Please find, for review, the debconf templates and packages descriptions for the console-setup source package.
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Rationale:
--- console-setup.old/debian/console-setup.templates 2009-03-01
09:18:35.812738290 +0100
+++ console-setup/debian/console-setup.templates 2009-03-02
08:03:59.728589514 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
Type: select
__Choices: . Arabic, # Armenian, # Cyrillic - KOI8-R and KOI8-U, # Cyrillic -
non-Slavic languages, # Cyrillic - Slavic languages (also Bosnian and Serbian
Latin), . Ethiopic, # Georgian, # Greek, # Hebrew, # Lao, # Latin1 and Latin5 -
western Europe and Turkic languages, # Latin2 - central Europe and Romanian, #
Latin3 and Latin8 - Chichewa; Esperanto; Irish; Maltese and Welsh, # Latin7 -
Lithuanian; Latvian; Maori and Marshallese, . Latin - Vietnamese, # Thai, .
Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Hebrew; basic Arabic, . Combined - Latin;
Slavic Cyrillic; Greek, . Combined - Latin; Slavic and non-Slavic Cyrillic
Default: . Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Hebrew; basic Arabic
-_Description: Set of characters that should be supported by the console font:
+_Description: Character set to support:
Shorten the synopsis.
+ Please choose the character set that should be supported by the console font.
+ .
Move here the mention of this "support" being for the console font.
If you don't use a framebuffer, the choices that start with "." will
reduce the number of available colors on the console.
@@ -26,8 +28,8 @@
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
_Description: Keyboard layout:
- There is more than one keyboard layout with the origin you selected.
- Please select the layout matching your keyboard.
+ There is more than one possible keyboard layout with the origin you selected.
+ Please select the layout matching the keyboard for this machine.
Matter of taste, I think.
Replace "your keyboard" as this is not necessarily "my" keyboard
(general enutral stance we recommend in debconf templates)
Template: console-setup/unsupported_config_layout
Type: boolean
@@ -35,21 +37,23 @@
_Description: Keep unsupported settings in configuration file?
The configuration file /etc/default/console-setup specifies a
keyboard layout (${XKBLAYOUT}) which is not supported
- by the configuration program. Do you want to keep it?
+ by the configuration program.
Drop the extra question. The synopsis already has a question and
double questions are discouraged in debconf templates.
.
- If you choose to keep it then no questions about the keyboard layout
- will be asked and your current configuration will be preserved.
+ Please choose whether you want to keep it. If you choose this option,
+ no questions about the keyboard layout
+ will be asked and the current configuration will be preserved.
Reformulate to make what is to be chosen clearer, particularly as we
dropped the extra question earlier.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_layout
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Keep default keyboard layout (${XKBLAYOUT})?
- The default value for the keyboard layout is based on your
- language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This default
+ The default value for the keyboard layout is based on the
+ language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This default
s/your/the
value is ${XKBLAYOUT} and it is is not supported
- by the configuration program. Do you want to keep it?
+ by the configuration program.
.
- If you choose to keep it then no questions about the keyboard layout
+ Please choose whether you want to keep it. If you choose this option,
+ no questions about the keyboard layout
will be asked.
Again, drop the extra question.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_config_options
@@ -58,16 +62,16 @@
_Description: Keep unsupported options (${XKBOPTIONS})?
The configuration file /etc/default/console-setup specifies options
for the keyboard layout (${XKBOPTIONS}) that are not
- supported by the configuration program. Do you want to keep them?
+ supported by the configuration program.
Ditto
Template: console-setup/unsupported_options
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Keep unsupported options (${XKBOPTIONS})?
The default value for the options of the keyboard layout is based on
- your language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This
+ your language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This
default value is ${XKBOPTIONS} and it is not supported
- by the configuration program. Do you want to keep it?
+ by the configuration program.
Ditto
Template: console-setup/fontface
Type: select
@@ -77,14 +81,11 @@
# lists. If you decide to use formatted lists then keep the lines
# relatively short.
_Description: Font for the console:
- Please choose the font face you would like to use on Linux console.
- .
- - VGA has a traditional appearance and has medium coverage
- of international scripts;
- - Fixed has a simplistic appearance and has better coverage
- of international scripts;
- - Terminus is aimed to reduce eye fatigue, though some symbols
- have a similar aspect which may be a problem for programmers.
+ "VGA" has a traditional appearance and has medium coverage of
+ international scripts. "Fixed" has a simplistic appearance and has
+ better coverage of international scripts. "Terminus" is aimed to
+ reduce eye fatigue, though some symbols have a similar aspect which
+ may be a problem for programmers.
