Re: [Audacity-devel] How to locate a commit?

[Peter S. <pet...@gm...>]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 12:27 PM John Colket <jc...@gm...> wrote:

> Peter,
>
>   Before you do, also add "Move (or extend) the Select button over to the
> right."
>

You can't do that John - because that little square to the right is the
real-estate
for the Sync-Lock icon.

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Peter.



> - John
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 6:56 AM John Colket <jc...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Poke,
>>
>>    That is what I was looking for....
>>
>> - John
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 3:02 PM Pokechu22 <
>> pok...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> The fastest way to locate a commit is to use git bisect, as it requires
>>> you to check a logarithmic number of commits (so for 1000 commits, you only
>>> need to check 10 or so of them).  It can be a bit complicated to get
>>> started with, but https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect-lk2009 is a
>>> pretty helpful guide.
>>>
>>> --Poke
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:55 AM John Colket <jc...@gm...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> James,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to say that I'm glad you asked that question ☺ - but
>>>> actually I'm not. 😉
>>>>
>>>> Well anyway, since you asked, some users have ended up unknowingly
>>>> screwing up their project by accidentally bumping the track and/or pan
>>>> controls whilst editing their projects.  So I have been looking into this.
>>>>
>>>> Peter has written up a proposal to address this issue.  I am sure you
>>>> are aware of it.  See here:
>>>> https://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Proposal_Locking_and/or_Hiding_Pan_and_Gain_sliders
>>>>
>>>> Personally, I believe most of the suggestions are overkill, with the
>>>> exceptions of the Visual Cues; I have written up my own thoughts on the
>>>> adjoining Discussion page for that proposal.
>>>>
>>>> But here is what I was trying to look into.  There was a very, very
>>>> subtle change between 2.4.2, and 3.0.0, that perhaps has gone unnoticed.
>>>> That is when the cursor is drawn off of the Pan slider in a downward
>>>> direction, that the highlight on its control remains. This in my view is a
>>>> regression on 2.4.2, makes the visual cues just a little bit poorer, and
>>>> makes the whole issue just a teensy bit harder to tackle.
>>>>
>>>> - John
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 12:40 PM James Crook <jam...@gm...>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> If the artifacts are expired, you only have FossHub old audacity,
>>>>> https://www.fosshub.com/Audacity-devel-old.html for prebuilts.  So
>>>>> you're back to building them yourself - if they were not changes around
>>>>> release candidate time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which behaviour change are you hoping to track down?
>>>>>
>>>>> --James.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Apr 2021 at 17:05, John Colket <jc...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> James,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to search for an unknown commit that changed a certain
>>>>>> behavior between 2.4.2 and 3.0.0.  So the Artifacts are by now
>>>>>> well-expired.  Is there any way to travel in the "way back machine" so I
>>>>>> can do a binary search ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - John
>>>>>>
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