-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I'd like to suggest changing the format of the bug scripts for allowing non-text user interfaces to display important information. This is the history: 1. I'm writing a GTK+ UI for reportbug, now landed in trunk thanks to Sandro Tosi 2. When filing in bugs for packages having bug scripts, the information don't show up in GTK+ because it's fully shell script, so the user needs to switch to the terminal (if he can guess he has to) 3. Talking in #debian OFTC we discussed about reportbug-ng to have problems in handling those scripts
The problem: The bug script can ask twice for input and display output Current solutions: reportbug-ng: opens a terminal and popup-ups it to the user running the script reportbug gtk2 ui: uses FIFO and exports an hacked cat() function and the result is pretty good the UI (not applied) The proposal: I know it's bad to break compatibility but I also think keeping things with hacks and far from the GUI prospective can become obsolete and non user-friendly. First solution: change the scripts to use a bash function instead of cat <<EOF, like yesno() create a function display() without hacking cat() and keep going using a FIFO to deal with the UI Second solution: I don't know, I'm asking to you Many front-ends work on top of shell scripts, but the problem here is that the shell is interactive. If you think it's still better to spawn a terminal in the GUI to avoid shell hacks I won't bother anymore. Best regards, - -- http://syx.googlecode.com - Smalltalk YX http://lethalman.blogspot.com - Thoughts about computer technologies http://www.ammazzatecitutti.org - Ammazzateci tutti -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkjJEYcACgkQw9Qj+8Kak3GAYgCdFIqiqvTfjuOCxtVftg7hCJc5 BfAAn21zMTyJS/bf8R3PPkb45HByNbB+ =h2wj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
