5 messages in com.perforce.perforce-userAW: Visual Merge| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| SalS...@msmail.keba.co.at | 14 Oct 1997 05:05 | |
| WesP...@xmission.com | 14 Oct 1997 22:30 | |
| SalS...@msmail.keba.co.at | 15 Oct 1997 01:32 | |
| WesP...@xmission.com | 15 Oct 1997 23:52 | |
| SalS...@msmail.keba.co.at | 16 Oct 1997 01:05 |
| Subject: | AW: Visual Merge |
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| From: | WesP...@xmission.com (WesP...@xmission.com) |
| Date: | 10/14/1997 10:30:02 PM |
| List: | com.perforce.perforce-user |
Sal Salak Juraj writes:
Wess Peters wrote to Francois:
~ You seem to fail to understand the UNIX philosophy here: supporting an ~ external tool is a *strength*, not a weakness.
Well, fine for unix. But Francois asked about windows.
Tcl/Tk is available for Windows from several sources, perhaps the Perforce tool could easily be adapted to run on Windows as well. I don't know if Tcl/Tk exists for OS/2.
We may like or dislike windows philosophy, or guess wheter there is one at all, but unlike in unix the external visual merge tools are not so easy to find..
Yet another reason to refuse to work for people stupid enough to make you write software using constrained development environments. Take Ed Yourdon's advice: vote with your feet.
Philosphy is not tempting hungry folks, and Francois seems to be hungry for a windows merge tool just as I am for an os/2 merge tool.
Perhaps philosophy cannot soothe their hunger, but it's amazing what you can accomplish with a good web search these days.
--- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr at xmission.com