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Re: Translation question

From: Lübbe Onken <luebbe.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:41:02 +0100

Hi Stefan^2,

you wrote:
> Hi Lübbe,
>
> sorry for the late response .. I had a mail connectivity issue
> last WE :(
>
no problem. I haven't switched on my PC the entire weekend (should mark
this in the calendar...)

>> I also have a problem that the combination of colours and hint texts
>> doesn't make sense to me in some cases. See attached screen shots
>> 1) "All revisions" are shown:
>> A branch that has been renamed in r2314 gets a blue node and the
>> "rename" tag -> sounds good
>> It contains deletions and renames in r2315, gets a red node colour and
>> the tag "modified" -> sounds good, but why red? Because "delete" is the
>> strongest action? But the branch still exists?!?
>>
>> 2) "All revisions" are turned off:
>> The same branch now gets a red node in r2314 with the "rename" tag in
>> the hint. -> Doesn't make sense to me.
>>
>
> This is the intended behavior and at least to me it
> seemed like the best balance between 'confusion due
> to unexpected information presentation' and 'confusion
> due to missing information'.
>
> Let me explain. As long as don't exclude deleted
> branches from the graph, the respective 'deletion'
> node will be shown as expected. When deleted branches
> have been removed, some parts will remain visible:
> those that get copied to some path (e.g. tag) still
> in existence. Hence, those deleted paths are still
> visible.
>
> Now, the problem is how to prevent a "I thought it
> was deleted?!' reaction. My solution is to show the
> last remaining node on the path in 'deleted' color.
>
Thanks for the explanation. Now I know why you do it this way. If some
brilliant idea crosses my mind, I'll post it to the list.

 
Cheers
- Lübbe

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