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From: David M. B. <da...@pa...> - 2006-02-06 18:19:55
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Joachim , is diff printing being worked on? your forum reply from almost one year ago (march 3rd of 2005) mentioned that it was a "big feature", implying that it would take some time to implement. do you have an outline/notes that you can post that detail what needs to be done to get printing working? since even rudimentary printing would be a boon for kdiff3 i'd support rolling out the most basic printing function that can be implementing with the least amount of effort. please add this to the printing feature wish list: - currently the diff view displays all the common characters and the differences. ideally i'd like to be able to collapse the common areas (with + and - symbols) so that only the areas with different characters are displayed. this would allow a more concise printing especially for large files with small diffs. - thanks for creating kdiff3. peace, david |
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From: Joachim E. <joa...@gm...> - 2006-02-06 21:01:16
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Hi David, Printing is currently not worked on. - As you point out printing only areas that are different/relevant/user-defined is very important. This is the biggest thing because it affects the whole design. - Otherwise it will need a print dialog and manager that coordinates the printing. - The drawing is currently done in a widget, but they need to be extended, so they can also draw to a printer-device instead. - Some people also want printing of the merge output. - Some people also want printing of the directory view. Cheers, Joachim On Monday, 6. February 2006 19:19, David M. Besonen wrote: > Joachim , > > is diff printing being worked on? > > your forum reply from almost one year ago (march 3rd > of 2005) mentioned that it was a "big feature", > implying that it would take some time to implement. > > do you have an outline/notes that you can post that > detail what needs to be done to get printing working? > > since even rudimentary printing would be a boon for > kdiff3 i'd support rolling out the most basic printing > function that can be implementing with the least > amount of effort. > > > please add this to the printing feature wish list: > - > currently the diff view displays all the common > characters and the differences. ideally i'd like to > be able to collapse the common areas (with + and - > symbols) so that only the areas with different > characters are displayed. this would allow a more > concise printing especially for large files with small > diffs. > - > > > thanks for creating kdiff3. > > > peace, > david > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Kdiff3-user mailing list > Kdi...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kdiff3-user |
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From: David M. B. <da...@pa...> - 2006-02-07 01:54:13
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hey Joachim, On 6 Feb 2006 at 22:01, Joachim Eibl wrote: > - Otherwise it will need a print dialog and manager > that coordinates the printing. are there any print dialog/manager widgets we can use instead of recreating the wheel? > - The drawing is currently done in a widget, but > they need to be extended, so they can also draw to a > printer-device instead. how many hours of your time do you think it would take to implement *only* a temporary extension that would print just the basic diff? thanks for the quick reply. david |
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From: Joachim E. <joa...@gm...> - 2006-02-07 18:27:43
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> are there any print dialog/manager widgets we can use > instead of recreating the wheel? None that fit exactly. > how many hours of your time do you think it would take > to implement *only* a temporary extension that would > print just the basic diff? Probably 20 hours. Cheers, Joachim |
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From: David M. B. <da...@pa...> - 2006-02-08 07:13:50
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On 7 Feb 2006 at 19:27, Joachim Eibl wrote: >> how many hours of your time do you think it would >> take to implement *only* a temporary extension that >> would print just the basic diff? > > Probably 20 hours. how much would this cost? |
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From: David M. B. <da...@pa...> - 2006-02-09 17:49:39
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On 8 Feb 2006 at 22:05, Joachim Eibl wrote: > On Wednesday, 8. February 2006 08:13, David M. > Besonen wrote: > > On 7 Feb 2006 at 19:27, Joachim Eibl wrote: > > >> how many hours of your time do you think it would > > >> take to implement *only* a temporary extension that > > >> would print just the basic diff? > > > > > > Probably 20 hours. > > > > how much would this cost? > > Now what are you getting at? err . . ., just endeavoring to find out what it would cost to have this feature implemented. i figured you were pretty busy and that your lack of time to work on kdiff3 might be financially related. > Do you need this feature very much? i personally use kdiff3 very frequently for all sorts of tasks. last week i realized that printing diffs would allow me to better communicate some technical stuff with non-technical people i work with. i don't need this feature tomorrow but the sooner i can print diffs the sooner i can improve my ability communicate with non-technical folks. right now i'm looking to purchase a screen capture tool that will capture a scrolling window. not sure it's even possible but the fact that i'm going to this length to print a diff gives you an idea of how much i'd like to be able to print diffs. > For me the main problem is that I'm working > fulltime and don't have any holiday in the next few > months. > As for costs: An average programmer would expect > ca. 30 $ per hour. But this is an open source > project and nothing is required. Yet a donation > would be a welcome incentive to raise the priority > for such a wish. so i'm hearing that your current schedule has little free time allocated for the next few months. and that you don't need the money although a donation would be appreciated. basic printing is a feature that i'm willing to contribute some money towards. any other kdiff3 users on this list also interested in donating to this end? here's the direct link to the donation page for any other kdiff3 users who are interested: http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=58666 i'll see how much i can afford and donate shortly. i'll probably donate a second time in a couple weeks when i'll hopefully be a bit more flush with cash. > If you (and your colleagues) need this for your no colleagues, mostly volunteer work. > work I could look into it in the following weekends > and would send you a beta-version to shorten the > wait for the official release. i would be happy with a beta-version. thank you, david |
