Hi, thanks, pythondialog works OK (I'd say it looks better than newt) and there is a version with python3 support.
jan On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:38 AM, Martin Decky <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > >> This creates problems with sytems that have python3 default (like mine), >> because newt/snack (fancy graphics configuration) needs python2, >> at least until next release. > > > The first fallback option if newt is not found is the "dialog" utility, > which provides an user interface that is almost as fancy as with newt. Only > if dialog is not found, the plain text interface is used. > > I suggest you install dialog a give it a try. > > >> The following change fixes the issue for me: >> tools/config.py: >> -#!/usr/bin/env python >> +#!/usr/bin/env python2 > > > If the fallback to the dialog utility really does not solve your issues for > some reason, then I won't object such a temporary change. > > On the other hand, if the dialog utility works on your system, I will be > against this change. I am not sure how far the python2/python3 naming > convention goes and this change would simply create an inconsistency among > our Python scripts. I mean, it is always better to have a script with > degraded user interface than a potentially non-executable script. > > > M.D. > > _______________________________________________ > HelenOS-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.modry.cz/listinfo/helenos-devel _______________________________________________ HelenOS-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.modry.cz/listinfo/helenos-devel
