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Re: [PATCH] git gui: visually wrap lines of commit message

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LNLars Noschinski <lars-2008-1@usenet.noschinski.de>
Date
Aug 10, 2008, 07:56 UTC
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<20080810075602.GA5381@lars.home.noschinski.de>
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* Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> [08-08-10 04:25]:
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>> Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but on my system (wish8.5) the box width
>> changes with the window size, and gui.commitmsgwidth appears to be ignored.
>> Even if I close and restart git gui, the old window size is kept.
>
>That's a bug, and I now understand why you have a problem.  That box
>should not be resizing itself.  Its supposed to be using a fixed
>width font, and have a fixed number of columns, so you can format
>a message including drawing ASCII art to explain yourself clearly
>as you write a change.

The box always resizes, unless the window is wide enough. But I do not see a good way to fix that.

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Message 7 of 9 in “git gui: visually wrap lines of commit message”
  1. git gui: visually wrap lines of commit messageClemens Buchacher, Aug 9, 2008
  2. Johannes SixtAug 9, 2008
  3. Clemens BuchacherAug 9, 2008
  4. Johannes SixtAug 9, 2008
  5. Clemens BuchacherAug 9, 2008
  6. Shawn O. PearceAug 10, 2008
  7. Lars NoschinskiAug 10, 2008
  8. Shawn O. PearceAug 10, 2008
  9. Clemens BuchacherAug 10, 2008

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