Re: [RFH] QGit: how to cram a patch in a crowded screen

From: Marco Costalba <mcostalba@gmail.com>
Date: May 27, 2007, 15:56 UTC
Message-ID: <e5bfff550705270856o195b9075u1c99a05e79d69742@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070527153852.GA30365@efreet.light.src>

On 5/27/07, Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> wrote:

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> On Sat, May 26, 2007 at 22:44:28 +0200, Marco Costalba wrote:
> > On 5/26/07, Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >For example, the log view widget would show:
> > >
> > ><Header>
> > ><Log Message>
> > ><Patch>
> > >
> > >All visually distinct to improve searching by eye (perhaps including
> > >clear separators between files patched).  Then the file list could
> > >include a "<header>" psuedo-file that would jump back to the top of the
> > >viewer.
> >
> > This seems really gitk like. Not that I don' t like it, but _if_ it's
> > possible I would prefer something a little bit more original.
>
> IMHO there's no point in being original.

True. But there's no point also in avoiding experimenting a little bit.

I've pushed some patches to use different ways to switch between diff and messages, please read the last patch log message for a summary of the changes.

If interested give it a try. it would be grat to hear your comment on that also.

Thanks Marco

P.S: Perhaps the current gitk way is the best, but you'll never know if you never try something different.