbox instead of an entry though, since that has up and down buttons, and allows you to restrict the value to an integer.

>    * I don't know how to update the view after entering a new value.

You can put a trace on the associated variable and specify a function to be called when the variable's value changes. Grep for "trace add variable" in gitk to see how it's done.

Paul.
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  1. gitk: let you easily specify lines of context in diff viewSteffen Prohaska, Jul 26, 2007
  2. Paul MackerrasJul 26, 2007
  3. Steffen ProhaskaJul 27, 2007
  4. Paul MackerrasJul 27, 2007
  5. gitk: let you easily specify lines of context in diff viewSteffen Prohaska, Jul 27, 2007
  6. gitk: let you easily specify lines of context in diff viewSteffen Prohaska, Jul 28, 2007
  7. gitk: let you easily specify lines of context in diff viewSteffen Prohaska, Aug 11, 2007
  8. Paul MackerrasAug 12, 2007
  9. Steffen ProhaskaAug 12, 2007
  10. gitk: let you easily specify lines of context in diff viewSteffen Prohaska, Aug 12, 2007

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