Re: [tig PATCH v2 0/2] popup menu

From: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 25, 2009, 22:56 UTC
Message-ID: <cb7bb73a0902251456g70bf4a01ica17ecb37de20733@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <2c6b72b30902251432p18f7cb48sb5565cc200d5e3b9@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:32 PM, Jonas Fonseca <jonas.fonseca@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 15:09, Giuseppe Bilotta
> <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Second version, in two patches. The first one is just the same as
>> previous one, minus a couple of leftovers.
>>
>> The second one reimplements the menu drawing routine so that it can be
>> called when necessary to redraw the menu entirely, e.g. after a resize
>> or when background loading finishes.
>
> I didn't read them through very carefully yet, so will "queue" them
> for now until I get fully back to tig. There are still some quirks
> that might needs to be addressed related with resizing, but this could
> also be fixed later. Anyway, I would like to think a bit more whether
> or not I like the cute menus, and also whether options might be served
> better by introducing an option view.

I like the minimalistic interface of tig, but when the user has to select among a fixed number of choices it's much better to be able to see all of them. The idea of a menu view which is not a popup is probably good too, but it might have issues with the switching (what if q is a hotkey? how would you close the view?)

> Regarding the "tig branch", would you mind if I postpone applying it
> until the branch view develops into something that is actually usable?

Please, be my guest 8-) I'm not even convinced it's useful anymore 8-) ("tig branch", not the branch view).

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Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta