On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 02:05:59PM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote: > 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.
The frontend receives an opaque string to display. I don't want it to guess which part is the filename. If truncating is really the right solution, the postinst should request the maximum width from cdebconf and do the truncating itself. -- Matty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
