From: A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitk: don't save the geometry to rc file on exit
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:15:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47C37647.90908@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18368.41742.689290.877767@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Gerrit Pape writes:
>
>> Saving the geometry can cause several inconveniences, e.g. when using a
>> temporary dual screen setup, or sharing ~/.gitk between multiple
>> systems. Additionally it can be argued that window placement and sizing
>> are the tasks of the window manager. So don't do that anymore.
>
> I myself find it useful to have gitk remember the size and layout of
> the various panes, so I won't be applying this patch.
>
> The saving/restoring of the window position was done by Mark Levedahl
> to make gitk work properly on Cygwin. I agree it can be annoying on X
> and I would take a patch to inhibit the restoring of the window
> position when running under X. I'd want an ack from Mark before
> making that change more generally.
I use gitk under X and like the saving/restoring of window
size/geometry. Please do not remove that feature.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-26 2:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-07 6:16 Bug in gitk - can post the window off screen Tommy Thorn
2008-02-07 6:30 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-02-07 9:56 ` Robin Rosenberg
2008-02-07 10:10 ` Gerrit Pape
2008-02-23 11:37 ` [PATCH] gitk: don't save the geometry to rc file on exit Gerrit Pape
2008-02-23 12:52 ` Robin Rosenberg
2008-02-23 13:15 ` Jonathan del Strother
2008-02-23 22:49 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-02-24 15:44 ` Mark Levedahl
2008-02-24 18:21 ` Edgar Toernig
2008-03-06 12:17 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-03-06 12:59 ` Jonathan del Strother
2008-03-06 23:10 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-03-07 3:03 ` Mark Levedahl
2008-03-07 11:11 ` martin f krafft
2008-03-08 11:11 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-03-10 11:29 ` martin f krafft
2008-03-10 13:17 ` David Tweed
2008-02-25 8:07 ` martin f krafft
2008-02-25 12:09 ` Paul Mackerras
2008-02-25 12:24 ` martin f krafft
2008-02-25 13:35 ` Mark Levedahl
2008-02-25 14:15 ` martin f krafft
2008-02-25 19:59 ` Martin Langhoff
2008-02-25 23:08 ` Robin Rosenberg
2008-02-26 2:15 ` A Large Angry SCM [this message]
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