Re: git-gui: Long lines in commit message gets hidden, no scrollbar appears
On 03/09/19 12:14AM, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
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> On 02/09/19 08:22PM, Birger Skogeng Pedersen wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 8:05 PM Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > I cannot test windows easily, it looks good on Linux Tcl /Tk 8.6:
> > >
> > > https://kgab.selfhost.eu/s/f38GX4caCZBj4mZ
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 8:12 PM Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com> wrote:
> > > Hmm, it looks fine for me. Which platform are you using? I am running it
> > > on Linux. Screenshot: https://imgur.com/sNp5Ktq
> >
> > Try resizing the bottom right pane of git gui, you should see that the
> > scrollbar remains at the bottom while the input area moves upwards.
>
> Yes, I can reproduce the problem when I do this. Interestingly, the
> vertical scrollbar does move, the horizontal one (which Bert just added)
> doesn't. So I think there is a slight difference in how the horizontal
> scrollbar is set up that is causing this.
On second thought, wouldn't it make more sense to expand the commit
message buffer instead? The point of resizing that pane is to see more
of the commit message. So it makes more sense to make the commit message
buffer take up all the vertical space, rather than making the scrollbar
move.
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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
Pratyush Yadav <me@yadavpratyush.com>