Attempt to shorten the template down (with translations, it might
become too long, then fit on two screens, which is always confusing
for users). The enumeration is not really helpful here.
.
If you prefer a bold version of the Terminus font, then choose
TerminusBold if you use a framebuffer, otherwise TerminusBoldVGA.
@@ -94,32 +95,32 @@
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: 16
_Description: Font size:
- Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. For
- reference, the font your computer starts with has size 16.
+ Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. For
+ reference, the font used when the computer boots has size 16.
s/your/something more neutral
Template: console-setup/fontsize-fb
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: 16
_Description: Font size:
- Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. When the
- size is represented as a plain number then the corresponding font can
- be used with all console drivers and the number measures the height
- of the symbols (in number of scan lines). Otherwise the size has the
- format HEIGHTxWIDTH and the corresponding fonts can be used only if
- you use framebuffer and the kbd console package (console-tools
- doesn't work for such fonts). Currently these fonts cannot be used
- if the framebuffer you use is based on the RadeonFB kernel module.
- .
- You can use the height of the fonts in order to figure out the real
- size of the symbols on the console. For reference, the font your
- computer starts with has height 16.
+ Please select the size of the font for the Linux console.
+ Simple integers correspond to fonts can
+ be used with all console drivers. The number then represents the
+ font height (number of scan lines). Alternatively, the font may
+ be represented as HEIGHTxWIDTH: such fonts can be used only with
+ the framebuffer and the kbd console package (not with console-tools).
+ These fonts cannot be used
+ if the framebuffer is based on the RadeonFB kernel module.
+ .
+ Font heights may be used in order to figure out the real
+ size of the symbols on the console. For
+ reference, the font used when the computer boots has size 16.
Reformulation: the initial wording was IMHO confusing. I'm not sure
that my proposal is the best possible, though. Room for improvement.
Template: console-setup/charmap
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: UTF-8
-_Description: Encoding on the console:
+_Description: Encoding to use on the console:
The console is not encoded "per se". We need to choose the encoding
that will be used at the Linux console.
Template: console-setup/ttys
Type: string
@@ -137,30 +138,28 @@
Default: Alt+Shift
_Description: Method for toggling between national and Latin mode:
You will need a way to toggle the keyboard between the national
- layout and the standard Latin layout. Several options are available.
+ layout and the standard Latin layout.
"Several options are available" is useless and that tempalte is
already very long.
.
- The most ergonomic choices seem to be the right Alt and the Caps Lock keys
+ Right Alt or Caps Lock keys are often chosen for ergonomic reasons
(in the latter case, use the combination Shift+Caps Lock for normal Caps
- toggle). Another popular choice is the Alt+Shift combination; note
- however that in this case the combination Alt+Shift (or Control+Shift if
- you choose it) will lose its usual meaning in Emacs and other programs
- using it.
+ toggle). Alt+Shift is also a popular combination; it will
+ however lose its usual behavior in Emacs and other programs
+ that use it for specific needs.
.
- Note that the listed keys are not present on all keyboards.
+ Not all listed keys are present on all keyboards.
General attempt to shorten things down.
Template: console-setup/switch
Type: select
__Choices: No temporary switch, Both Logo keys, Right Alt, Right Logo key,
Left Alt, Left Logo key
Default: No temporary switch
_Description: Method for temporarily toggling between national and Latin input:
- Sometimes the keyboard is in national mode and you want to type only a few
- Latin letters. In this case it may be desirable to have a key for
- temporarily switching between national and Latin symbols. While this key
- is pressed in national mode, the keyboard types Latin letters. Conversely,
- when the keyboard is in Latin mode and this key is pressed, the keyboard
- will type national letters.
+ When the keyboard is in national mode and one wants to type only a few
+ Latin letters, it might be more appropriate to switch temporarily to
+ Latin mode. The keyboard remains in that mode as long as the chosen key is
+ kept pressed. That key may also be used ton input national letters when
+ the keyboard is in Latin mode.
Attenpt for clearer formulation and English improvement. I hope this
is the case..:-)
.
- If you don't like this feature, choose the option "No temporary switch".
+ You can disable this feature by choosing "No temporary switch".
No assumptions about the reasons for which users might want to disable
the setting..:)
Template: console-setup/altgr
Type: select
@@ -169,10 +168,8 @@
_Description: AltGr key replacement:
With some keyboard layouts, AltGr is a modifier key used to input
some characters, primarily ones that are unusual for the language of the
- keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters.
- If a key has a third symbol on it (on the front vertical face or the
- bottom right of the key top, sometimes in a different color), then AltGr
- is often the means of eliciting that symbol.
+ keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters.
