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Re: [PATCH 5/5] gitk: avoid constructing dialog titles from text pieces

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 8, 2026, 16:32 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
> 	Diff: old lines background
> 	Background of old lines in diffs
>
> Sounds a bit clumsy.

Both lacking "color" is not a problem because it is easy to see that this entire thing is about "color" from the context (like these appear in "Color" menu or something)?

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Message 15 of 27 in “gitk: make color preferences visually more pleasing and better usable”
  1. 0/5 gitk: make color preferences visually more pleasing and better usableJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 6, 2026
  2. 1/5 gitk: set intitial colors of swatches using the available helperJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 6, 2026
  3. markAug 7, 2026
  4. 2/5 gitk: condense repetitive code around color buttons into foreach loopsJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 6, 2026
  5. markAug 7, 2026
  6. 3/5 gitk: show color preferences on the button instead of the labelJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 6, 2026
  7. markAug 7, 2026
  8. Johannes SixtAug 8, 2026
  9. 4/5 gitk: use more natural language for labels of color preferencesJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 6, 2026
  10. 5/5 gitk: avoid constructing dialog titles from text piecesJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 6, 2026
  11. markAug 7, 2026
  12. Johannes SixtAug 8, 2026
  13. Mark LevedahlAug 8, 2026
  14. Johannes SixtAug 9, 2026
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 8, 2026
  16. Johannes SixtAug 9, 2026
  17. 0/6 gitk: make color preferences visually more pleasing and better usableJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 12, 2026
  18. 1/6 gitk: set intitial colors of swatches using the available helperJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 12, 2026
  19. 2/6 gitk: condense repetitive code around color buttons into foreach loopsJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 12, 2026
  20. 3/6 gitk: show color preferences on the button instead of the labelJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 12, 2026
  21. Mark LevedahlAug 13, 2026
  22. 4/6 gitk: use more natural language for labels of color preferencesJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 12, 2026
  23. Mark LevedahlAug 13, 2026
  24. Johannes SixtAug 13, 2026
  25. Mark LevedahlAug 13, 2026
  26. 5/6 gitk: avoid constructing dialog titles from text piecesJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 12, 2026
  27. 6/6 gitk: move UI for generic colors above diff colorsJohannes Sixt via GitGitGadget, Aug 12, 2026

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