From: "Johannes Sixt via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] gitk: condense repetitive code around color buttons into foreach loops
Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:40:15 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <edb567608e1bda16efbdb8d4ec359318cf105284.1785998419.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2194.git.1785998419.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
The color selection elements in the Preferences dialog are set up in a
very uniform manner. The code doing that has grown in the past by simply
modifying a copy of a paragraph. Extract the varying parts into a list
and then operate the repeating parts in a foreach loop. This helps a
later change where we want to set up the UI elements in a different way.
Change the UI names "markbgsep" and "selbgsep" to drop the "sep", which
has obviously been left over by accident when "hunksep" was copied.
Change the suffix "but" to "btn", which resonates a bit better when
reading the code.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
gitk-git/gitk | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gitk-git/gitk b/gitk-git/gitk
index f5eb963b86..137940defb 100755
--- a/gitk-git/gitk
+++ b/gitk-git/gitk
@@ -11832,55 +11832,46 @@ proc prefspage_colors {notebook} {
ttk::label $page.cdisp -text [mc "Colors: press to choose"] -font mainfontbold
grid $page.cdisp - -sticky w -pady 10
- label $page.bg -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.bgbut -text [mc "Background"] \
- -command [list choosecolor bgcolor {} $page [mc "background"]]
- grid x $page.bgbut $page.bg -sticky w
-
- label $page.fg -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.fgbut -text [mc "Foreground"] \
- -command [list choosecolor fgcolor {} $page [mc "foreground"]]
- grid x $page.fgbut $page.fg -sticky w
-
- label $page.diffold -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.diffoldbut -text [mc "Diff: old lines"] \
- -command [list choosecolor diffcolors 0 $page [mc "diff old lines"]]
- grid x $page.diffoldbut $page.diffold -sticky w
-
- label $page.diffoldbg -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.diffoldbgbut -text [mc "Diff: old lines bg"] \
- -command [list choosecolor diffbgcolors 0 $page [mc "diff old lines bg"]]
- grid x $page.diffoldbgbut $page.diffoldbg -sticky w
-
- label $page.diffnew -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.diffnewbut -text [mc "Diff: new lines"] \
- -command [list choosecolor diffcolors 1 $page [mc "diff new lines"]]
- grid x $page.diffnewbut $page.diffnew -sticky w
-
- label $page.diffnewbg -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.diffnewbgbut -text [mc "Diff: new lines bg"] \
- -command [list choosecolor diffbgcolors 1 $page [mc "diff new lines bg"]]
- grid x $page.diffnewbgbut $page.diffnewbg -sticky w
-
- label $page.hunksep -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.hunksepbut -text [mc "Diff: hunk header"] \
- -command [list choosecolor diffcolors 2 $page [mc "diff hunk header"]]
- grid x $page.hunksepbut $page.hunksep -sticky w
-
- label $page.markbgsep -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.markbgbut -text [mc "Marked line bg"] \
- -command [list choosecolor markbgcolor {} $page [mc "marked line background"]]
- grid x $page.markbgbut $page.markbgsep -sticky w
-
- label $page.selbgsep -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.selbgbut -text [mc "Select bg"] \
- -command [list choosecolor selectbgcolor {} $page [mc "background"]]
- grid x $page.selbgbut $page.selbgsep -sticky w
-
- label $page.linkfg -padx 40 -relief sunk