+ These are often printed as a third symbol on keys.
Shorten the description. I'm not sure that being so verbose really
helps users.
Template: console-setup/compose
Type: select
--- console-setup.old/debian/control 2009-03-01 09:18:35.800590228 +0100
+++ console-setup/debian/control 2009-03-02 08:08:40.172618435 +0100
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, console-terminus (>= 4.26), xkb-data
(>= 0.9)
Suggests: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Conflicts: lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6), lsb-base (<< 3.0-6)
-Description: Set up the font and the keyboard on the console
- The package provides the Linux console with the same versatile
- keyboard configuration that the X Window System uses. As a result
+Description: console font and keymap setup program
+ This package provides the Linux console with the same
+ keyboard configuration scheme than X Window System. As a result,
Avoid sentence in package description.
s/The package/This package
there is no need to duplicate or change the keyboard files just to
make simple customisations such as the use of dead keys, the key
functioning as AltGr or Compose key, the key(s) to switch between
@@ -36,13 +36,23 @@
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Conflicts: console-setup, console-terminus, lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<<
2.0-6), lsb-base (<< 3.0-6)
-Description: An experimental micro version of console-setup package
- This package can be useful when Debian system is installed on
- handhelds or other devices with small storage space. It was created
- as proof of concept for a method to implement versatile keyboard
- configuration in the Debian installer.
+Description: console font and keymap setup program - reduced version
Normalize package description with the one of the main package. Avoids
leading indefinite article.
+ This package provides the Linux console with the same
+ keyboard configuration scheme than X Window System. As a result,
+ there is no need to duplicate or change the keyboard files just to
+ make simple customisations such as the use of dead keys, the key
+ functioning as AltGr or Compose key, the key(s) to switch between
+ Latin and non-Latin mode, etc.
+ .
+ The package also contains console fonts supporting many of the
+ world's languages. It provides an unified set of font faces - the
+ classic VGA, the simplistic Fixed, and the cleaned Terminus,
+ TerminusBold and TerminusBoldVGA.
+ .
+ This package can be useful for
+ handhelds or other devices with small storage space.
.
- This package supports only UTF-8. The legacy 8-bit encodings are not
+ The package supports only UTF-8. Legacy 8-bit encodings are not
supported.
Use the main package description as boilerplate.
Add a specific paragraph describing what this specific package is.
Package: bdf2psf
@@ -50,13 +60,13 @@
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Depends: perl
-Description: Font converter to generate console fonts from BDF source fonts
- This is a command line converter that can be used in scripts to build
+Description: font converter to generate console fonts from BDF source fonts
Uncapitalize (see Developer's Reference)
+ This package provides a command-line converter that can be used in scripts to
build
s/This is/This package provides
automatically console fonts from BDF sources. The converter comes
with a collection of font encodings that cover many of the world
- languages; notice that the font encoding (so called SFM) does not
- need to follow the actually used encoding (so called ACM). When the
- source font does not define a glyph for a symbol in the font encoding
+ languages. The font encoding (so-called SFM) does not
+ need to follow the used encoding (so-called ACM). When the
+ source font does not define a glyph for a symbol in the font encoding,
the glyph position in the console font is not wasted but used for
another symbol.
We generally discourage things such as "notice that <foo>" in package
descriptions as they are not documentation.
Drop overused "actually" word
Add a comma
.
@@ -84,7 +94,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for amiga keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Amiga keyboards
Uncapitalize the leading word (Developer's Reference recommendation)
Capitalize the "Amiga" brand
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Package: console-setup-ataritt-ekmap
@@ -92,7 +102,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for ataritt keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Ataritt keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Ditto
Package: console-setup-macintoshold-ekmap
@@ -100,7 +110,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for macintoshold keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for old-style Macintosh keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
"macintoshold" is jargon
Package: console-setup-pc-ekmap
@@ -108,7 +118,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for pc keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for PC keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Same than -amiga-ekmap
Package: console-setup-sun4-ekmap
@@ -116,7 +126,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for sun4 keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Sun4 keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Ditto
Package: console-setup-sun5-ekmap
@@ -124,13 +134,13 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for sun5 keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Sun5 keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Ditto
Package: console-setup-fonts-udeb
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Console fonts for Debian Installer
+Description: console fonts for Debian Installer
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Ditto.
