On Saturday 07 January 2006 15:02, Matthias Andree wrote: > Eric Kow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Users: would anybody be interested in darcs having an optional, built-in > > gui? > > I've never used a GUI for any revision control system, with the notable > exception of BitKeeper, where documentation lagged behind the Tk-based > "~tool" stuff, such as "bk citool", and often used undocumented internal > functions to work smoother than the command line. > > Given that DARCS is usable from the command line, I wouldn't use a DARCS > GUI either, it's probably a waste of time.
I can't let you say that. I'm also using vcs with the command line interface, but it's not the case for everybody. Without GUI, it's nearly impossible to make non-developers use vcs for example. If we want non-developers be able to use darcs, we need a nice interface, like tortoise for example. > > What WOULD be useful is an interfacing layer that gives a consistent > (text) user interface regardless of the underlying RCS, no matter if > it's RCS, CVS, MetaCVS, Subversion, DARCS, Cogito, Mercurial or one of > the many Arch branches or less common systems. > I think there is already a project like that. However, I can't find the name. Gaetan
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