- ttk::button $page.linkfgbut -text [mc "Link"] \
- -command [list choosecolor linkfgcolor {} $page [mc "link"]]
- grid x $page.linkfgbut $page.linkfg -sticky w
+
+ set coloruielems [list \
+ bg bgcolor {} \
+ [mc "Background"] \
+ [mc "background"] \
+ fg fgcolor {} \
+ [mc "Foreground"] \
+ [mc "foreground"] \
+ diffold diffcolors 0 \
+ [mc "Diff: old lines"] \
+ [mc "diff old lines"] \
+ diffoldbg diffbgcolors 0 \
+ [mc "Diff: old lines bg"] \
+ [mc "diff old lines bg"] \
+ diffnew diffcolors 1 \
+ [mc "Diff: new lines"] \
+ [mc "diff new lines"] \
+ diffnewbg diffbgcolors 1 \
+ [mc "Diff: new lines bg"] \
+ [mc "diff new lines bg"] \
+ hunksep diffcolors 2 \
+ [mc "Diff: hunk header"] \
+ [mc "diff hunk header"] \
+ markbg markbgcolor {} \
+ [mc "Marked line bg"] \
+ [mc "marked line background"] \
+ selbg selectbgcolor {} \
+ [mc "Select bg"] \
+ [mc "background"] \
+ linkfg linkfgcolor {} \
+ [mc "Link"] \
+ [mc "link"] \
+ ]
+
+ foreach {uielem colorvar idx label title} $coloruielems {
+ label $page.$uielem -padx 40 -relief sunk
+ ttk::button $page.${uielem}btn -text $label \
+ -command [list choosecolor $colorvar $idx $page $title]
+ grid x $page.${uielem}btn $page.$uielem -sticky w
+ }
grid columnconfigure $page 2 -weight 1
prefspage_set_colorswatches $page
@@ -11892,16 +11883,21 @@ proc prefspage_set_colorswatches {page} {
global bgcolor fgcolor diffcolors selectbgcolor markbgcolor
global diffbgcolors linkfgcolor
- $page.bg configure -background $bgcolor
- $page.fg configure -background $fgcolor
- $page.diffold configure -background [lindex $diffcolors 0]
- $page.diffoldbg configure -background [lindex $diffbgcolors 0]
- $page.diffnew configure -background [lindex $diffcolors 1]
- $page.diffnewbg configure -background [lindex $diffbgcolors 1]
- $page.hunksep configure -background [lindex $diffcolors 2]
- $page.markbgsep configure -background $markbgcolor
- $page.selbgsep configure -background $selectbgcolor
- $page.linkfg configure -background $linkfgcolor
+ set coloruielems [list \
+ bg $bgcolor \
+ fg $fgcolor \
+ diffold [lindex $diffcolors 0] \
+ diffoldbg [lindex $diffbgcolors 0] \
+ diffnew [lindex $diffcolors 1] \
+ diffnewbg [lindex $diffbgcolors 1] \
+ hunksep [lindex $diffcolors 2] \
+ markbg $markbgcolor \
+ selbg $selectbgcolor \
+ linkfg $linkfgcolor \
+ ]
+ foreach {uielem color} $coloruielems {
+ $page.$uielem configure -background $color
+ }
}
proc prefspage_fonts {notebook} {
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-06 6:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 6:40 [PATCH 0/5] gitk: make color preferences visually more pleasing and better usable Johannes Sixt via GitGitGadget
2026-08-06 6:40 ` [PATCH 1/5] gitk: set intitial colors of swatches using the available helper Johannes Sixt via GitGitGadget
2026-08-07 14:36 ` mark
2026-08-06 6:40 ` Johannes Sixt via GitGitGadget [this message]
2026-08-07 14:37 ` [PATCH 2/5] gitk: condense repetitive code around color buttons into foreach loops mark
2026-08-06 6:40 ` [PATCH 3/5] gitk: show color preferences on the button instead of the label Johannes Sixt via GitGitGadget
2026-08-07 14:37 ` mark
2026-08-08 9:33 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-08-06 6:40 ` [PATCH 4/5] gitk: use more natural language for labels of color preferences Johannes Sixt via GitGitGadget
2026-08-06 6:40 ` [PATCH 5/5] gitk: avoid constructing dialog titles from text pieces Johannes Sixt via GitGitGadget
2026-08-07 14:37 ` mark
2026-08-08 10:00 ` Johannes Sixt
2026-08-08 14:55 ` Mark Levedahl
2026-08-08 16:32 ` Junio C Hamano
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