--
Template: debian-installer/console-setup/title
Type: text
# Main menu item. Please keep below 55 columns
_Description: Configure the keyboard
Template: console-setup/codeset
Type: select
__Choices: . Arabic, # Armenian, # Cyrillic - KOI8-R and KOI8-U, # Cyrillic -
non-Slavic languages, # Cyrillic - Slavic languages (also Bosnian and Serbian
Latin), . Ethiopic, # Georgian, # Greek, # Hebrew, # Lao, # Latin1 and Latin5 -
western Europe and Turkic languages, # Latin2 - central Europe and Romanian, #
Latin3 and Latin8 - Chichewa; Esperanto; Irish; Maltese and Welsh, # Latin7 -
Lithuanian; Latvian; Maori and Marshallese, . Latin - Vietnamese, # Thai, .
Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Hebrew; basic Arabic, . Combined - Latin;
Slavic Cyrillic; Greek, . Combined - Latin; Slavic and non-Slavic Cyrillic
Default: . Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Hebrew; basic Arabic
_Description: Character set to support:
Please choose the character set that should be supported by the console font.
.
If you don't use a framebuffer, the choices that start with "." will
reduce the number of available colors on the console.
Template: console-setup/model
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
_Description: Keyboard model:
Template: console-setup/layout
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: U.S. English
_Description: Origin of the keyboard:
Template: console-setup/variant
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
_Description: Keyboard layout:
There is more than one possible keyboard layout with the origin you selected.
Please select the layout matching the keyboard for this machine.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_config_layout
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Keep unsupported settings in configuration file?
The configuration file /etc/default/console-setup specifies a
keyboard layout (${XKBLAYOUT}) which is not supported
by the configuration program.
.
Please choose whether you want to keep it. If you choose this option,
no questions about the keyboard layout
will be asked and the current configuration will be preserved.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_layout
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Keep default keyboard layout (${XKBLAYOUT})?
The default value for the keyboard layout is based on the
language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This default
value is ${XKBLAYOUT} and it is is not supported
by the configuration program.
.
Please choose whether you want to keep it. If you choose this option,
no questions about the keyboard layout
will be asked.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_config_options
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Keep unsupported options (${XKBOPTIONS})?
The configuration file /etc/default/console-setup specifies options
for the keyboard layout (${XKBOPTIONS}) that are not
supported by the configuration program.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_options
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Keep unsupported options (${XKBOPTIONS})?
The default value for the options of the keyboard layout is based on
your language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This
default value is ${XKBOPTIONS} and it is not supported
by the configuration program.
Template: console-setup/fontface
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: Fixed
# The languages with many non-ASCII letters should not use formatted
# lists. If you decide to use formatted lists then keep the lines
# relatively short.
_Description: Font for the console:
"VGA" has a traditional appearance and has medium coverage of
international scripts. "Fixed" has a simplistic appearance and has
better coverage of international scripts. "Terminus" is aimed to
reduce eye fatigue, though some symbols have a similar aspect which
may be a problem for programmers.
.
If you prefer a bold version of the Terminus font, then choose
TerminusBold if you use a framebuffer, otherwise TerminusBoldVGA.
Template: console-setup/fontsize-text
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: 16
_Description: Font size:
Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. For
reference, the font used when the computer boots has size 16.
Template: console-setup/fontsize-fb
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: 16
_Description: Font size:
Please select the size of the font for the Linux console.
Simple integers correspond to fonts can
be used with all console drivers. The number then represents the
font height (number of scan lines). Alternatively, the font may
be represented as HEIGHTxWIDTH: such fonts can be used only with
the framebuffer and the kbd console package (not with console-tools).
These fonts cannot be used
if the framebuffer is based on the RadeonFB kernel module.
.
Font heights may be used in order to figure out the real
size of the symbols on the console. For
reference, the font used when the computer boots has size 16.
Template: console-setup/charmap
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: UTF-8
_Description: Encoding to use on the console:
Template: console-setup/ttys
Type: string
Default: /dev/tty[1-6]
_Description: Virtual consoles in use:
Please enter a space-delimited list of virtual consoles you use. The usual
Unix filename wildcards are allowed (*, ? and [...]).
.
If you are unsure, then use the default /dev/tty[1-6] which stands for six
virtual consoles. If you use devfs, then enter /dev/vc/[1-6] instead.
Template: console-setup/toggle
Type: select
__Choices: Caps Lock, Right Alt, Right Control, Right Shift, Right Logo key,
Menu key, Alt+Shift, Control+Shift, Control+Alt, Alt+Caps Lock, Left
Control+Left Shift, Left Alt, Left Control, Left Shift, Left Logo key, Scroll
Lock key, No toggling
Default: Alt+Shift
_Description: Method for toggling between national and Latin mode:
You will need a way to toggle the keyboard between the national
layout and the standard Latin layout.
.
