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

From
Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru>
Date
May 15, 2006, 15:07 UTC
Message-ID
<20060515150731.GD19254@master.mivlgu.local>
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On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 04:30:50PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru> 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.
> 
> I do not mind it myself but IIRC gitk's "no wrapping" was made
> because people found wrapping annoying; maybe a runtime
> configuration option?

OK, added a hidden option in ~/.gitk which defaults to "no wrapping", so most users will not notice anything...

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  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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