Re: How to locate a commit?

John Colket <[email protected]> Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:19:36 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.audio.audacity.devel
Message-ID <CAHCiZT_kp0+b4b8-7aT+oFWcQwOFcPyrJH2YM998THT+Y-EmGg@mail.gmail.com>
So the proposal would be that the locations of these two buttons be
switched. Would the Audacity community still survive ?

And we really need to move this discussion elsewhere, before we get
booted. 😉

- John

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 11:21 AM Peter Sampson <
[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 4:13 PM John Colket <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Well, that just shows how often I use sync-lock. 😉
>>
>>
> I used it a LOT when transcribing my vinyl - to keep the labels in the
> label track
> in sync with edits I made in the audio track - very useful it was.
>
>
> Can they be switched ?
>>
>
> I'm not sure what you mean but I'm guessing no anyway 😉
>
> Peter.
>
>
>
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:15 AM Peter Sampson <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
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>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 12:27 PM John Colket <[email protected]> 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.
>>>
>>> [image: image.png]
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> - John
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 6:56 AM John Colket <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Poke,
>>>>>
>>>>>    That is what I was looking for....
>>>>>
>>>>> - John
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 3:02 PM Pokechu22 <
>>>>> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>>>>>> 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 <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> 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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