RE: TurtoisMerge - Suggestions for Color Use

Stefan Küng wrote:

>Which ones can't you configure? I can't find any color that's not
configurable, but maybe it's just me that can't find it. I use

See my screenshots in my reply to Ivan. Unless I'm totally confused there
are some colours that wont change whatever I do (build 9706).

> We already use the same colours. Of course, 'conflicted' state colors
only are shown in the bottom pane because those are not possible in two
pane view.

Ah, I've focussed solely on three-pane here. See my screenshot. Still a
problem?

> Depending on the monitor one uses we discovered that you can only use a
very limited amount of pale colors so they're still 'different' for the
user. That's why some default colors are not as pale as you might want to.

Makes sense; and no problem if all colors are configurable. The user can
then fine-tune.

> Many people don't like the strikeout and have it disabled in the settings.

I found that setting later on; again no problem if everything is
configurable. Personally I would prefer a default based on strike-out and
less colours.

> Since a conflict is serious, having that colour too pale might lead the
user to miss the conflict - it would be too close to the red colour of
deleted lines.

Not an issue in my proposal since the default colours for deleted and added
lines are the same; green if non-conflicted. Conflicts are red. This
reflects the colours used for the navigation buttons on the toolbar.

> I've now added a new line state and colour (light green) for 'conflict
resolved' lines.

Great! That's probably the most valuable part of my proposal. My proposal
uses the colour yellow for this though.

> If the lines are identical, the background is white anyway. If the lines
are *not* identical, then an empty line means that something got removed.
And that IMHO *is* significant for conflict resolution?

Sorry, I was not clear; I was referring to the lines and colour called
"empty" in the settings, i.e. alignment lines not part of the source.

> [Patterned background] Done in revision 10547.

Cool! You're moving fast!

> It's actually TortoiseSVN, not TurtoiseSVN :)

Ahh. How embarrasing! And I've been very consistent in my misspelling also.
You wouldn't believe this, but I've made a point about getting this right
before. No hope! Only excuse is lack of sleep. :-)

Thanks again for your time and effort on TortoiseSVN and TortoiseMerge (See?
I can do it! Two times! Yeah! :-).

Regards,
Vidar Hasfjord

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Received on Sun Sep 9 18:41:55 2007