Re: libdialog strangeness after source upgrade to head/9.0BETA1
On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 08:31:13AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > >I think this behavior (already in several Linux distros) is really far more > >intuitive that the old FreeBSD version, but it is a bit disconcerting at > >first. It really does not take much to get used to and I think anyone who > >is either new to Unix or familiar with most Linux distros will be far less > >confused. > > > >For the record, you change options with and accepts > >the current action button; usually "OK" or "Cancel". moves > >between action buttons. > > The old dialog has a green highlight that shows which button has the > current focus. Space or Enter is effectively a mouse click on the > current button. It might be a different color scheme - when I run dialog it shows the highlighted button in yellow text on a blue background, while the unhighlighted button is uncolored. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net pgpM6Ssj9B1iy.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: libdialog strangeness after source upgrade to head/9.0BETA1
On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Kevin Oberman wrote: I think this behavior (already in several Linux distros) is really far more intuitive that the old FreeBSD version, but it is a bit disconcerting at first. It really does not take much to get used to and I think anyone who is either new to Unix or familiar with most Linux distros will be far less confused. For the record, you change options with and accepts the current action button; usually "OK" or "Cancel". moves between action buttons. The old dialog has a green highlight that shows which button has the current focus. Space or Enter is effectively a mouse click on the current button. Maybe we need to add a screen at the start of the installation warning that dialog behavior has changed. Or "Space to toggle options, arrows to move, Tab to move highlight, Enter to accept highlighted action" instructions in the border of the dialog window. Or, in my case, "Now you have two kinds of activate keys--guess which does what!" ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: libdialog strangeness after source upgrade to head/9.0BETA1
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 3:05 AM, Jakub Lach wrote: > Hello. > > I svn-switched my 8-STABLE to head, and > upgrade went reasonable well. > > (9-STABLE will be my preferred/final > destination, but test boots with BETA1 > img stick looked problem free enough > to start messing early.) > > While recreating ports, only real glitch was > that apparently pkg_cleanup is not yet 9 > ready, but I commented BROKEN line and > it seemed to work normally anyway. > > After all ports were recreated, I booted to > X, and tried to run pkg_cleanup again, only > this time pressing return ended dialog, so I > couldn't check/ uncheck any boxes. > > At first I thought this is why it's marked > BROKEN on 9, but apparently make config > has the same symptoms. > > that is, > > - pressing return ends dialog > > Any ideas what I have screwed up > (starting from scratch not counting) > ? I think this behavior (already in several Linux distros) is really far more intuitive that the old FreeBSD version, but it is a bit disconcerting at first. It really does not take much to get used to and I think anyone who is either new to Unix or familiar with most Linux distros will be far less confused. For the record, you change options with and accepts the current action button; usually "OK" or "Cancel". moves between action buttons. Maybe we need to add a screen at the start of the installation warning that dialog behavior has changed. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer - Retired E-mail: kob6...@gmail.com ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: libdialog strangeness after source upgrade to head/9.0BETA1
On 08/08/2011 11:05, Jakub Lach wrote: Any ideas what I have screwed up (starting from scratch not counting) ? (Unfortunately) it's working as designed: space toggles options and pressing return/enter now presses the active button. You can use tab to move between fields and buttons when there are more than 2 fields. -- Bruce Cran ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
libdialog strangeness after source upgrade to head/9.0BETA1
Hello. I svn-switched my 8-STABLE to head, and upgrade went reasonable well. (9-STABLE will be my preferred/final destination, but test boots with BETA1 img stick looked problem free enough to start messing early.) While recreating ports, only real glitch was that apparently pkg_cleanup is not yet 9 ready, but I commented BROKEN line and it seemed to work normally anyway. After all ports were recreated, I booted to X, and tried to run pkg_cleanup again, only this time pressing return ended dialog, so I couldn't check/ uncheck any boxes. At first I thought this is why it's marked BROKEN on 9, but apparently make config has the same symptoms. that is, - pressing return ends dialog Any ideas what I have screwed up (starting from scratch not counting) ? best regards, - Jakub Lach -- View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/libdialog-strangeness-after-source-upgrade-to-head-9-0BETA1-tp4677182p4677182.html Sent from the freebsd-current mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
