From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Weird shallow-tree conversion state, and branches of shallow trees Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:24:53 -0700 Message-ID: <7v8xcqofru.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <20070412005336.GA18378@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <200704161003.07679.andyparkins@gmail.com> <7vwt0crts2.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <200704162155.25114.andyparkins@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds , Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy , "Shawn O. Pearce" , "Robin H. Johnson" To: Andy Parkins X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Apr 17 23:25:03 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HdvAZ-0000Qk-BO for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:24:59 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751615AbXDQVYz (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:24:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751626AbXDQVYz (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:24:55 -0400 Received: from fed1rmmtao105.cox.net ([68.230.241.41]:37535 "EHLO fed1rmmtao105.cox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751600AbXDQVYy (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:24:54 -0400 Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.05.02.00 201-2174-114-20060621) with ESMTP id <20070417212455.HLOE1266.fed1rmmtao105.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:24:55 -0400 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.5.247.80]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id oMQt1W00G1kojtg0000000; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:24:54 -0400 User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Andy Parkins writes: > However, it's missing the point to take my example as an unsolved > problem - there are plenty of ways I can get what I want; I brought it > up merely as a counter to the statement that there were no valid > situations for wanting keyword expansion. That's actually quite different from what you said. Andy Parkins writes: > Of course there is a reason - the file I edit is the SVG > itself, in inkscape while editing that file I press "print" to > get a print out. Why on earth would I want to jump through > hoops by closing the file I'm editing, running some export > script to a temporary file that I don't want, then open up > Inkscape again, check the export looks okay and then print - > on what planet is /that/ simpler? You were claiming that with built-in keyword expansion what you want becomes /simpler/. I questioned that. Maybe it's just me, who is not a GUI person [*1*], but to me, having to start inkscape, mouse around to find the "Print" button and print feels much more cumbersome than simply typing "make print". [Footnote] *1* Not in the sense I do not program GUIy applications, but in the sense that I do not usually _use_ GUI applications.