Re: cdebconf - backup support in text frontend

[barbier@linuxfr.org (Denis Barbier)]

On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 09:22:04AM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
[...]
> >   * Backup must be supported.  A simple solution is be to select a
> >     character which is not used alone, say '!' or '<'.  This character
> >     (after Enter is pressed) will tell cdebconf to go back.  A more
> >     sexy solution is to capture key events, e.g. Escape, but it
> >     certainly requires more work.
> 
> Also we need a command which clears the entry instead of using the
> default.

Right, I suggest that '!' clears the entry, '?' displays a help message
and '<' goes back.  This is not very user-friendly but at least it
should be more usable until someone provides a better solution.

Denis