On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 05:48:42AM -0700, Matt Kraai wrote: > On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 10:55:17PM +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: > > With the "progress bar status text wrapping" patch that was made at > > debcamp, the dialog changes size all the time (it changes height) to > > make room for the new text. When the text changes frequently (like > > installing packages from a fast source) this makes the dialog box change > > size back and forth all the time, which flickers and is really really > > ugly. > > > > I'd propose keeping it at a fixed height (say, three lines) and simply > > cropping the text if it is larger than that -- alternatively, make the > > minimum height three lines and making it expand above that, which at > > least reduces the flickering considerably. > > This isn't such a problem on my 128-column console. :) > > I'd prefer to only let it grow, rather than truncate the text. > Here's the patch I'll commit if it passes testing.
It'll still look ugly, as it flickers between Retrieving: http://beast/debian/pool/main/e/ef/ef_0.3_ia64.udeb Retrieving: http://beast/debian/pool/main/e/efi-reader/efi-reader_0.3_ia64.udeb Retrieving: http://beast/debian/pool/main/l/long-efi-reader/long-efi-reader_0.3 _ia64.udeb I accept that it isn't a problem for your wide console, which is why I originally suggested that the frontend, which presumably knows the space it has available, should truncate the start of the path name. Giving something like: Retrieving: http://beast/debian/pool/main/e/ef/ef_0.3_ia64.udeb Retrieving: ...debian/pool/main/e/efi-reader/efi-reader_0.3_ia64.udeb Retrieving: ...l/main/l/long-efi-reader/long-efi-reader_0.3_ia64.udeb where the one interesting bit on information, the package name, is in a fairly consistent position on the screen. It is a bit ugly from a technical pov having the frontend know it has to truncate the start of the second component of the string, but it'll look a whole lot nicer. Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
