Hi! On Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 10:10:14PM +0200, David Kalnischkies wrote: > On Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 08:08:35PM +0200, наб wrote: > > apt build-dep just asked me this in a sid chroot: > The reading order for the "new" column view is according to its name: > 111 4 77 > 22 55 888 > 3 666 9 hm. this is atrocious to me. is there a layout option that makes the text go from left to right instead of top to bottom? i expect to be reading polish or english (and, indeed, the UI and package names are english), so the mongolian layout is, well, baffling
> So: > > Suggested packages: > > autoconf-archive cargo-doc gettext-doc libssl-doc | > > fortran95-compiler apparmor libmail-box-perl libjs-mathjax > > gnu-standards python3 libasprintf-dev libtool-doc gcj-jdk > > less ri ruby-kramdown-parser-gfm > > autoconf-doc dh-make libgettextpo-dev gfortran m4-doc > > www-browser ruby-dev bundler > gfortan | fortran95-compiler you cannot in good conscience try to tell me that anyone in their right mind will EVER read it like this lol > > Recommended packages: > > curl | lynx imagemagick netpbm libarchive-cpio-perl > > libldap-common publicsuffix libltdl-dev zip > > fonts-lato > > | wget ghostscript libpaper1 psutils javascript-common libgpm2 > > libsasl2-modules libmail-sendmail-perl ruby-rouge rust-llvm > curl | wget | lynx > > > But what's the recommendations? > I think the alternatives group might be better of written together and > then the individual columns separated with ~4 spaces like in the > future-suggested "oldname => newname" case. At the very least the groups should form blocks that only break if they are taller than the row, rather than anywhere. The fortran thing is indefensible imo. If you insist on the mongolian order, then having them form an actual chain, like |curl |wget |lynx feels much better than the spaced-out everything-is-two-cells-apart-so-nothing-is-related soup you get now. > The individual columns could get quiet big given package names can be > long, but that is a problem for the column display anyhow. Again, I would like to read the packages in the text order I'm used to, not in mongolian. This will also instantly clear up any problems that fall out of an ambiguous spacing because the fallback of "just read it" will be correct. Thanks, this was enlightening
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