Re: Branches design flaw

2003-12-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 10:39:51AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > On Monday 15 December 2003 10:34 am, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > I do think that somethng should be done, however. Moving forward with > > > a flawed design is a bad idea IMO. > > > > I don't have a strong opinion here as I never used

Re: Branches design flaw

2003-12-15 Thread Angus Leeming
On Monday 15 December 2003 10:34 am, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > I do think that somethng should be done, however. Moving forward with > > a flawed design is a bad idea IMO. > > I don't have a strong opinion here as I never used that feature myself. That's because Branches are a new feature. I can se

Re: Branches design flaw

2003-12-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 04:50:42PM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > The branches code enable the user to create a custom color for each > branch. That is, new colors are defined for a particular buffer. > However, these colors are stored in the system-wide lcolors variable. > That's a design flaw.

Re: Branches design flaw

2003-12-14 Thread Angus Leeming
Martin Vermeer wrote: >> The branches code enable the user to create a custom color for each >> branch. That is, new colors are defined for a particular buffer. >> However, these colors are stored in the system-wide lcolors >> variable. That's a design flaw. >> >> It seems to me that there are two

Re: Branches design flaw

2003-12-14 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 04:50:42PM +, Angus Leeming spake thusly: > The branches code enable the user to create a custom color for each > branch. That is, new colors are defined for a particular buffer. > However, these colors are stored in the system-wide lcolors variable. > That's a desi

Branches design flaw

2003-12-14 Thread Angus Leeming
The branches code enable the user to create a custom color for each branch. That is, new colors are defined for a particular buffer. However, these colors are stored in the system-wide lcolors variable. That's a design flaw. It seems to me that there are two possible solutions. 1. Add an LColor