Re: Git on MSys (or how to make it easy for Windows users to compile git)

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 9, 2007, 13:55 UTC
Message-ID: <81b0412b0708090655v7cf8acc3rbca86d0d59ff813c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708091013430.21857@racer.site>

On 8/9/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> > Very impressive.
>
> I have some issues with it, though.
>
> - I really hate to leave anything older than W2K behind.  You might not
>   care, but I do.
>
> - I tested it, and it gave a constant flicker, at least in the status bar.
>   Does not seem to be that fleshed out.

That's typical for impressive windows hackery... Switching the transparency completely (frame and background in tabs) off seem to help with the flicker. At least it does not flicker much for w2k here.

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