On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Simon Large <
> simon.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> 2008/5/30 Robert Dailey <rcdailey_at_gmail.com>:
>> > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Simon Large
>> > <simon.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 2008/5/30 Robert Dailey <rcdailey_at_gmail.com>:
>> >> > When I right click an unversioned folder inside of my working copy, I
>> go
>> >> > to
>> >> > Ignore >> FolderName. At that point a dialog comes up saying
>> "FolderName
>> >> > ignored". This is a bit annoying in my opinion. Is there a reason to
>> >> > have
>> >> > this? If not, removing it would be great. Simply seeing the icon
>> change
>> >> > is
>> >> > enough confirmation for me.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm using TortoiseSVN 1.5 RC.
>> >>
>> >> The 'ignored' overlay is optional, and I for one prefer not to use it.
>> >> However I agree that the confirmation is not all that useful. How
>> >> about making it depend on the Settings->auto-close value? This could
>> >> reasonably be considered a 'local operation'.
>> >>
>> >> Simon
>> >
>> > I'm not really sure what the "Settings->auto-close value" is, but giving
>> me
>> > the ability to disable it in the options menu sounds like a great idea.
>> >
>>
>> It normally applies to the progress dialogs that you get on
>> add/update/commit/revert etc. It's the same dialog, but sometimes the
>> content is more interesting than others. For example after an add it
>> just confirms that the files were added, and as no server connection
>> is required there is little need for a progress indication. So the
>> auto-close option specifies the condition under which that dialog will
>> just go away when the operation is complete. The help file explains
>> what the different levels mean.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>
> I see now. Well, it would be nice to just have a "Auto-close if not
> updating", since I like the update dialog to stay open regardless. The other
> dialogs (commit, add, delete, etc) can go away. In any case, I do not feel
> comfortable selecting any of the auto-close options right now, which means
> making auto-close shut down the confirmation dialog probably wouldn't work
> for me.
One more thing in regards to auto-close:
What would be nice is to have a drop-down menu for every type of Progress
Dialog, and allow the user to specify the auto-close behavior for each one.
For example:
Progress Dialog (Update): Open Always
Progress Dialog (Add): Close Always
Progress Dialog (Revert): Close Always
Received on 2008-05-31 01:08:08 CEST