Martin Alonso Soto Jacome writes (Re: Dselect proposed interface (was Re: 1.1
installation notes.)):
...
[ dselect in Tk/Ctk ]
I think this would be a very interesting (and useful) project, that
could be worked in a distributed group fashion, just like the whole
Debian. Of course, I'm
On Wed, 15 May 1996, Kevin M Bealer wrote:
On Tue, 14 May 1996, Christian Hudon wrote:
About the interface, it'd be nice to have something mc-ish. (mc = Midnight
Commander; get it and take a look if you don't have it, there's a Debian
package for it). It's got pull-down menus and dialog
On Tue, 14 May 1996, Christian Hudon wrote:
About the interface, it'd be nice to have something mc-ish. (mc = Midnight
Commander; get it and take a look if you don't have it, there's a Debian
package for it). It's got pull-down menus and dialog boxes... it's very
nice, supports gpm mice and
On Tue, 14 May 1996, Christian Hudon wrote:
Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
singe package to be installed/removed, and a method of seeing which package
(installed) is
Kevin M Bealer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: The current dselect screen isn't bad -- it's efficient, etc. But it is
: too 'unix' ... which is to say, you're expected to think. At this stage
: the first time user has ~ 400 packages to deal with. All the power in
: the world can be hidden
Kevin M Bealer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Also someone suggested there be an installed size parameter in the packages
file... this probably wouldn't be a bad idea.
This is an excellent idea.
What would really be helpful is the following:
Size of current package
Total size
Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
singe package to be installed/removed, and a method of seeing which package
(installed) is older than its archive version (and will therefore
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes (Re: Dselect proposed interface (was Re: 1.1
installation notes.)):
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Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
singe package to be installed/removed
Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
singe package to be installed/removed, and a method of seeing which package
(installed) is older than its archive version (and will therefore
Thinking about the dselect interface...
What we need is a simpler job, yes power is nice, by the word here is
interface, and we want an interface that any 'dos' user can understand.
This is just a concept mockup -- it should be larger, not be made of ascii,
etc.
eckes [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But what is required more then
a new look is the ability ... to select a
singe package to be installed/removed,
I second that!
and a method of seeing which package
(installed) is older than its archive version (and will therefore be
updated).
Yup,
On Fri, 10 May 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Steve Preston [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: 1.1 installation notes.
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One trouble is that I find the dselect Select screen confusing.
Admittedly, It is not immediately obvious to me which line is the
selection. Also I was
All of the '012..9' keystrokes would move the scrollboxes as if you were
pressing an arrow.
Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
singe package to be installed/removed, and a
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