Some thoughts on CVS

[Erik Harrison]

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Should be corrected in the following mail.

-Erik

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:54:28 -0500, edscott <edscott at prodigy.net.mx> wrote:
> Just one small detail: it seems you forgot the attachment.
> 
> El vie, 23-07-2004 a las 16:03, Erik Harrison escribió:
> 
> 
> > Here is an attatched "go-jump.png". It's an artistic hack - I decided
> > on a concept, opened the original in The Gimp and diddled to looked as
> > right as it could. Ordinarily I'ddiscourage such behavior, but
> > frankly, this looks to be exactly what happened the first time -
> > someone used The Gimp to add that ugly black line to the original
> > forward icon. I've already added it to xffm here, and it looks much
> > nicer than the original. Commit it if you like. I'll get a matching
> > "go-start.png" after I've had a bite to eat.
> >
> > -Erik
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:09:22 -0400, Erik Harrison
> > <erikharrison at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:49:18 -0500, edscott <edscott at prodigy.net.mx> wrote:
> > > > El jue, 22-07-2004 a las 23:20, Erik Harrison escribió:
> > > >
> > > > > File Manger:
> > > > >
> > > > > Very nice improvement. For me the biggest is the elimination of the
> > > > > crashes I was experiencing before (I blame my environment). Couple of
> > > > > things. The "view" button doesn't do anything for me. The icon for the
> > > > > "Go To" button has a black bar on the right of it, which is kinda
> > > > > strange. The "Main Menu" Looks kinda lonely up there. Perhaps some of
> > > > > the toolbar functionality could be moved into menus up top - other
> > > > > wise, just having the main menu seems a little wasteful of
> > > > > screenspace. Also - we call it the wastebasket in dialogs but trash in
> > > > > the locations area, and the icons are different. is this by design?
> > > > > Lastly, under Options, the two threshold options were not immediately
> > > > > obvious what they did. Regardless of these little things, fine work!
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > About the goto button: It has the line because it is the "jump to",
> > > > different from the "go forward" which does not have the line. It's
> > > > copied verbatim. I don't like the look of the black line either, but my
> > > > artistic skill are not good. If you want to modify the icon for one that
> > > > looks better (but has the same style arrow) I would be happy to change
> > > > it.
> > >
> > > I'll take a stab at it, but I'm not much of an artist myself.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > View button: View button? Gosh, you're right. That is a feature which
> > > > was removed (ambiguous as to which treeview it refers to). It is
> > > > replaced by a popup menu over the title bar which allows you to set the
> > > > view for each treeview. The button will dissappear from CVS in a few
> > > > minutes.
> > >
> > > I'm unclear as to the feature. Title bar?
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Lonely main menu: That is correct. If you do ./configure --disable-menu
> > > > the menu will no longer show (but still be available with keyboard
> > > > F1-F12). The space is shared by the show/hide buttons for toolbars and
> > > > titlebars, so the functionality is shared. Of course, the default
> > > > configuration is --disable-panel --disable-filter, so that there are
> > > > only two buttons by default when there could be four.
> > > >
> > > > Wastebasket/trash: Yes there is a difference. Wastebasket is a like a
> > > > wastebasket in a room. With real trash, before you chuck something out
> > > > into the landfill, the path is: wastebasket->garbage bin->garbage
> > > > truck->landfill. So trash refers to the garbage bin, where you can see
> > > > what you have in different wastebaskets. This is different from other
> > > > fm's by design.
> > >
> > > Ah - I see. I'm familiar with xffm's trash management - I just didn't
> > > put two and two together.
> > > >
> > > > About threshold options: any suggestions about how to make their use
> > > > clearer from the beginning? I would only be too glad to implement any
> > > > improvement.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure. However, I would like to (politely) correct your
> > > spelling of "frequency". You have it spelled as "frecuency" which is
> > > not unreasonable a translation if your native tongue is Spanish. ;-)
> > >
> > > If I think of an alternate wording, I'll let you know.
> > >
> > > Also, the toolbar buttons which switch what they do based on what was
> > > most recent - is there a way to have, say, both "find" and "run"
> > > available. I haven't had such a need yet, But I could imagine it in
> > > the future.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the response!
> > >
> > > -Erik
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > regards
> > > >
> > > > Edscott
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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