Re: GSoC idea: adding JavaScript library / framework in gitweb
Dear Jakub,
thanks again.
creating side-by-side diff from unified diff in JavaScript, so that
swicthing between unified and side-by-side
diff view could be done entirely client-side, without hitting the server
could you please elaborate on this , i didn't understand this completley.
On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, 25 Mar 2012, chaitanyaa nalla wrote:
>
>> Dear Jakub,
>>
>> if we handle the sorting of the tables on the client side itself,
>> will that be a load on the browser?
>
> Well, if it turns out to be too heavy a load, we can use the same trick
> of "timed array processing":
>
> http://www.nczonline.net/blog/2009/08/11/timed-array-processing-in-javascript/
>
> See for example this page to see sorttable in action:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_software_hosting_facilities
>
>> Other ideas which I have in mind are
>>
>> 1. Highligting matched portions of project name while searching the
>> project name, even more intuitively
>
> You probably couldn't have known that match highlighting in project
> search is done on server side by gitweb.cgi since commit 6759f95
> (Merge branch 'jn/gitweb-hilite-regions', 2012-03-04):
>
> gitweb: Highlight matched part of shortened project description
> gitweb: Highlight matched part of project description when searching projects
> gitweb: Highlight matched part of project name when searching projects
>
> It is not used by either git.kernel.org or repo.or.cz because it is
> too fresh (it is to be in yet to be released v1.7.10).
>
>> 2. project pagination.
>
> Is there any sense in pagination on client side? Unless you turn it into
> lazy loading / loading on demand Ajax-y pagination...
>
>
> Yet another idea is to implement creating side-by-side diff from unified
> diff in JavaScript, so that swicthing between unified and side-by-side
> diff view could be done entirely client-side, without hitting the server.
>
>
> Note however that I think that it wouldn't be possible in time given to
> implement all those ideas. You need to select those of them that you
> will put in project application.
>
> --
> Jakub Narebski
> Poland
chaitanyaa nalla <nallachaitu@gmail.com>