[PyKDE] Eric: another minor wish-list item, CVS commit auto-ok/non-modal

[Detlev Offenbach]

Hi,

I'll put it on the wishlist for the 3.6 development, but won't promise 
anything right now.

Detlev

Am Samstag, 25. September 2004 16:49 schrieb Mike C. Fletcher:
> When checking in a file to CVS, we get a dialog asking for the commit
> message.  Normally what I do is I do a diff for the whole project to see
> which files have changed and how, and keep this diff open while checking
> in each file.  However, the commit dialog is modal, and that makes it
> awkward to Alt+tab back to Eric from the diff page (KDE doesn't want to
> let me tab back to it).  That's solved by using the mouse to click on
> the taskbar icon for Eric, but it slows down the process somewhat.
>
> More annoying, however, is the situation *after* issuing the command to
> commit from the dialog.  The commit dialog remains modal and open, and
> waits for you to click cancel/ok.  Since committing can take a while,
> I'm wanting to be back at the diff page looking at the next change to be
> checked in and mentally composing the check-in message, however, since
> the modal dialog is still open, it's a pain to get back to Eric-proper.
>
> So, suggestions:
>
>     * Make the CVS-commit dialog non-modal
>           o has the disadvantage that you might wind up with dozens of
>             them open if you don't track it
>           o (dis?)advantage that they show up on the task bar
>     * Make the CVS-commit dialog non-modal during commits
>           o i.e. after you say "do it", make the dialog simply a frame
>             or message window allowing you to cancel/reporting status
>           o Could be a little pop-up notification window in the lower
>             right corner of the screen, or just a regular non-model frame
>     * Make the CVS-commit dialog auto-OK if the commit exits without errors
>           o Even if the dialog is made non-modal, this would seem to be
>             a useful feature, as when the commit succeeds it's just done
>             what you've told it to do, it really doesn't need to be
>             acknowledged
>           o Only on error does the dialog remain/return to demand attention
>           o Possibly have a KDE event generated to allow the user to
>             specify a sound to play on success/failure of the commit
>
> Thanks again,
> Mike
>
> PS: upgrading to KDE 3.3 and QT 3.3 with the latest Eric snapshot did
> not fix the disappearing-keystroke problem I reported last week (yes, it
> took almost a week to test it what with karking my whole system during
> the upgrade (I'm a Linux newbie, still)).  It appears that something is
> mis-configured such that certain combinations of shift+ctrl cause some
> sort of chording key-entry mode to get entered.  I've since noticed it
> showing up in other programs (including Mozilla Thunderbird), so it's
> definitely not an Eric problem.  I'm beginning to suspect it's actually
> a keyboard-driver or similar low-level problem.
>
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