2.5.3  Browser Buttons

2.5.3.1  View Buttons

These buttons are located on the right hand side of the View panel. They do the following:

Button

Description

Displays the Advanced Find dialog window that allows one to enter more complex database queries (see Chapter 3).

Displays a History Graph window for the selected branch and revision, showing a graphical representation of the history and inter-relationships of revisions on that branch (see Chapter 6).

Displays a Revision History window for the selected revision, showing its change history right back to the earliest revision on that path (see Section 5.1).

Displays a Change Log window for the selected revision, showing all the details about that revision (see Section 5.4).

2.5.3.2  Revision Browser Buttons

These buttons are located on the right hand side of the Revision Browser panel. They do the following:

Button

Description

Moves the revision browser up one directory level.

Displays the Find Files window that allows one to search for files in the currently selected revision. Its capabilities are very similar to those found in most desktop file managers (see Chapter 4).

2.5.3.3  File Viewer Buttons

These buttons are located on the right hand side of the File Viewer panel. They do the following:

Button

Description

Toggles the displaying of line numbers in the file viewer.

Displays a Find Text dialog window that allows one to search for text within the currently displayed file. Within the dialog window there are a number of options. The Case sensitive and Search backwards options affect the search in the way that one would expect. The Regular expression option, when ticked, allows one to enter search terms that are extended regular expressions (RE). Please see regex(7) for further details on regular expressions.

Displays a Go To Line dialog window that allows one to jump to the specified line within the currently displayed file.

Displays a standard Save As dialog window, allowing one to save the contents of the currently selected file to disk.

Launches the desktop's helper application for the currently selected file. The helper application for a given MIME type can be specified or overridden in the Preferences dialog window (see Section 7.1).

Displays a Annotated Listing window for the currently selected file. This window shows who changed what, when they did it and the revision under which the change was made.

Displays a File History window for the currently selected file, showing its change history right back to the earliest revision of that file (see Section 5.1).