Am Sonntag, 16. November 2008 19:04:02 schrieb Harry Putnam:
> Dirk Heinrichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Am Sonntag, 16. November 2008 00:05:56 schrieb Harry Putnam:
> >> I did try `cfg-update' but I thought it was really slow.
> >
> > Slow? For me it's blazingly fast.
>
> Just to install it requires 3 pkgs to be installed:
What has this to do with how fast it runs?
> Just to install, it wants three packages unless I USE="-kde" (in my
> case).
Yes, so what?
> And even then it still cries about xxdiff.
That's what its author chose as the default. You could file a bug report.
> Looking at the other
> possible editors in /etc/cfg-update.conf... I don't have a single one
> of them installed... so still more install is required.
Ahem, you don't have vim or diff installed?
> Using xxdiff is pretty clunky and slow I thought. I would not
> describe it as blazingly fast.
You were not talking about xxdiff, you wrote that cfg-update was slow.
> It may be possible to customize to the point where its faster but it
> would take some doing.
What exactly are you talking about, cfg-update or the diff tool you told it to
use?
> Or maybe just by experience in using the tool it would get handier
> and faster....
Just doing the automatic stuff, where no user intervention is involved _is_
blazingly fast. How fast you are in running the diff/merge tool of _your_
choice is, well, up to you.
> I've not encountered a single conf file where a 3 screen merge was
> required to get it right.
I already have. But it's a rare case.
Bye...
Dirk
