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Bug 448658 - meld should start with the "new" dialog
meld should start with the "new" dialog
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: meld
Classification: Other
Component: general
1.1.x
Other Linux
: Normal trivial
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Assigned To: Stephen Kennedy
Stephen Kennedy
Depends on:
Blocks: 518179
 
 
Reported: 2007-06-18 03:05 UTC by Jean-François Fortin Tam
Modified: 2013-01-09 20:21 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
Start meld with new diff dialog (5.47 KB, patch)
2009-05-25 01:54 UTC, Jeff Oliver 		none Details | Review

Description Jean-François Fortin Tam 2007-06-18 03:05:48 UTC 
When run without arguments, meld currently starts and displays the menus, the toolbar, and a big empty gray area.

Why not speed things up and directly show the dialog that usually appears when you click the "new" button? ;)
Comment 1 bi2h5da02 2008-12-03 19:42:56 UTC 
I'd rather see it start with empty panes, since 80% of the time I use it lately I am comparing text from two different machines, and I want to just paste it into the blank panes for comparison.
Comment 2 Jeff Oliver 2009-05-25 01:54:01 UTC 
Created attachment 135293 [details] [review]
Start meld with new diff dialog

Personally, I'd like to see meld start with the new dialog as well...I don't like the current new dialog, but thats a different bug to work on.

In any case, I thought I'd whip up a patch for this.  I added a preference item that allows someone to choose to have this feature enabled.  When it start_new_dialog is enabled, and meld is started without any command line options, it'll start the new dialog.
Comment 3 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2009-05-25 13:48:38 UTC 
For a new/different design of the "new diff" dialog, see bug #518179 also.
Comment 4 Kai Willadsen 2013-01-09 20:21:49 UTC 
In Git HEAD, the old dialog has been replaced with a 'New comparison' tab, which is automatically presented on start-up whenever no other tabs have been opened from the command line. Thanks for the bug report.