On 17.03.2010, at 02:23, Dave Grijalva wrote: > I would propose the following: > - Adding a Fonts & Colors style section to the preference pane. It doesn't > need to be anywhere near as complicated as TextMate's but it should still be > there. Almost all tools for working with code allow some level of > customization. This is a pretty big feature, but I think it would be worth > it.
That's the engineer's solution. From a usability standpoint, I think a "wrap text" checkbox would be a much better choice. Simple, to the point, and it *only* does what people here said they actually need. TextMate is a text editor. People write *a lot* of text in it, and it has to be very readable, because it's complex. In a commit message, length is usually a couple hundred characters at most, and the text and code and ASCII art is there for illustrative purposes. There's just not that much need for customization there. Full text style customization is a "nice to have", but IMO unnecessarily complicates the UI. Every feature added to the app not only needs to be maintained for the foreseeable future, it also adds complexity to GitX's codebase and user interface. Hence I'd recommend keeping it mean and lean. > - Adding a word wrap option to the view menu that's remembered per document. I'd just say go with that. Nobody as far as I saw said they thought the needed font changed between projects for them. Why spend time on implementing customization at that level when there are so many much more important features that could be implemented? Cheers, -- Uli Kusterer "The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..." http://www.lookandfeelcast.com
