Package: cdebconf Michael Wardle wrote: > I just booted from the full Sarge Beta 3 netinst CD and found the keys > doing something different than I expected. I wasn't sure where to > report it, so I'm sending it to the list... > > In the configure network phase, the Ethernet card was successfully > configured with a leased IP address from the DHCP server, then I was > asked to enter a hostname which defaulted to "debian". When I pressed > Alternate+Backspace, rather than it deleting the previous word as Emacs > and Readline-based programs such as Bash would, I was dropped back to > the main install menu. > > It's understandable if text fields don't fully support Emacs-like key > bindings, but ideally they shouldn't exit a screen. I tried this and it works in select lists too. cdebconf seems to behave as if the back button or escape had been pressed when I press alt-backspace. -- see shy jo
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