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Re: GTK DFB frontend updated testcase



Christian Perrier wrote:
I've removed, for graphical reasons, the main-menu hack (and non latin fonts too for space reasons) and added a debian logo and it runs in a


Remember that one of the main interests of the graphical installer is
the display of some languages we will never be able to display in a
text environment.

So, removing fonts to save space has to remain a very temporary
workaround. A graphical installer with only Latin fonts is really
really of a lowered interest.

i've removed fonts from the testcase just to save space, the frontend code can handle non latin-1 fonts in any moment (both DFB or X solutions allow this), just add the right font files. by the way someone some times ago suggested we should also pack non latin fonts in udebs: any progress on this topic?

Besides this, can you mention me how one can "recognize" that teh
graphical installer is in use?

I need this for localechooser so that the languages which absolutely
need the graphical installer, are only displayed when it is used.

We currently have such trick for non Latin-1 languages which cannot be
displayed if the framebuffer text console isn't available.

For this we currently test the debian-installer/framebuffer
variable. What could I test in roder to "know" that the graphical
installe ris in use?


uhm... testing the global shell variable DEBIAN_FRONTEND could be enough? or maybe the GTK frontend should set to "TRUE" debian-installer/framebuffer at gtk_initialize() ?

ciao

attilio



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