bzr-explorer - ubuntu desktop

[Algis Kabaila]

On Friday 04 September 2009 15:12:08 Ian Clatworthy wrote:
> Algis Kabaila wrote:
> > Yes, whilst "bzr help qbzr" is a bit of a lemon, "bzr qbzr" works very
> > nicely, thank you.  No help available - as yet?  Is it correct to assume
> > that the implemented commands of qbzr are commit, pull and push only?
>
> "bzr qbzr" launches an unsupported, experimental application. (The other
> 25-30 q* commands provided by the QBzr plugin are supported.)

Sorry, but I don't understand where exactly are the other 25-20 (q*) commands.
What is a q* command, anyway?  

> It's been
> superceded by bzr-explorer (and probably ought to be removed). See
> http://doc.bazaar-vcs.org/explorer/en/ for more information on Bazaar
> Explorer.

This is interesting.  Where is a note on the web that qbzr is superseded or 
does everyone have to go through the process of reading the manual (which 
lists [kind of recommended]  plugins, starting with qbzr?  Would it not be 
useful to stop others going through the same hit and miss experience that I am 
going through?

>
> The combination you want is QBzr 1.14 and bzr-explorer 0.7. I'm not sure
> though whether QBzr 1.14 will work with bzr 1.13 say. If it doesn't grab
> bzr 1.18.
>
> Ian C.

Ian, I am grateful for the path you have outlined. I intend to try it as soon 
as I can.  A big thank you to you!

However, first I  will try to update qbzr and try the updated version.  It is 
the first bit of GUI that I have seen working in the bzr suite and, though I am 
happy to use text UI, GUI is always nice and easy to look and use it as a 
crutch to remember how it all fits together.

Thank you for your contribution,

OldAl.

PS: BTW, I have moved to ubuntu relatively recently, having spent a few happy 
years  openSUSE-KDE shadow.  Because of that and because of my advanced age, I 
am so slowww to catch on Launchpad ideas and use.
A.

-- 
Algis Kabaila, MEngSc, PhD(Eng)
http://akabaila.pcug.org.au/StructuralAnalysis.pdf