Re: gitk with arguments fails on OSX

[merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)]

>>>>> "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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