From: Lars Noschinski Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:56:03 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git gui: visually wrap lines of commit message Message-ID: <20080810075602.GA5381@lars.home.noschinski.de> In-Reply-To: <20080810022504.GA22137@spearce.org> * Shawn O. Pearce [08-08-10 04:25]: >> 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.