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Re: [PATCH] gitk: don't save the geometry to rc file on exit

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Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 25, 2008, 13:35 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 7:09 AM, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> wrote:
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> martin f krafft writes:
>
>  > May I suggest that such a patch actually disables writing of the
>  > config file, so that we won't get conflicts every time you sync
>  > config files via home-in-git?
>
>  Then various other bits of config won't be persistent, such as font
>  settings.  So I don't think that's a good idea.
>
>  It would be possible to make the config file be per-repository rather
>  than global, I guess, if that is something people want.  I personally
>  would find it annoying to have to change the font separately in each
>  repository, but tastes differ, I guess.
>
>  Paul.
>
Two things we could do:
1) Add a "save config now" button and a "save config on exit"
checkbox/option to the options dialog.
2) Perform a screen geometry check at load time to see if the corners
of the main window would be visible before applying the main window
geometry.
Mark
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Message 22 of 26 in “Bug in gitk - can post the window off screen”
  1. Tommy ThornFeb 7, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceFeb 7, 2008
  3. Robin RosenbergFeb 7, 2008
  4. Gerrit PapeFeb 7, 2008
  5. gitk: don't save the geometry to rc file on exitGerrit Pape, Feb 23, 2008
  6. Robin RosenbergFeb 23, 2008
  7. Jonathan del StrotherFeb 23, 2008
  8. Paul MackerrasFeb 23, 2008
  9. Mark LevedahlFeb 24, 2008
  10. Edgar ToernigFeb 24, 2008
  11. Paul MackerrasMar 6, 2008
  12. Jonathan del StrotherMar 6, 2008
  13. Paul MackerrasMar 6, 2008
  14. Mark LevedahlMar 7, 2008
  15. martin f krafftMar 7, 2008
  16. Paul MackerrasMar 8, 2008
  17. martin f krafftMar 10, 2008
  18. David TweedMar 10, 2008
  19. martin f krafftFeb 25, 2008
  20. Paul MackerrasFeb 25, 2008
  21. martin f krafftFeb 25, 2008
  22. Mark LevedahlFeb 25, 2008
  23. martin f krafftFeb 25, 2008
  24. Martin LanghoffFeb 25, 2008
  25. Robin RosenbergFeb 25, 2008
  26. A Large Angry SCMFeb 26, 2008

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