2016-02-22 23:12 Vincent Lefevre:
On 2016-02-22 21:22:44 +0000, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:
I had to do some changes to the size due to #810221 -- the fields Broken
and Download size are more important than host for most people, I guess.
I don't think they need much precision (3 or 4 digits is enough).
Also note that the host is truncated even when there is no size
information. For instance:
aptitude 0.7.6 @ cven
and that's all with a 80-column terminal!
I don't recall the details, but I think that aptitude/cwidget reserve
the space even if the other fields don't have any text in them, and
there are fields for "Broken", "Will use/free space", and "DL Size".
The minimum for the hostname should be 8, expandable but not shrinkable,
but either it's not doing that or it overcommits space available and
then shinks anyway.
Some people like the hostname being there, but I am still wondering if
it was an error to honour that request and enable it by default, because
we have had 2 reports because of it in a short time.
I think that it is nice to have it since there is space for it
(see above). I also have the hostname in my window title, but
when I run SSH in screen, it may or may not be updated, depending
on the context. Having it in aptitude is more informative.
Noted.
Due to the rules of creating columns in aptitude/cwidget, this is a bit
of a mess (it needs to reserve space beforehand even if the line appears
empty).
How about defining only one column and build the line yourself?
In any case, something has to give, and it's impossible to
support largish hostnames in 80-width characters anyway.
I get:
aptitude 0.7.6 @ cven Will free 357 kB of disk spa DL Size: 38.8 MB
I don't understand why both the hostname and "disk space" are
truncated. Also, instead of "Will free 357 kB of disk spa",
which should be "Will free 357 kB of disk space", how about:
Disk: -357 kB
(with the sign - for "free" and + for "use").
Note that "space" and "size" are redundant with the kB/MB/... size unit.
Instead of "DL Size:", you could write "DL:" or "Download:".
Actually, when fiddling with the above I thought about rephrasing
specially the longer "Will free...", maybe somethink like "Disk after
install: blah", "Disk usage change: blah", "Disk usage: blah" or
similar. Not much shorter but it will probably be enough. I am not
sure if just "Disk" is descriptive enough for new/casual users.
I didn't go ahead to try to not make it worse, or to make possibly
unnecessary changes that might unplease some users more avert to change
in general, or the new phrases in particular.
"DL" by itself is not very descriptive for new/casual users, and
"Download" is 8 chars (in English) vs 7 of "DL Size", so it doesn't help
with the length thing (although it is clearer).
Cheers.
--
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <[email protected]>
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