Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] gitk: use more natural language for labels of color preferences

From: Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 13, 2026, 17:00 UTC
Message-ID: <787b9472-d9ac-4d1f-814c-f7be9318ff55@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <45d5b05281cd4f3f43290d128d631a47975225f3.1786540582.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On 8/12/26 9:16 AM, Johannes Sixt via GitGitGadget wrote:

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>          markbg      markbgcolor {} \
> -                    [mc "Marked line bg"] \
> +                    [mc "Marked line background"] \
>                      [mc "marked line background"] \
>

Not a new issue, but "marked line" is not a good description. What this actually controls is the background color of commit message text found by search criteria in the gui, not lines of text, and (as far as I can tell) never any text found in the patch text.

So, perhaps my observation is best deferred as being part of a different topic that would make the search function highlight all matches, not just those in the commit message.

Mark