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Re: [PATCH] Highlight keyboard shortcuts in git-add--interactive

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Nov 21, 2007, 15:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20071121152817.GA27144@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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<1195655278-19535-1-git-send-email-win@wincent.com>
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 03:27:58PM +0100, Wincent Colaiuta wrote:
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> The user interface provided by the command loop in git-add--interactive
> gives the impression that subcommands can only be launched by entering
> an integer identifier from 1 through 8.
> 
> A "hidden" feature is that any string can be entered, and an anchored
> regex search is used to find the first matching option.
> 
> This patch makes this feature a little more obvious by highlighting the
> first character of each subcommand (for example "patch" is displayed as
> "[p]atch"). The mechanism for doing this is to add an optional third

I think this is reasonable. It is also a candidate for colorization in Dan Zwell's patches. Dan, any progress on the next revision of the patch series?

-Peff
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Message 3 of 17 in “Highlight keyboard shortcuts in git-add--interactive”
  1. Highlight keyboard shortcuts in git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 21, 2007
  2. Matthieu MoyNov 21, 2007
  3. Jeff KingNov 21, 2007
  4. Dan ZwellNov 21, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2007
  6. Wincent ColaiutaNov 29, 2007
  7. Highlight keyboard shortcuts in git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Nov 29, 2007
  8. Jeff KingNov 29, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2007
  10. Wincent ColaiutaDec 1, 2007
  11. 1/2 Highlight keyboard shortcuts in git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Dec 1, 2007
  12. 2/2 Teach git-add--interactive to highlight untracked file prefixesWincent Colaiuta, Dec 1, 2007
  13. Wincent ColaiutaDec 1, 2007
  14. Highlight keyboard shortcuts in git-add--interactiveWincent Colaiuta, Dec 1, 2007
  15. Wincent ColaiutaDec 2, 2007
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2007
  17. Wincent ColaiutaDec 3, 2007

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