I think current jpkg behavior is ok. What should be done is as you suggested. Reformat description section inside manifest so that the first line is limited to a maximum width and tells summary of the package. Detail descriptions (if any) only start in the second line.
Чтв, 06 Янв 2011, David Mitchell писал(а): > Well, perhaps one approach would be to publish a "style guide" that > documents > the limits of the pacman display and suggests a maximum length for the > one-line > package description. The one line package descriptions only seem to be used > on > the pacman page, not on the description page. > > Since the only purpose of the one line description is to be included in the > pacman display, it seems as if it would be nice if it were helpful > determining > the most important function of the addon. > > I found that, imagining I was a new user, the one line description for tara > was > not helpful in determining much about that addon at all. > > I certainly would not expect that the full descriptions be included in the > pacman page. > > It does help to know that the full descriptions are available, but I felt > there > would be utility in having the one line descriptions be as meaningful as > possible. > > Another idea would be to make the one line descriptions clickable links that > take you to the long description for that addon. > > On 1/6/2011 16:03, Eric Iverson wrote: > > I misunderstood your original report. I assumed you meant the report > > resulting from pressing Descriptions button (which is complete and not > > truncated). > > > > I now understand your report but am not sure if anything can or should be > > done. Does knowing about that the full descriptions are available help? As > > Ric points out the other reports are necessarily summaries. > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:25 PM, David Mitchell<[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Please see this link: > >> > >> > >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DavidMitchell?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=pacman110106.png > >> > >> On 1/6/2011 11:54, Eric Iverson wrote: > >>> I don't see this in JHS pacman. Are you perhaps reporting a problem with > >>> JGTK pacman? > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:35 AM, David Mitchell<[email protected] > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> The pacman window (using Firefox) seems to cut off the descriptions of > >>>> packages > >>>> at an arbitrary width giving non-scrollable results like this: > >>>> > >>>> tables/tara 1.2.11 Platform independent system for reading > >> an... > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
