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Re: reducing line crossings in gitk

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Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date
Jun 12, 2005, 14:30 UTC
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<pan.2005.06.12.14.30.49.114182@smurf.noris.de>
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<17066.53047.660907.453399@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
Hi, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> I could add a heuristic to look for this case and reverse the order of
> the parents, which would reduce the line crossings and make the graph
> look neater.  Would this be worth the slight loss of information (in
> that the stuff pulled in would no longer always be to the right)?
Yes.
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Message 7 of 7 in “reducing line crossings in gitk”
  1. Paul MackerrasJun 11, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2005
  3. Paul MackerrasJun 15, 2005
  4. Jon SeymourJun 15, 2005
  5. Paul MackerrasJun 16, 2005
  6. Jon SeymourJun 16, 2005
  7. Matthias UrlichsJun 12, 2005

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