Re: [PATCH] git-gui: add horizontal scrollbar to commit buffer

>
> Can you please add a version number when you send re-rolls the next time
> around. Something like "[PATCH v2] subject...". Makes it easier for me
> to keep track of things when there are multiple re-rolls of multiple
> patches.
>
> You can do this by passing "-v2" (or "-v3", "-v4", etc) to
> git-send-email or git-format-patch.
>
> You missed two quick questions I had in the last version. I'll ask them
> again below. Other than those two, LGTM. Thanks.

>
> On 12/09/19 09:20PM, Bert Wesarg wrote:
> > While the commit message widget has a configurable fixed width, it
> > nevertheless allowed to write commit messages which exceeded this limit.
> > Though there is no visual clue, that there is scrolling going on. Now
> > there is a horizontal scrollbar.
>
> Looks much better!
>
> > There seems to be a bug in at least Tcl/Tk up to version 8.6.8, which
> > does not update the horizontal scrollbar if one removes the whole
> > content at once.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Birger Skogeng Pedersen <birger.sp@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
> > ---
> >  git-gui.sh | 10 ++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
> > index 5bc21b8..032ebd6 100755
> > --- a/git-gui.sh
> > +++ b/git-gui.sh
> > @@ -3363,14 +3363,20 @@ ttext $ui_comm -background white -foreground black \
> >       -relief sunken \
> >       -width $repo_config(gui.commitmsgwidth) -height 9 -wrap none \
> >       -font font_diff \
> > +     -xscrollcommand {.vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.frame.sbx set} \
> >       -yscrollcommand {.vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.frame.sby set}
> > +${NS}::scrollbar .vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.frame.sbx \
> > +     -orient horizontal \
> > +     -command [list $ui_comm xview]
> >  ${NS}::scrollbar .vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.frame.sby \
> > +     -orient vertical \
> >       -command [list $ui_comm yview]
> >
> > +pack .vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.frame.sbx -side bottom -fill x
> >  pack .vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.frame.sby -side right -fill y
> > -pack $ui_comm -side left -fill y
> > +pack $ui_comm -side left -fill both -expand 1
>
> If I remove this change, the behavior does not seem to change, and the
> commit message buffer still expands. So what exactly does this change
> do?
>
> >  pack .vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.header -side top -fill x
> > -pack .vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.frame -side left -fill y
> > +pack .vpane.lower.commarea.buffer.frame -side bottom -fill both -expand 1
>
> I'm not too familiar with pack, but why change the side from left to
> bottom? I tested by changing it back to left and it doesn't seem to make
> a difference.
>
> >  pack .vpane.lower.commarea.buffer -side left -fill y
> >
> >  # -- Commit Message Buffer Context Menu
> > --
> > 2.21.0.789.ga095d9d866
> >
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pratyush Yadav