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Bug#687804: installation-reports: users are not able to review external documentation while stuck in the installer



Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 12:43:43 +0100, a écrit :
> On Wed 19 Sep 2012 at 12:27:57 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> 
> > Brian, le Wed 19 Sep 2012 10:41:12 +0100, a écrit :
> > > 
> > > Yes, planning ahead is required if you want to stay in X. For a spur of
> > > the moment need for information there is w3m in a terminal.
> > 
> > How do you start a terminal? Going through the main menu is not an
> > option, one often needs to have both the question being asked by debconf
> > and the documentation at hand.
> 
> I should have been clearer: CTRL-ALT-F1

That's not very user friendly.

> With the Xfce Live image the installer window can be minimised. Also,
> it does not cover the task bar at the bottom of the screen, so another
> workspace is selectable. The documentation is only is a URL away.

Ok, but that's not the case with at least gnome/lxde. As mentioned in a
previous mail, that's what this bug could be about (documenting "use
the xfce liveCD" seems quite lazy to me)

Samuel


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