Right Alt or Caps Lock keys are often chosen for ergonomic reasons
(in the latter case, use the combination Shift+Caps Lock for normal Caps
toggle). Alt+Shift is also a popular combination; it will
however lose its usual behavior in Emacs and other programs
that use it for specific needs.
.
Not all listed keys are present on all keyboards.
Template: console-setup/switch
Type: select
__Choices: No temporary switch, Both Logo keys, Right Alt, Right Logo key, Left
Alt, Left Logo key
Default: No temporary switch
_Description: Method for temporarily toggling between national and Latin input:
When the keyboard is in national mode and one wants to type only a few
Latin letters, it might be more appropriate to switch temporarily to
Latin mode. The keyboard remains in that mode as long as the chosen key is
kept pressed. That key may also be used ton input national letters when
the keyboard is in Latin mode.
.
You can disable this feature by choosing "No temporary switch".
Template: console-setup/altgr
Type: select
__Choices: No AltGr key, Right Alt, Right Control, Right Logo key, Menu key,
Left Alt, Left Logo key, Keypad Enter key, Both Logo keys, Both Alt keys
Default: Right Alt
_Description: AltGr key replacement:
With some keyboard layouts, AltGr is a modifier key used to input
some characters, primarily ones that are unusual for the language of the
keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters.
These are often printed as a third symbol on keys.
Template: console-setup/compose
Type: select
__Choices: No compose key, Right Alt, Right Control, Right Logo key, Menu key,
Left Logo key, Caps Lock
Default: No compose key
_Description: Compose key:
The Compose key (known also as Multi_key) causes the computer to interpret
the next few keystrokes as a combination in order to produce a character
not found on the keyboard.
.
On the text console the Compose key does not work in Unicode mode. If not
in Unicode mode, regardless of what you choose here, you can always also
use the Alt+period combination as a Compose key.
Template: console-setup/modelcode
Type: string
Description: for internal use
Template: console-setup/layoutcode
Type: string
Description: for internal use
Template: console-setup/variantcode
Type: string
Description: for internal use
Template: console-setup/optionscode
Type: string
Description: for internal use
Template: console-setup/fontsize
Type: string
Description: for internal use
Template: console-setup/codesetcode
Type: string
Description: for internal use
--- console-setup.old/debian/console-setup.templates 2009-03-01
09:18:35.812738290 +0100
+++ console-setup/debian/console-setup.templates 2009-03-02
08:03:59.728589514 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
Type: select
__Choices: . Arabic, # Armenian, # Cyrillic - KOI8-R and KOI8-U, # Cyrillic -
non-Slavic languages, # Cyrillic - Slavic languages (also Bosnian and Serbian
Latin), . Ethiopic, # Georgian, # Greek, # Hebrew, # Lao, # Latin1 and Latin5 -
western Europe and Turkic languages, # Latin2 - central Europe and Romanian, #
Latin3 and Latin8 - Chichewa; Esperanto; Irish; Maltese and Welsh, # Latin7 -
Lithuanian; Latvian; Maori and Marshallese, . Latin - Vietnamese, # Thai, .
Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Hebrew; basic Arabic, . Combined - Latin;
Slavic Cyrillic; Greek, . Combined - Latin; Slavic and non-Slavic Cyrillic
Default: . Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Hebrew; basic Arabic
-_Description: Set of characters that should be supported by the console font:
+_Description: Character set to support:
+ Please choose the character set that should be supported by the console font.
+ .
If you don't use a framebuffer, the choices that start with "." will
reduce the number of available colors on the console.
@@ -26,8 +28,8 @@
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
_Description: Keyboard layout:
- There is more than one keyboard layout with the origin you selected.
- Please select the layout matching your keyboard.
+ There is more than one possible keyboard layout with the origin you selected.
+ Please select the layout matching the keyboard for this machine.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_config_layout
Type: boolean
@@ -35,21 +37,23 @@
_Description: Keep unsupported settings in configuration file?
The configuration file /etc/default/console-setup specifies a
keyboard layout (${XKBLAYOUT}) which is not supported
- by the configuration program. Do you want to keep it?
+ by the configuration program.
.
- If you choose to keep it then no questions about the keyboard layout
- will be asked and your current configuration will be preserved.
+ Please choose whether you want to keep it. If you choose this option,
+ no questions about the keyboard layout
+ will be asked and the current configuration will be preserved.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_layout
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Keep default keyboard layout (${XKBLAYOUT})?
- The default value for the keyboard layout is based on your
- language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This default
+ The default value for the keyboard layout is based on the
+ language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This default
value is ${XKBLAYOUT} and it is is not supported
- by the configuration program. Do you want to keep it?
