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[Patch] Key help for gitk

From
PSPaul Schulz <pschulz01@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 2, 2006, 00:21 UTC
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<cc9bf44d0604011621m1952b17er6f8c7e0fe1595b53@mail.gmail.com>
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Greetings,
 gitk has a few more key options than I was aware (font
increase/decrease for example). The following patch adds some details
to the 'About' dialog.
 (These need to be reviewed for sanity, as I can't work out how the
search keys are ment to work.)
 Paul Schulz
diff --git a/gitk b/gitk
index fa1e83c..85d70d9 100755
--- a/gitk
+++ b/gitk
@@ -722,7 +722,41 @@ Gitk - a commit viewer for git
 
 Copyright � 2005-2006 Paul Mackerras
 
-Use and redistribute under the terms of the GNU General Public License} \
+Use and redistribute under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+
+Keys
+----
+<Down> - Move down a line
+<Up> - Move up a line
+<Right> -
+<Left> -
+<Delete> -
+<BackSpace> -
+<Space> - Scroll Diff
+p - Previous commit
+n - Next commit
+z - Go back (?)
+x - Go forward (?)
+i - Previuos line
+k - Next line
+j - Go back
+l - Go forward
+b - ?
+d - ?
+u - ?
+/ - Next find result (?)
+<Return> - Find result
+? - Previous find result
+f - Next file
+<Ctl-q> - Quit
+<Ctl-f> - Find
+<Ctl-g> - Find next
+<Ctl-r> - Find previous
+<Ctl-equal> - Incrument font size
+<Ctl-KP_Add> - Incrument font size
+<Ctl-minus> - Decrement font size
+<Ctl-KP_Subtract> - Decrement font size
+} \
 	    -justify center -aspect 400
     pack $w.m -side top -fill x -padx 20 -pady 20
     button $w.ok -text Close -command "destroy $w"
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