Diff for "C-Hglib/Questions"

Through time I had received lots of question about C-hglib project.

I made this page to counter those question and to have them in a single place.

Initial commit mail (http://markmail.org/thread/ism45s5vp7jsbp5u):

1. hg_handle* hg_open(const char *path, char *encoding, char *configs);

   • More const. Misplaced *. What is configs?
2. What if we want to run a command without a repository, like init or clone?
3. How do we get exit codes?
4. How do we send input to a command like 'hg import -'?
5. How do we handle interactive commands like merge?
6. How do we get error output and warnings?

C-hglib – Level 0 , API proposal mail (http://mercurial.markmail.org/thread/f5irmijzatlephtw):

7. What does this return? ( The return values for all API functions )
8. Story for :

   1. hg init <- doesn't start with a repo

      b. hg log <- can produce huge output

      c. hg import - <- wants a patch fed to it from client

      d. hg merge <- has prompts

      e. hg verify <- might give warnings intermixed with output

9. Do you see the * on the left? ( pointer issue)
10. How do I set encoding for the connection?
11. Will this do the right thing? If so, how?(adding file with space issue)
12. How do I get the prompt questions displayed to the user and get the user answers back?
13. Limiting the amount of data sounds sensible, but why write it to a file? What about a cursor-like interface, similar to those returned by SQL queries?

Header patchbomb mail (http://mercurial.markmail.org/thread/qsfwzmxzzs4ekuuv):

14. Action-header, what is an action-header ?
15. so wpipe is server stdin, rpipe is server stdout. Were have stderr been?
16. "The repository in which I am", do you mean the first repository found in PWD hierarchy?
17. What is the default encoding?