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Bug#275577: Full countrylist is way too long for text debconf frontend



Frans Pop wrote:
> After selecting 'other' in the shortlist, there was this huge list of 
> countrynames flying across (and off) the screen, all with a number before the 
> name to be used for selection. Even with scrollback, I was unable to see the 
> beginning of the list (Netherlands, being 88, was just visible :-)
> 
> I think the template for the full countrylist should be split into 2 separate 
> questions, at least for text frontend, but IMHO for all frontends.
> - one question for 'continent';
> - one question for selection of an individual country on this continent.

IMHO this may be better fixed in cdebconf. When debconf displays a
similarly huge list, it is careful to paginate it. It can still be hard
to select what you want from such a monstrous select list, but at least
it's doable. And the definition of what's "too long" for a select list
to need to be broken up as you suggest is .. flexible. I want d-i to
work on screens that are 3 lines tall..

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see shy jo

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