[darcs-users] Re: SCM comparison - darcs GUI

[libogen .]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 06:55:24 -0400, David Roundy <droundy at abridgegame.org> 
wrote:
>
>Does anyone actually use the gui interface?

The GUI is not applicable to the commonly used commands, at least with the 
Windows binary so I've never actually used it :-(

IMO, a good GUI is the only major component that is lacking for darcs.

I use both darcs and CVS to manage my website development files. Using CVS 
via the TortoiseCVS GUI (http://www.tortoisecvs.org/), which integrates with 
Windows (directory & file) Explorer, is very convenient and is quicker than 
using CVS on the commandline (which I used to do). It's functionality is 
also available when handling files within HTML-Kit, the text editor I use.

Like the development of TortoiseCVS, development of a darcs GUI could be 
separate from darcs if there are interested developers. That would allow 
David to continue concentrating on darcs' development.

Also like TortoiseCVS, I think that a darcs GUI should not cover all 
commands, particulary the least used ones, otherwise maintaining the GUI and 
catching-up with darcs releases could be very time consuming.

I've no doubt that the existence of such a GUI would greatly increase the 
number of people that use darcs and am also in no doubt that I don't have 
the programming knowledge to create one! :)

Cheers,
Kieran

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