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List:       git
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] git gui: visually wrap lines of commit message
From:       "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce () spearce ! org>
Date:       2008-08-10 7:59:13
Message-ID: 20080810075913.GB24229 () spearce ! org
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Lars Noschinski <lars-2008-1@usenet.noschinski.de> wrote:
> * Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> [08-08-10 04:25]:
>>> Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but on my system (wish8.5) the box width
>>> changes with the window size, and gui.commitmsgwidth appears to be ignored.
>>> Even if I close and restart git gui, the old window size is kept.
>>
>> That's a bug, and I now understand why you have a problem.  That box
>> should not be resizing itself.  Its supposed to be using a fixed
>> width font, and have a fixed number of columns, so you can format
>> a message including drawing ASCII art to explain yourself clearly
>> as you write a change.
>
> The box always resizes, unless the window is wide enough. But I do not
> see a good way to fix that.

Oh, you mean the window isn't large enough to show the full column
width of the text area?  But if you make it large enough, the box
stops expanding?

-- 
Shawn.
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