Now I'd like to mention a few other tools that also go with Mercurial:
- vim (for syntax highlighting or patch files)
- meld (for a visual diff and merge tool)
- emacs (IPS package gnu-emacs)
Use pkg info -r to check both them on the IPS repository.
To install, it suffices to emit the respective pkg install commands.
Name: editor/vim
Summary: Vi IMproved
Description: Vim is a clone of the Unix editor 'vi'.
It is a modal text editor with support for
syntax highlighting, ...
Category: Development/Editors (org.opensolaris.category.2008)
System/Text Tools (org.opensolaris.category.2008)
State: Installed
Publisher: solaris
Version: 7.3.600
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.175.1.1.0.2.0
Packaging Date: October 23, 2012 05:15:31 PM
Size: 21.63 MB
FMRI: pkg://solaris/editor/vim@7.3.600,...
$ pkg info -r meld
Name: developer/meld
Summary: meld - graphical diff and merge tool
Description: Meld is a visual diff and merge tool.
You can compare two or three files and
edit them in place (diffs update dynamically).
You can compare two or three folders and
launch file comparisons.
You can browse and view a working copy
from popular version control systems
such such as CVS, Subversion, Bazaar-ng
and Mercurial.
Category: Applications/System Utilities
State: Installed
Publisher: solaris
Version: 1.4.0
Build Release: 5.11
Branch: 0.175.1.0.0.24.0
Packaging Date: September 4, 2012 05:16:52 PM
Size: 1.25 MB
FMRI: pkg://solaris/developer/meld@1.4.0,...
It's pretty much cosmetic but here's how they respectively look like:
