Bug#972832: dialog: can't change menu border lines [SOLVED]
Oops...just to the add the aimed 'SOLVED' Ennio -- [Perché usare Win$ozz (dico io) se ..."anche uno sciocco sa farlo. \\?// Fà qualche cosa di cui non sei capace!" (diceva Henry Miller) (°|°) [Why use Win$ozz (I say) if ... "even a fool can do that. .)=(. Do something you aren't good at!" (as Henry Miller used to say)] /_\
Bug#972832: dialog: can't change menu border lines
* Thomas Dickey [221120, 13:45]: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 05:42:05PM +0100, ennio wrote: > > * Thomas Dickey [281020, 20:09]: > ... > > Ok, I'm enclosing the test-menu file 'p_menu.sh' and a shortned > > '.dialogrc' used for my many tests. I tried with a full .dialogrc file > > as well with the same identical results... > ... > > # -- > > > > # Run-time configuration file for dialog > > # > > # Automatically generated by "dialog --create-rc " > > # > > [big cut] > > The basic problem is that there are color combinations which aren't set. > Referring to samples/debian.rc, these at the end of the file are the > missing settings that deal with the border colors: > > # Dialog box border2 color > border2_color = dialog_color [***] -> for upper left inner > box > > # Input box border2 color > inputbox_border2_color = dialog_color > > # Search box border2 color > searchbox_border2_color = dialog_color > > # Menu box border2 color > menubox_border2_color = dialog_color [***] -> for lower right extl. > box > > In particular, the last one is what your configuration needs. I had to employ both the first and last line, as shown above, but now everything is as I wanted it to be. > > Offhand, I believe those were introduced here: > > 2011/10/18 > + add color table entries for secondary borders, i.e., the ones that > are normally drawn with the dialog's text-colors (Debian #641168). > Yes, that's correct > Thomas E. Dickey > https://invisible-island.net > ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net Thomas, I thank you very much indeed and very deeply for your help while blaming myself for not having been so 'quick minded' as to look into old bugs and changelogs and to run when updating the dialog pkg. Alas! That's what happens when we become elders... Have my best regards and thanks again, Ennio -- [Perché usare Win$ozz (dico io) se ..."anche uno sciocco sa farlo. \\?// Fà qualche cosa di cui non sei capace!" (diceva Henry Miller) (°|°) [Why use Win$ozz (I say) if ... "even a fool can do that. .)=(. Do something you aren't good at!" (as Henry Miller used to say)] /_\
Bug#972832: dialog: can't change menu border lines
On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 05:42:05PM +0100, ennio wrote: > * Thomas Dickey [281020, 20:09]: ... > Ok, I'm enclosing the test-menu file 'p_menu.sh' and a shortned > '.dialogrc' used for my many tests. I tried with a full .dialogrc file > as well with the same identical results... ... > # -- > > # Run-time configuration file for dialog > # > # Automatically generated by "dialog --create-rc " > # > # > # Types of values: > # > # Number - > # String - "string" > # Boolean- > # Attribute - (foreground,background,highlight?) > # > > > # Shadow dialog boxes? This also turns on color. > use_shadow = Off > > # Turn color support ON or OFF > use_colors = ON > > # Screen color - NB: il secondo colore determina il background > screen_color = (CYAN,BLACK,ON) > > # Dialog box color > dialog_color = (BLACK,BLACK,ON) > #okok(CYAN,BLACK,ON) > > # Dialog box title color > title_color = (RED,BLACK,ON) > > # Dialog box border color - NB: interessa le righe super., infer. e a sx > border_color = (CYAN,BLACK,ON) > > # Menu box color > menubox_color = (cyan,black,on) > > # Menu box border color -> influenza angolo basso dx -> se si commenta, > # sballano i colori ma le righe restano lì > menubox_border_color = (CYAN,BLACK,ON) > > # Item color -> influenza la descrizione dgli item, a destra > item_color = (CYAN,BLACK,ON) > > # Selected item color > item_selected_color = (white,red,on) > > # Tag color -> influenza la parte sx degli item > tag_color = (cyan,black,on) > > # Selected tag color > tag_selected_color = (YELLOW,BLUE,ON) > > # Tag key color > tag_key_color = (RED,WHITE,OFF) > > # Selected tag key color > tag_key_selected_color = (white,red,on) > > # Up arrow color > uarrow_color = (GREEN,WHITE,ON) > > # Down arrow color > darrow_color = (GREEN,WHITE,ON) > > # Item help-text color > itemhelp_color = (WHITE,BLACK,OFF) > The basic problem is that there are color combinations which aren't set. Referring to samples/debian.rc, these at the end of the file are the missing settings that deal with the border colors: # Dialog box border2 color border2_color = dialog_color # Input box border2 color inputbox_border2_color = dialog_color # Search box border2 color searchbox_border2_color = dialog_color # Menu box border2 color menubox_border2_color = dialog_color In particular, the last one is what your configuration needs. Offhand, I believe those were introduced here: 2011/10/18 + add color table entries for secondary borders, i.e., the ones that are normally drawn with the dialog's text-colors (Debian #641168). -- Thomas E. Dickey https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#972832: dialog: can't change menu border lines
