quncommit: ideas about better UI

[Alexander Belchenko]

[13:31] <bialix> igc: question about quncommit
[13:32] <igc> hi bialix
[13:32] <bialix> hi igc, I have some time to look at quncoomit
[13:32] <bialix> it looks better now
[13:32] <bialix> igc: I just wonder about terms, like tip
[13:33] <bialix> igc: why you're using idiom "move tip to"?
[13:33] <igc> bialix: would you prefer another name like "head"?
[13:33] <bialix> igc: this is not blocks me from merge, but if you have couple of minutes, I'd better ask
[13:34] <bialix> igc: no, I mean why we talk about moving tip and not about uncommit actually?
[13:34] <bialix> igc: e.g. we can show revision details under first radiobutton
[13:35] <bialix> and put the label for radiobutton: Uncommit last revision:
[13:35] <bialix> igc: actually I have troubles to correctly translate tip, and it does not seem bzr uses "tip" term internally or in the docs
[13:36] <igc> bialix: firstly, I think 'tip' is fine ...
[13:36] <igc> from core-concepts in the User Guide: The last revision is known as the *tip*
[13:36] <bialix> igc: ok, I did not know this
[13:37] <bialix> so I can translate tip as "last revision"?
[13:37] <igc> bialix: yes
[13:37] <bialix> I understand that "tip" is short and nice word in English
[13:37] <bialix> as many others: pull and push
[13:37] <igc> bialix: also, we need to display what revisions will be removed anyhow so there seems limited benefit in displaying that in advance
[13:38] <igc> bialix: I thought pretty hard about that and ...
[13:38] <bialix> it so nice to be Englishman and speak in so wonderful language
[13:38] <igc> I've been through several designs on paper over the last few months thinking about quncommit
[13:38] <bialix> igc: what if I want uncommit 100 last revisions?
[13:39] <bialix> what I'll see in confirmation dialog then?
[13:39] <igc> bialix: we'll display those just like the CLI does
[13:39] <igc> bialix: that would be very unusual, of course
[13:39] <bialix> on CLI any long info go out of my console
[13:40] <bialix> this becomes problem for GUI
[13:40] <igc> bialix: 99% of the time it's just one revision - to fix the commit message, bug metadata, etc :-)
[13:40] <bialix> you just can't have an infinite tall dialog, do you? ;-)
[13:40] <bialix> igc: so if this is 99% cases, why not show ther details right in the quncommit window?
[13:40] <igc> bialix: I guess we could use a scrolling panel or the qlog widget
[13:41] <igc> bialix: I'm ok with doing that
[13:41] <igc> bialix: I just don't think it's mandatory
[13:41] <igc> to land this
[13:41] <bialix> igc: no of course.
[13:41] <bialix> igc: +1 on land the last version
[13:42] <igc> bialix: thanks. Did you want to merge it or I?
[13:42] <bialix> igc: I'm just want to discuss with you how it could be improved, especially re better UI for translations to other languages
[13:42] <bialix> igc: if you can, merge n push it yourself
[13:42] <igc> bialix: no problem. I do think it can be improved
[13:42] <igc> bialix: but that can come later
[13:43] <bialix> yes, of course
[13:43] <bialix> but later I forgot what I'm thinking right now

[13:44] <bialix> igc: can we just dump this discussion about quncommit to new bug report?
[13:44] <bialix> so I don't forget about it later?
[13:44] <igc> bialix: sure...