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Bug 583735 - Gnome-system-log should be able to reverse logs order
Gnome-system-log should be able to reverse logs order
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 576414
Product: gnome-utils
Classification: Deprecated
Component: logview
2.26.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-utils Maintainers
gnome-utils Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-05-24 17:31 UTC by Kamil Páral
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:50 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26


Description Kamil Páral 2009-05-24 17:31:38 UTC 
When I use gnome-system-log to easily see latest messages in different log files, it is very inconvenient always to scroll all the way down at every file. Why don't you add an option to see the messages in reversed order (latest at the top)? It may be even default, because the main purpose of log viewer is to display primarily the latest messages.
Comment 1 bi2h5da02 2009-06-09 14:24:47 UTC 
Instead of reverse order, you could just scroll so that the latest messages are always visible, like a pipe on the command line.

If the user scrolls up, though, it should not forcefully scroll back down.  IM and chat room clients behave this way, for instance.
Comment 2 Kamil Páral 2009-06-09 14:30:43 UTC 
Very good idea.
Comment 3 Cosimo Cecchi 2009-06-09 14:50:25 UTC 
Yeah, that's already the behaviour if you're using git master; that's also fixed in the gnome-2-26 branch, but unfortunately gnome-utils have seen no releases after 2.26.0, so it's not in a stable version yet.



*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 576414 ***