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.. -- see shy jo
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