Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-10 Thread Denis Barbier
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 02:00:26PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:44:43AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > I would like to finish it tonight, my TODO currently contains: > > - When displaying select and multiselect questions, text height must > > be computed to not di

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-10 Thread Denis Barbier
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 09:16:30PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 02:00:26PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:44:43AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > > I would like to finish it tonight, my TODO currently contains: > > > - When displaying select an

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-09 Thread Denis Barbier
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 02:00:26PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:44:43AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > I would like to finish it tonight, my TODO currently contains: > > - When displaying select and multiselect questions, text height must > > be computed to not di

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-09 Thread Bastian Blank
On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:44:43AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > I would like to finish it tonight, my TODO currently contains: > - When displaying select and multiselect questions, text height must > be computed to not display more than a screen. which is a little bit a problem if the scree

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-09 Thread Denis Barbier
On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 12:17:44PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:12:24PM -0900, Joey Hess wrote: > > Hmm, depending on the terminal type, it may work to just print one line. > > I'm thinking of something like this: > > > > Scanning hardware..10%..20%..30%..40%..50%.. >

Re: Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-08 Thread bornagain
Joey Hess wrote: > Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:25:34AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > > It has not started, but it can be finished very fast when specifications > > > are written. There are several problems with this frontend: > > > * As you wrote in another message, pr

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-07 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:12:24PM -0900, Joey Hess wrote: > Hmm, depending on the terminal type, it may work to just print one line. > I'm thinking of something like this: > > Scanning hardware..10%..20%..30%..40%..50%.. It works at least on the 3215 terminals of a s390. Bastian -- A father d

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-06 Thread Joey Hess
Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:25:34AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > It has not started, but it can be finished very fast when specifications > > are written. There are several problems with this frontend: > > * As you wrote in another message, progress bars are unreadable o

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-06 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 10:35:16AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > Right, I suggest that '!' clears the entry, '?' displays a help message > and '<' goes back. This is not very user-friendly but at least it > should be more usable until someone provides a better solution. Currently it accepts '.' f

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-06 Thread Denis Barbier
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 09:22:04AM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: [...] > > * Backup must be supported. A simple solution is be to select a > > character which is not used alone, say '!' or '<'. This character > > (after Enter is pressed) will tell cdebconf to go back. A more > > sexy

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-06 Thread Bastian Blank
On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 12:25:34AM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > It has not started, but it can be finished very fast when specifications > are written. There are several problems with this frontend: > * As you wrote in another message, progress bars are unreadable on > dumb terminals. Mayb

Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-05 Thread Denis Barbier
[Cc debian-a11y since the text frontend is also used by access images] On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 10:11:21AM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote: > hi folks > > anyone knows how much work is necessary to finish the backup support in > the text frontend? It has not started, but it can be finished very fast w

cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

2004-03-05 Thread Bastian Blank
hi folks anyone knows how much work is necessary to finish the backup support in the text frontend? bastian -- Spock: The odds of surviving another attack are 13562190123 to 1, Captain. signature.asc Description: Digital signature