RE: [Subclipse-users] How to comment a commit while comparing differences ?

Hi Maxim,

        There's something that could be a workaround for you.

        If you type a partial message in the Commit dialog and you press Cancel, that partial message will be stored in the messages
drop-down and you can get back to it from there next time you open the Commit dialog.

        So if you do your commits from the Synchronize view, you can use the Compare from there and play with that Commit dialog
feature to add the differences to your commit message.

Best regards,
        Felipe

Felipe Carasso
Developer
Latin America Card Development Group - SIM Applications client/server
Gemalto
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3E 1H7
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxim Doucet [mailto:maxim@alamaison.fr]
> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 10:26 AM
> To: users@subclipse.tigris.org
> Subject: Re: [Subclipse-users] How to comment a commit while
> comparing differences ?
>
> Mark Phippard a écrit :
> > On 7/9/07, Maxim Doucet <maxim@alamaison.fr> wrote:
> >> Mark Phippard a écrit :
> >> > On 7/6/07, Maxim Doucet <maxim@alamaison.fr> wrote:
> >> >> When using the Commit dialog box, a list of files to commit is
> >> >> displayed. I often use this list to compare my local files with
> >> >> their base revisions to help me filling the "Comment" field.
> >> >>
> >> >> The Compare dialog box appear when double-clicking on the files.
> >> Though,
> >> >> when the Compare dialog appears, the focus is locked on it and
> >> thus it
> >> >> is impossible to write the comment while seeing the differences.
> >> >>
> >> >> So I wonder if there is a way to comment a commit while
> checking
> >> >> the differences.
> >> >>
> >> >> For information, I am using eclipse 3.3 with subclipse
> 1.2.3 under
> >> >> linux.
> >> >
> >> > There really isn't. Because the commit dialog is modal, the
> >> > compare dialog also has to be.
> >> >
> >> > Some people use the Synch view and do the compares
> there, possibly
> >> > in combination with the Change Set feature. But I do not think
> >> > that completely resolves the issue as the comment dialog
> is still modal.
> >> Yes, and finally the only fix that I found was to open an external
> >> text editor to write my comments while comparing files, then
> >> copy-paste them to the comment dialog...
> >>
> >> Maybe I could enter a new "enhancement" in the issue tracker
> >> (http://subclipse.tigris.org/project_issues.html)? It would be a
> >> place to precise the usability of the commit/compare dialogs.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >
> > If you want to enter an issue that is fine, but if we could
> have made
> > it work differently we would have already done so.
> Ok, I understand, I didn't know it was an already known
> problem. Then I read your article about the commit dialog
> (http://markphip.blogspot.com/2007/01/features-of-subclipse-co
> mmit-dialog.html)...
> So yes, no need to enter an issue.
>
> I am not really aware about eclipse's internal but should I
> guess that this problem comes from eclipse's architecture
> (inability to have free focus between a child and his
> ancestor window)?
>
> In all cases, thanks for your answers. And now I discovered
> your blog, I'll keep an eye on it.
>
> --
> Maxim Doucet - www.alamaison.fr
> sys admin @ la maison
>
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