Can "bzr annotate" be sped up?

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> After all, I don't care about the "annotate output".  All I want is to
>>>>> find the sequence of diff-hunks (and corresponding commit-logs) that
>>>>> resulted in lines NN..MM of FILE.
>>>> And I believe 'bzr gannotate' had a 'back' button that would look at the
>>>> line you are on, find its revision, and then go to the parent of that
>>>> revision.
>> "button"
>>> Also, you can double-click on a line to view the diff that introduced it.
>> "click"
>> So this forces you to use those GUIs.
> No, GUIs don't force you to use them.

Of course, nobody forces me to use them.  But what I meant is that you
can't get that functionality without using those GUIs.  Or are you
saying that those applications do provide the kind of output I'm looking
for in a scriptable way without using any GUI at all?


        Stefan