On 11 April 2012 16:10, Peter Tyser <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently if a user opens multiple file diffs at the same time from a > DirDiff or VcView the following happens: > - the 1st diff is opened in a new tab and focus is moved to this tab > - the 2nd diff is opened in a new tab and focus is moved to this tab > - the 3rd diff is opened in a new tab and focus is moved to this tab > - etc... > > This behavior has 2 shortcomings: > 1. The user is presented with a window that cycles focus through > multiple diff tabs which is visually jarring. > 2. During this period of time when tabs are being cycled through the > user can't interact with Meld - the focus shifts too fast to allow > the user to do anything. This is especially painful if the user > initiates a large number of diffs, the diffs are on a slow filesystem > (eg over a slow NFS share), or if the diffs are of version-controlled > files (VC-diffs have more overhead, which slows them down). > > To resolve these issues, only transfer focus to a new tab if the current > tab is a DirDiff or VcView. This results in the following behavior: > - the 1st diff is opened in a new tab and focus is moved to this tab > - the 2nd diff is opened in a new background tab > - the 3rd diff is opened in a new background tab > - etc... > > While the background tabs are being opened Meld is still usable. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Tyser <[email protected]> > --- > I frequently diff large git-controlled repositories (eg the Linux > kernel) shared on an NFS server, which really brings this issue out.
Both patches look good, thanks. I'll apply them after 1.6 branches. cheers, Kai _______________________________________________ meld-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/meld-list