+ by the configuration program.
.
- If you choose to keep it then no questions about the keyboard layout
+ Please choose whether you want to keep it. If you choose this option,
+ no questions about the keyboard layout
will be asked.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_config_options
@@ -58,16 +62,16 @@
_Description: Keep unsupported options (${XKBOPTIONS})?
The configuration file /etc/default/console-setup specifies options
for the keyboard layout (${XKBOPTIONS}) that are not
- supported by the configuration program. Do you want to keep them?
+ supported by the configuration program.
Template: console-setup/unsupported_options
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Keep unsupported options (${XKBOPTIONS})?
The default value for the options of the keyboard layout is based on
- your language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This
+ your language/region and the settings in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. This
default value is ${XKBOPTIONS} and it is not supported
- by the configuration program. Do you want to keep it?
+ by the configuration program.
Template: console-setup/fontface
Type: select
@@ -77,14 +81,11 @@
# lists. If you decide to use formatted lists then keep the lines
# relatively short.
_Description: Font for the console:
- Please choose the font face you would like to use on Linux console.
- .
- - VGA has a traditional appearance and has medium coverage
- of international scripts;
- - Fixed has a simplistic appearance and has better coverage
- of international scripts;
- - Terminus is aimed to reduce eye fatigue, though some symbols
- have a similar aspect which may be a problem for programmers.
+ "VGA" has a traditional appearance and has medium coverage of
+ international scripts. "Fixed" has a simplistic appearance and has
+ better coverage of international scripts. "Terminus" is aimed to
+ reduce eye fatigue, though some symbols have a similar aspect which
+ may be a problem for programmers.
.
If you prefer a bold version of the Terminus font, then choose
TerminusBold if you use a framebuffer, otherwise TerminusBoldVGA.
@@ -94,32 +95,32 @@
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: 16
_Description: Font size:
- Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. For
- reference, the font your computer starts with has size 16.
+ Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. For
+ reference, the font used when the computer boots has size 16.
Template: console-setup/fontsize-fb
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: 16
_Description: Font size:
- Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. When the
- size is represented as a plain number then the corresponding font can
- be used with all console drivers and the number measures the height
- of the symbols (in number of scan lines). Otherwise the size has the
- format HEIGHTxWIDTH and the corresponding fonts can be used only if
- you use framebuffer and the kbd console package (console-tools
- doesn't work for such fonts). Currently these fonts cannot be used
- if the framebuffer you use is based on the RadeonFB kernel module.
- .
- You can use the height of the fonts in order to figure out the real
- size of the symbols on the console. For reference, the font your
- computer starts with has height 16.
+ Please select the size of the font for the Linux console.
+ Simple integers correspond to fonts can
+ be used with all console drivers. The number then represents the
+ font height (number of scan lines). Alternatively, the font may
+ be represented as HEIGHTxWIDTH: such fonts can be used only with
+ the framebuffer and the kbd console package (not with console-tools).
+ These fonts cannot be used
+ if the framebuffer is based on the RadeonFB kernel module.
+ .
+ Font heights may be used in order to figure out the real
+ size of the symbols on the console. For
+ reference, the font used when the computer boots has size 16.
Template: console-setup/charmap
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: UTF-8
-_Description: Encoding on the console:
+_Description: Encoding to use on the console:
Template: console-setup/ttys
Type: string
@@ -137,30 +138,28 @@
Default: Alt+Shift
_Description: Method for toggling between national and Latin mode:
You will need a way to toggle the keyboard between the national
- layout and the standard Latin layout. Several options are available.
+ layout and the standard Latin layout.
.
- The most ergonomic choices seem to be the right Alt and the Caps Lock keys
+ Right Alt or Caps Lock keys are often chosen for ergonomic reasons
(in the latter case, use the combination Shift+Caps Lock for normal Caps
- toggle). Another popular choice is the Alt+Shift combination; note
- however that in this case the combination Alt+Shift (or Control+Shift if
- you choose it) will lose its usual meaning in Emacs and other programs
- using it.
+ toggle). Alt+Shift is also a popular combination; it will
+ however lose its usual behavior in Emacs and other programs
+ that use it for specific needs.
.
- Note that the listed keys are not present on all keyboards.
+ Not all listed keys are present on all keyboards.
Template: console-setup/switch
Type: select
__Choices: No temporary switch, Both Logo keys, Right Alt, Right Logo key,
Left Alt, Left Logo key
Default: No temporary switch
_Description: Method for temporarily toggling between national and Latin input:
- Sometimes the keyboard is in national mode and you want to type only a few
- Latin letters. In this case it may be desirable to have a key for
- temporarily switching between national and Latin symbols. While this key
- is pressed in national mode, the keyboard types Latin letters. Conversely,
- when the keyboard is in Latin mode and this key is pressed, the keyboard
- will type national letters.
