[svn.haxx.se] · SVN Dev · SVN Users · SVN Org · TSVN Dev · TSVN Users · Subclipse Dev · Subclipse Users · this month's index

Re: Suggestion [Windows]

From: Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:27:19 +0100

Simon Large wrote:
> 2009/2/20 JWalker <jwalker_at_hotmail.bg>:
>> Yes, you are right, but there is some ambiguity.
>> One may prefer to view repobrowser, another one may want Help... or
>> checkout or ... and so on.
>>
>> One solution is to have a configuration option for _which_ command to
>> be executed when TortoiseSVN command is selected from the menu.
>>
>> By now, this can be achieved easy by putting appropriate shorcuts in
>> the menu.
>
> Replying to everyone who has contributed to this discussion.
>
> Originally there was no TortoiseProc entry at all in the start menu,
> and we would get users who had not bothered to find out anything about
> TortoiseSVN complaining that it did not install properly. That's why
> the entry there points them to the explorer shell extension.
>
> There is an argument for providing start menu entries for non-WC
> operations, but the problem is that it would come up straight away
> with a box to enter the URL. For someone who doesn't know to look in
> the explorer context menu that is going to be just as baffling. Having
> said that there are already entries for TortoiseMerge and
> TortoiseIDiff, which do point to real programs, so maybe there is a
> case for repo browser only.
>
> BTW my context menu includes a shortcut called Website which points to
> ProgramFiles\TortoiseSVN\bin\website.url. Because it is a shortcut to
> a shortcut it has no icon, at least in XP. Is that intended?

I don't think it's possible to set an icon for that entry. I've tried a
long time ago and failed. Maybe it is possible, but I don't think it's
worth me spending a lot of time trying to find out.

Stefan

-- 
       ___
  oo  // \\      "De Chelonian Mobile"
 (_,\/ \_/ \     TortoiseSVN
   \ \_/_\_/>    The coolest Interface to (Sub)Version Control
   /_/   \_\     http://tortoisesvn.net
------------------------------------------------------
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=1200858
To unsubscribe from this discussion, e-mail: [users-unsubscribe_at_tortoisesvn.tigris.org].

Received on 2009-02-20 23:27:32 CET

This is an archived mail posted to the TortoiseSVN Users mailing list.

This site is subject to the Apache Privacy Policy and the Apache Public Forum Archive Policy.