Re: Meld 1.7.2 released

[Mark Mikofski <bwanamarko yahoo com>]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Kai Willadsen <kai willadsen gmail com>
> To: meld-list <meld-list gnome org>; gnome-announce-list gnome org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 3:02 PM
> Subject: Meld 1.7.2 released
>
> Meld 1.7.2 has been released.
>
>
> Features:
>
>     * In version control view, conflicts now open in a three-way merge mode
>       for Bazaar and Git, with other VCs to follow (Louis des Landes)
>     * Manual
synchronisation of split points for comparisons (Piotr Piastucki,
>       Kai Willadsen)
>     * The "Ignore blank lines" setting is now used in folder 
> comparisons, in
>       same manner as text filters (Kai Willadsen)
>
>   Fixes:
>
>     * Many minor Windows compatibility fixes (Vincent Legoll, Robert Wahler,
>       Kai Willadsen)
>     * Version control compatibility updates and fixes (Manuel Siggen, Kai
>       Willadsen)
>     * Better handling of Unicode filenames (Kai Willadsen)
>     * Better support for cross-platform newline behaviour, particularly on
>       Windows (Kai Willadsen)
>     * Sensitivity fixes for file and folder comparisons (Kai Willadsen)
>     * Build and installation fixes
(Kalev Lember, Kai Willadsen)
>   Translations:
>
>     * Daniel Mustieles (es)
>     * Gabor Kelemen (hu)
>     * Marek Černocký (cs)
>     * Martin Srebotnjak (sl).
>     * Matej Urbančič (sl)
>     * Мирослав Николић (sr, sr latin)
>     * Piotr Drąg (pl)
>     * Rafael Ferreira (pt_BR)
>
> This release can be downloaded from:
>
> http://download.gnome.org/sources/meld/1.7/meld-1.7.2.tar.xz
>
>
> What is Meld?
> -------------
>
> Meld is a visual diff and merge tool. It lets you compare two or three files,
> and updates the comparisons while you edit them in-place. You can also compare
> folders, launching comparisons of individual files as desired. Last but by no
> means least, Meld lets you work
with your current changes in a wide variety of
> version control systems, including Git, Bazaar, Mercurial, Subversion and CVS.
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Hi Kai,

Thanks!

is libintl required? I got this traceback the first time I tried meld-1.7.2:

> whoami computer meld-1.7.2/bin
> $ ./meld
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "c:/meld/bin/meld", line 98, in <module>
>     libintl = cdll.intl
>   File
"c:\Python27\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 435, in __getattr__
>     dll = self._dlltype(name)
>   File "c:\Python27\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 365, in __init__
>     self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
> WindowsError: [Error 126] The specified module could not be found

I edited bin/meld (98) to load GNU.Gettext.dll from the x64 GTK runtime and it started then crashed python. 
Now it crashes python everytime. I get the following trackeback:

> whoami computer meld-1.7.2/bin
> $ ./meld
> Couldn't bind the translation domain. Some translations won't work.
> function 'bindtextdomain' not found
>
>
> (python.exe:7472): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **:
g_loadable_icon_load: assertion `G_IS_LOADABLE_ICON (icon)' failed
> ./meld:167: GtkWarning: Could not find the icon 'gtk-file'. The 'hicolor' theme
> was not found either, perhaps you need to install it.
> You can get a copy from:
>         http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases
>   gtk.main()
> **
> Gtk:ERROR:gtkrecentmanager.c:1942:get_icon_fallback: assertion failed: (retval != NULL)
>
>
> This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
> Please contact the application's support team for more information.

and then python crashes.

Windows 7 x64
python 2.7.3 x64
meld 1.7.2


Thanks,
Mark Mikofski
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