+ When the keyboard is in national mode and one wants to type only a few
+ Latin letters, it might be more appropriate to switch temporarily to
+ Latin mode. The keyboards remains in that mode as long as the chosen key is
+ kept pressed. That key may also be used ton input national letters when
+ the keyboard is in Latin mode.
.
- If you don't like this feature, choose the option "No temporary switch".
+ You can disable this feature by choosing "No temporary switch".
Template: console-setup/altgr
Type: select
@@ -169,10 +168,8 @@
_Description: AltGr key replacement:
With some keyboard layouts, AltGr is a modifier key used to input
some characters, primarily ones that are unusual for the language of the
- keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters.
- If a key has a third symbol on it (on the front vertical face or the
- bottom right of the key top, sometimes in a different color), then AltGr
- is often the means of eliciting that symbol.
+ keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters.
+ These are often printed as a third symbol on keys.
Template: console-setup/compose
Type: select
--- console-setup.old/debian/control 2009-03-01 09:18:35.800590228 +0100
+++ console-setup/debian/control 2009-03-02 08:08:40.172618435 +0100
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, console-terminus (>= 4.26), xkb-data
(>= 0.9)
Suggests: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Conflicts: lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6), lsb-base (<< 3.0-6)
-Description: Set up the font and the keyboard on the console
- The package provides the Linux console with the same versatile
- keyboard configuration that the X Window System uses. As a result
+Description: console font and keymap setup program
+ This package provides the Linux console with the same
+ keyboard configuration scheme than X Window System. As a result,
there is no need to duplicate or change the keyboard files just to
make simple customisations such as the use of dead keys, the key
functioning as AltGr or Compose key, the key(s) to switch between
@@ -36,13 +36,23 @@
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Suggests: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Conflicts: console-setup, console-terminus, lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<<
2.0-6), lsb-base (<< 3.0-6)
-Description: An experimental micro version of console-setup package
- This package can be useful when Debian system is installed on
- handhelds or other devices with small storage space. It was created
- as proof of concept for a method to implement versatile keyboard
- configuration in the Debian installer.
+Description: console font and keymap setup program - reduced version
+ This package provides the Linux console with the same
+ keyboard configuration scheme than X Window System. As a result,
+ there is no need to duplicate or change the keyboard files just to
+ make simple customisations such as the use of dead keys, the key
+ functioning as AltGr or Compose key, the key(s) to switch between
+ Latin and non-Latin mode, etc.
+ .
+ The package also contains console fonts supporting many of the
+ world's languages. It provides an unified set of font faces - the
+ classic VGA, the simplistic Fixed, and the cleaned Terminus,
+ TerminusBold and TerminusBoldVGA.
+ .
+ This package can be useful for
+ handhelds or other devices with small storage space.
.
- This package supports only UTF-8. The legacy 8-bit encodings are not
+ The package supports only UTF-8. Legacy 8-bit encodings are not
supported.
Package: bdf2psf
@@ -50,13 +60,13 @@
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Depends: perl
-Description: Font converter to generate console fonts from BDF source fonts
- This is a command line converter that can be used in scripts to build
+Description: font converter to generate console fonts from BDF source fonts
+ This package provides a command-line converter that can be used in scripts to
build
automatically console fonts from BDF sources. The converter comes
with a collection of font encodings that cover many of the world
- languages; notice that the font encoding (so called SFM) does not
- need to follow the actually used encoding (so called ACM). When the
- source font does not define a glyph for a symbol in the font encoding
+ languages. The font encoding (so-called SFM) does not
+ need to follow the used encoding (so-called ACM). When the
+ source font does not define a glyph for a symbol in the font encoding,
the glyph position in the console font is not wasted but used for
another symbol.
.