On Sun, Oct 25, 2020 at 10:44:46PM +0100, Ennio-Sr wrote: > In reply to: > > > > From: Thomas Dickey > > To: 972...@bugs.debian.org > > Cc: 972832-submit...@bugs.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Bug#972832: dialog: can't change menu border lines > > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:27:13 -0400 > > > > [Message part 1 > > <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=0;bug=972832;msg=10> > > (text/plain, inline)] > > > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 06:17:39PM +0200, Ennio-Sr wrote: > > > Package: dialog > > > Version: 1.3-20160828-2 > > > Severity: minor > > > > > > Hi all! > > > > > > As I like to work on virtual console with black background, when I try to > > > use dialog with my personalized colors (and a .dialogrc file) the 'upper > > > left inner box' and 'lower right external box' lines appear as black > > > lines on white background, whereas the remaining lines come out on a black > > > background as the whole dialog background. > > > Deleting the .dialogrc file the corner lines are still in differnet > > > colors, but on the same 'grey' background. > > > > I'd start by seeing if this option helps: > > > >--no-shadow > > Suppress shadows that would be drawn to the right and bottom > > of > > each dialog box. > > > > -- > > Thomas E. Dickey > > https://invisible-island.netftp://ftp.invisible-island.net > > Thanks for your reply! > Unluckily the --no-shadow option doesn't solve the problem as my > foreground is black. > But, if I delete the .dialogrc file the whole screen foreground is > blue. In this case I can see that the --no-shadow eliminates the right > end corner (black) shadow but not the problem described above. > > Afaic understand, in the dialog structure the border lines are written > as 'black on white fg' which does not go well on my black background. > Perhaps I should modify some of the dialog sources files but I don't > know how and which one to adjust... > > Regards, > Ennio > > PS: If necessary I could send a copy of the script I'm testing with an > abridged .dialogrc. But where to send it? As an attachement or within a > massage (with '<< EOF - EOF')? attachments are good, because they can be saved without loss of detail. -- Thomas E. Dickey https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#972832: dialog: can't change menu border lines
In reply to: > > From: Thomas Dickey > To: 972...@bugs.debian.org > Cc: 972832-submit...@bugs.debian.org > Subject: Re: Bug#972832: dialog: can't change menu border lines > Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 16:27:13 -0400 > > [Message part 1 > <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?att=0;bug=972832;msg=10> > (text/plain, inline)] > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 06:17:39PM +0200, Ennio-Sr wrote: > > Package: dialog > > Version: 1.3-20160828-2 > > Severity: minor > > > > Hi all! > > > > As I like to work on virtual console with black background, when I try to > > use dialog with my personalized colors (and a .dialogrc file) the 'upper > > left inner box' and 'lower right external box' lines appear as black > > lines on white background, whereas the remaining lines come out on a black > > background as the whole dialog background. > > Deleting the .dialogrc file the corner lines are still in differnet > > colors, but on the same 'grey' background. > > I'd start by seeing if this option helps: > >--no-shadow > Suppress shadows that would be drawn to the right and bottom of > each dialog box. > > -- > Thomas E. Dickey > https://invisible-island.netftp://ftp.invisible-island.net Thanks for your reply! Unluckily the --no-shadow option doesn't solve the problem as my foreground is black. But, if I delete the .dialogrc file the whole screen foreground is blue. In this case I can see that the --no-shadow eliminates the right end corner (black) shadow but not the problem described above. Afaic understand, in the dialog structure the border lines are written as 'black on white fg' which does not go well on my black background. Perhaps I should modify some of the dialog sources files but I don't know how and which one to adjust... Regards, Ennio PS: If necessary I could send a copy of the script I'm testing with an abridged .dialogrc. But where to send it? As an attachement or within a massage (with '<< EOF - EOF')? -- [Perché usare Win$ozz (dico io) se ..."anche uno sciocco sa farlo. \\?// Fà qualche cosa di cui non sei capace!" (diceva Henry Miller) (°|°) [Why use Win$ozz (I say) if ... "even a fool can do that. .)=(. Do something you aren't good at!" (as Henry Miller used to say)] /_\
Bug#972832: dialog: can't change menu border lines
On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 06:17:39PM +0200, Ennio-Sr wrote: > Package: dialog > Version: 1.3-20160828-2 > Severity: minor > > Hi all! > > As I like to work on virtual console with black background, when I try to > use dialog with my personalized colors (and a .dialogrc file) the 'upper > left inner box' and 'lower right external box' lines appear as black > lines on white background, whereas the remaining lines come out on a black > background as the whole dialog background. > Deleting the .dialogrc file the corner lines are still in differnet > colors, but on the same 'grey' background. I'd start by seeing if this option helps: --no-shadow Suppress shadows that would be drawn to the right and bottom of each dialog box. -- Thomas E. Dickey https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#972832: dialog: can't change menu border lines
Package: dialog Version: 1.3-20160828-2 Severity: minor Hi all! As I like to work on virtual console with black background, when I try to use dialog with my personalized colors (and a .dialogrc file) the 'upper left inner box' and 'lower right external box' lines appear as black lines on white background, whereas the remaining lines come out on a black background as the whole dialog background. Deleting the .dialogrc file the corner lines are still in differnet colors, but on the same 'grey' background. What can I do to correct these results? Thanks for your attention, Ennio PS: My PC is quite old and I'm afraid there would be no room to upgrade and install a newer dialog version -- System Information: Debian Release: 9.13 APT prefers oldstable-updates APT policy: (500, 'oldstable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages dialog depends on: ii debianutils 4.8.1.1 ii libc6 2.24-11+deb9u4 ii libncursesw5 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2 ii libtinfo5 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u2 dialog recommends no packages. dialog suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
