On Tue, 2001-09-25 at 01:36, Joey Hess wrote: > Daniel Burrows wrote: > > When using the Gnome frontend for debconf to configure the latest locales > > upload, I get a list of checkboxes that's about 3 times the height of > > my screen. I don't know whose fault this is (which is why I'm not filing > > a bug), but it should be fixed, either by having debconf handle this > > sanely in the Gnome frontend, or by not passing such a long list of > > selections > > to it. > > Yeah I know about this problem (I have a 480 pixel high screen..). > > This should be fixed in debconf, but I don't know how to do it. Fixing > it right requires getting the gnome wizard widget to add a scrollbar > somehow, so the page of widgets can be scrolled around. If someone who > knows how can help, I'd love to do that.
just add a GtkScrolled at the top level. i'll do that for you (it is quite easy) if you tell me were the widget is built. > In the shorter term, there's really no reason for the gnome frontend to > use a series of checkboxes for a multiselect question, when it could > just use a single multi-select list. I can probably figure out how to do > this on my own, and it's already on my TODO list, but again any help > would be appreciated, as I'm not too familiar with gnome or gtk. i think that a series of checks is more clear than a single multiselect (if the choiches are limited). i know quite well gtk, if nobody else volunteers i'll look into that tomorrow. ciao, federico -- Federico Di Gregorio MIXAD LIVE Chief of Research & Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qu'est ce que la folie? Juste un sentiment de liberté si fort qu'on en oublie ce qui nous rattache au monde... -- J. de Loctra