@@ -84,7 +94,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for amiga keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Amiga keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Package: console-setup-ataritt-ekmap
@@ -92,7 +102,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for ataritt keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Ataritt keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Package: console-setup-macintoshold-ekmap
@@ -100,7 +110,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for macintoshold keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for old-style Macintosh keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Package: console-setup-pc-ekmap
@@ -108,7 +118,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for pc keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for PC keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Package: console-setup-sun4-ekmap
@@ -116,7 +126,7 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for sun4 keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Sun4 keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Package: console-setup-sun5-ekmap
@@ -124,13 +134,13 @@
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Encoded keyboard layouts for sun5 keyboards
+Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Sun5 keyboards
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Package: console-setup-fonts-udeb
Section: debian-installer
Priority: extra
Architecture: all
-Description: Console fonts for Debian Installer
+Description: console fonts for Debian Installer
XC-Package-Type: udeb
Source: console-setup Section: utils Priority: optional Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org> Uploaders: Anton Zinoviev <zinov...@debian.org>, Christian Perrier <bubu...@debian.org> Build-Depends-Indep: perl, libxml-parser-perl, xkb-data (>= 0.9) Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), po-debconf Standards-Version: 3.7.3 Vcs-Svn: svn://svn.debian.org/d-i/trunk/packages/console-setup Package: console-setup Section: utils Architecture: all Recommends: kbd (>= 0.99-12) | console-tools (>= 1:0.2.3-16) Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, console-terminus (>= 4.26), xkb-data (>= 0.9) Suggests: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) Conflicts: lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6), lsb-base (<< 3.0-6) Description: console font and keymap setup program This package provides the Linux console with the same keyboard configuration scheme than X Window System. As a result, there is no need to duplicate or change the keyboard files just to make simple customisations such as the use of dead keys, the key functioning as AltGr or Compose key, the key(s) to switch between Latin and non-Latin mode, etc. . The package also contains console fonts supporting many of the world's languages. It provides an unified set of font faces - the classic VGA, the simplistic Fixed, and the cleaned Terminus, TerminusBold and TerminusBoldVGA. Package: console-setup-mini Section: utils Priority: extra Architecture: all Recommends: kbd | console-tools Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 Suggests: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) Conflicts: console-setup, console-terminus, lsb-core (<< 2.0-6), lsb (<< 2.0-6), lsb-base (<< 3.0-6) Description: console font and keymap setup program - reduced version This package provides the Linux console with the same keyboard configuration scheme than X Window System. As a result, there is no need to duplicate or change the keyboard files just to make simple customisations such as the use of dead keys, the key functioning as AltGr or Compose key, the key(s) to switch between Latin and non-Latin mode, etc. . The package also contains console fonts supporting many of the world's languages. It provides an unified set of font faces - the classic VGA, the simplistic Fixed, and the cleaned Terminus, TerminusBold and TerminusBoldVGA. . This package can be useful for handhelds or other devices with small storage space. . The package supports only UTF-8. Legacy 8-bit encodings are not supported. Package: bdf2psf Architecture: all Section: utils Priority: optional Depends: perl Description: font converter to generate console fonts from BDF source fonts This package provides a command-line converter that can be used in scripts to build automatically console fonts from BDF sources. The converter comes with a collection of font encodings that cover many of the world languages. The font encoding (so-called SFM) does not need to follow the used encoding (so-called ACM). When the source font does not define a glyph for a symbol in the font encoding, the glyph position in the console font is not wasted but used for another symbol. . When deciding about the position in the font for a particular glyph, the converter takes into account that in text video modes the video adapter copies the 8th column of the glyph matrix of symbols positioned in the pseudographic area to the 9th column. In order to create fonts for text video modes the width of the glyph matrix of the source BDF font should be 7, 8 or 9 pixels, otherwise the converter creates fonts suitable for framebuffer only. Package: console-setup-udeb Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Depends: console-setup-ekmap, console-setup-fonts-udeb, archdetect, cdebconf-udeb, kbd-udeb Provides: keyboard-setup Architecture: all Description: Configure the keyboard This is an experimental replacement of kbd-chooser. XC-Package-Type: udeb XB-Installer-Menu-Item: 1200 Package: console-setup-amiga-ekmap Provides: console-setup-ekmap Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Architecture: all Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Amiga keyboards XC-Package-Type: udeb Package: console-setup-ataritt-ekmap Provides: console-setup-ekmap Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Architecture: all Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Ataritt keyboards XC-Package-Type: udeb Package: console-setup-macintoshold-ekmap Provides: console-setup-ekmap Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Architecture: all Description: encoded keyboard layouts for old-style Macintosh keyboards XC-Package-Type: udeb Package: console-setup-pc-ekmap Provides: console-setup-ekmap Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Architecture: all Description: encoded keyboard layouts for PC keyboards XC-Package-Type: udeb Package: console-setup-sun4-ekmap Provides: console-setup-ekmap Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Architecture: all Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Sun4 keyboards XC-Package-Type: udeb Package: console-setup-sun5-ekmap Provides: console-setup-ekmap Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Architecture: all Description: encoded keyboard layouts for Sun5 keyboards XC-Package-Type: udeb Package: console-setup-fonts-udeb Section: debian-installer Priority: extra Architecture: all Description: console fonts for Debian Installer XC-Package-Type: udeb
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