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Common Features =============== .. module:: common.dialog :synopsis: Common features to all the dialog These features are common to many TortoiseHg tools, so we document them here just once. Geometry Restore ---------------- Our primary applications like commit, changelog, and datamine will restore their geometry and position from the last time they were run. This includes maximization status. If the state to be restored does not fit within your current screen dimensions, the application will revert to factory default dimensions. Dialogs which have fixed geometry or are transitory allow the window manager to place them where it wishes. Keyboard Accelerators --------------------- We define a few keyboard accelerators that all of the TortoiseHg tools support. :kbd:`Ctrl-Q` quit the application, including all open windows :kbd:`Ctrl-W` close the current window (same as :kbd:`Ctrl-Q` if only one window is open) :kbd:`Ctrl-D` visual diff of currently selected file or changeset :kbd:`Ctrl-Enter` activation :kbd:`F5` refresh On `Mac OS X <http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/stable/wiki/MacOSX>`_, the apple (command) key is used as the modifier instead of :kbd:`Ctrl`. However some keyboard accelerators are internal to GTK+ so you must use the control key to access cut-paste functionality, for instance. Visual Diffs ------------ .. figure:: figures/visual-diff.jpg :alt: Visual Diff Window Visual Diff Window TortoiseHg 0.8 introduced a visual diff dialog that solves four usability issues: 1) Allows you to select a visual diff tool for each individual file 2) Allows you to use visual diff tools that fork background processes 3) Allows you to use visual diff tools that do not support directory diffs 4) Provides feedback when no files were modified Providing visual diffs requires TortoiseHg to generate temporary files which contain older versions of data. Those temporary files are deleted when the visual diff dialog is closed. If you would like to bypass this visual diff window and directly launch your visual diff tool open the global settings dialog and set :menuselection:`TortoiseHg --> Skip Diff Window` to true. .. note:: The `Skip Diff Window` configurable does not change the behavior of visual diffs launched by the shell context menu. The visual diff window is always shown. .. warning:: When you bypass the visual diff window, your visual diff tool must be able to handle directory diffs and it must not fork a background process. Caveat emptor. Configuring a visual diff application for use in TortoiseHg is a two step process. First you must configure your application as an `Extdiff <http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/ExtdiffExtension>`_ command in your user :file:`Mercurial.ini`:: [extdiff] myapp = C:\Path\to\tool.exe Then you can select `myapp` from the list of available extdiff commands in :menuselection:`TortoiseHg --> Visual Diff Command`. See the :doc:`faq` for some configuration examples. When more than one `Extdiff` command is configured, the visual diff window will allow you to select the command to use as you open each file. Treeview searches ----------------- Many TortoiseHg dialogs use treeviews to present lists of data to the user. The file lists in the status, commit, shelve, and changelog tools are treeviews. The changelog graph pane is a treeview. And even the annotate pane in the datamine tool is a treeview. Most of the TortoiseHg treeviews (as of release 0.8) are configured for live searches. Ensure that the treeview has focus (by clicking on a row), and begin typing a search phrase. A small entry window will appear containing the text you have typed, and the treeview will immediately jump to the first row that matches the text you have entered thus far. As you enter more characters, the search is refined. * :kbd:`Ctrl-F` opens the search window explicitly * :kbd:`Ctrl-G` advances the search to the next match * :kbd:`Shift-Ctrl-G` searches backwards * The mouse scroll wheel will advance forwards and backwards through matching lines HG command dialog ----------------- Many TortoiseHg tools use the *hgcmd* dialog to execute Mercurial commands that could potentially be interactive. .. figure:: figures/hgcmd.jpg :alt: Mercurial command dialog Interactive Mercurial Command Dialog .. note:: Error messages are given a dark red color for contrast When the Mercurial command has completed, the dialog gives focus to its :guilabel:`Close` button. So pressing :kbd:`Enter` is all that is required to close the window. .. vim: noet ts=4