# Re: gitk with arguments fails on OSX

5 messages from 2006-11-29 to 2006-11-29. Participants: Junio C Hamano, Johannes Schindelin, Paul Mackerras, Randal L. Schwartz.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43148

## Randal L. Schwartz, 2006-11-29 15:04

Subject: gitk with arguments fails on OSX
Message-ID: <864psixpj6.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/864psixpj6.fsf%40blue.stonehenge.com

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Using the native "wish", gitk fails on OSX 10.4 if given any arguments.
For example, the failure for "gitk --all" is:

    localhost.local:~/MIRROR/git-GIT % gitk --all
    Error in startup script: unknown option "-state"
        while executing
    ".bar.view entryconf 3 -state normal"
        invoked from within
    "if {$cmdline_files ne {} || $revtreeargs ne {}} {
        # create a view for the files/dirs specified on the command line
        set curview 1
        set selec..."
        (file "/opt/git/bin/gitk" line 6298)

What is -state ?  What version of tk does it require?

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## Johannes Schindelin, 2006-11-29 15:10

Subject: Re: gitk with arguments fails on OSX
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0611291609370.30004@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.63.0611291609370.30004%40wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
In-Reply-To: <864psixpj6.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

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Hi,

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

> 
> Using the native "wish", gitk fails on OSX 10.4 if given any arguments.
> For example, the failure for "gitk --all" is:
> 
>     localhost.local:~/MIRROR/git-GIT % gitk --all
>     Error in startup script: unknown option "-state"
>         while executing

Known problem:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/31266/focus=31266

Hth,
Dscho

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## Randal L. Schwartz, 2006-11-29 15:28

Subject: Re: gitk with arguments fails on OSX
Message-ID: <86vekyw9ue.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/86vekyw9ue.fsf%40blue.stonehenge.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0611291609370.30004@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

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>>>>> "Johannes" == Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

Johannes> Hi,
Johannes> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

>> 
>> Using the native "wish", gitk fails on OSX 10.4 if given any arguments.
>> For example, the failure for "gitk --all" is:
>> 
>> localhost.local:~/MIRROR/git-GIT % gitk --all
>> Error in startup script: unknown option "-state"
>> while executing

Johannes> Known problem:

Johannes> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/31266/focus=31266

The fix works for me.  How about mainlining it?

From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@localhost.local>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:20:04 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] patch from mailing list

---
 gitk |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gitk b/gitk
index ab383b3..d9df0a3 100755
--- a/gitk
+++ b/gitk
@@ -1632,8 +1632,8 @@ proc showview {n} {
 
     set curview $n
     set selectedview $n
-    .bar.view entryconf 2 -state [expr {$n == 0? "disabled": "normal"}]
-    .bar.view entryconf 3 -state [expr {$n == 0? "disabled": "normal"}]
+    .bar.view entryconf "Edit*" -state [expr {$n == 0? "disabled": "normal"}]
+    .bar.view entryconf "Delete*" -state [expr {$n == 0? "disabled": "normal"}]
 
     if {![info exists viewdata($n)]} {
        set pending_select $selid
@@ -6305,8 +6305,8 @@ if {$cmdline_files ne {} || $revtreeargs ne {}} {
     set viewargs(1) $revtreeargs
     set viewperm(1) 0
     addviewmenu 1
-    .bar.view entryconf 2 -state normal
-    .bar.view entryconf 3 -state normal
+    .bar.view entryconf "Edit*" -state normal
+    .bar.view entryconf "Delete*" -state normal
 }
 
 if {[info exists permviews]} {
-- 
1.4.4.1.gf927



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## Junio C Hamano, 2006-11-29 20:48

Subject: Re: gitk with arguments fails on OSX
Message-ID: <7vejrmou75.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vejrmou75.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net
In-Reply-To: <86vekyw9ue.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

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merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

>>>>>> "Johannes" == Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>
> Johannes> Hi,
> Johannes> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>
>>> 
>>> Using the native "wish", gitk fails on OSX 10.4 if given any arguments.
>>> For example, the failure for "gitk --all" is:
>>> 
>>> localhost.local:~/MIRROR/git-GIT % gitk --all
>>> Error in startup script: unknown option "-state"
>>> while executing
>
> Johannes> Known problem:
>
> Johannes> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/31266/focus=31266
>
> The fix works for me.  How about mainlining it?

The changes look sane to me.

Paul?  I prefer to be fed gitk changes through you, if you don't
mind.

> From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@localhost.local>
> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:20:04 -0800
> Subject: [PATCH] patch from mailing list
>
> ---
>  gitk |    8 ++++----
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/gitk b/gitk
> index ab383b3..d9df0a3 100755
> --- a/gitk
> +++ b/gitk
> @@ -1632,8 +1632,8 @@ proc showview {n} {
>  
>      set curview $n
>      set selectedview $n
> -    .bar.view entryconf 2 -state [expr {$n == 0? "disabled": "normal"}]
> -    .bar.view entryconf 3 -state [expr {$n == 0? "disabled": "normal"}]
> +    .bar.view entryconf "Edit*" -state [expr {$n == 0? "disabled": "normal"}]
> +    .bar.view entryconf "Delete*" -state [expr {$n == 0? "disabled": "normal"}]
>  
>      if {![info exists viewdata($n)]} {
>         set pending_select $selid
> @@ -6305,8 +6305,8 @@ if {$cmdline_files ne {} || $revtreeargs ne {}} {
>      set viewargs(1) $revtreeargs
>      set viewperm(1) 0
>      addviewmenu 1
> -    .bar.view entryconf 2 -state normal
> -    .bar.view entryconf 3 -state normal
> +    .bar.view entryconf "Edit*" -state normal
> +    .bar.view entryconf "Delete*" -state normal
>  }
>  
>  if {[info exists permviews]} {
> -- 
> 1.4.4.1.gf927
>
>
>
> -- 
> Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095
> <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>
> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc.
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## Paul Mackerras, 2006-11-29 21:16

Subject: Re: gitk with arguments fails on OSX
Message-ID: <17773.63650.734073.958790@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/17773.63650.734073.958790%40cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com
In-Reply-To: <7vejrmou75.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

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Junio C Hamano writes:

> The changes look sane to me.
> 
> Paul?  I prefer to be fed gitk changes through you, if you don't
> mind.

I just pushed a somewhat more comprehensive fix to my gitk.git repo on
master.kernel.org.  (Actually I had checked it in some time ago
locally but forgot to do the push, sorry.)

Regards,

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