On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 7:19 PM, <fossil-users-requ...@lists.fossil-scm.org> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 01:06:26 +0100 > From: Gilles <codecompl...@free.fr> > Subject: Re: [fossil-users] Windows GUI that allows diff between two > revisions? > > On 13/02/2018 00:33, Richard Hipp wrote: > > On 2/12/18, Gilles <codecompl...@free.fr> wrote: > >> Fuel* doesn't support diffing two revisions of a file in the repository: > >> > >> https://s14.postimg.org/h528wio5t/Fossil.Fuel.diff.two.revisions.png > >> > >> Since it hasn't been updated since 2015… is there another Windows GUI > >> application that supports this? > > Well, you could run "fossil ui", then surf to the page that shows a > > complete history of the file in question, with its timeline, then > > click on the timeline graph node for the first version (so that it > > gets a red dot in the center) then click on the timeline graph node > > for the second version. > > > > That's what I always do, anyhow. > Thanks for the tip. > > .... > > So at this point, there is simply no Windows GUI that supports diffing > two revisions of a file that's been checked in? IOW, if I'd like to diff > two versions of a file with Fuel, I should do this while it's still > checked out ? > As best I recall, Fuel uses "fossil ui" (or "fossil server") behind the scenes, so any feature of "fossil ui" should also be usable in Fuel. It has been years since I looked at Fuel (as an option for co-workers who dislike the command line), so I'm not 100% sure, but I do remember Fuel having an embedded web browser to display content from "fossil ui". I thought Fuel's design somewhat "clunky". My co-workers said it was more confusing than using the Fossil command line. However, since "fossil ui" already provides most of a good GUI, maybe a framework like electronjs.org could be used to create a Windows GUI for Fossil that integrates the functionality of both "fossil ui" and the Fossil command line in a seamless fashion. FYI, Electron is a framework, based on the open source Chromium browser (which is also the base for the Chrome browser), for "converting" a web-base application into a desktop application. Also, Electron supports all 3 of Windows, MacOS and Linux. I've never tried it, but a friend of mine showed me an application built using Electron.
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