I was wrong. it should be the caption not the description shown. Maybe pacman in gtkide do things in the hard way by parsing the caption out of the manifest. eg, full caption can be retrieved by
0!:0 'manifest'jpkg'tables/tara' 'CAPTION'~ Птн, 07 Янв 2011, David Mitchell писал(а): > Interestingly, pacman in gtkide seems to handle the current one line > descriptions without truncation: > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DavidMitchell?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=pacmangtkide110107.png > -- > > On 1/6/2011 21:22, bill lam wrote: > > 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
