Hello. I'd like to suggest a slight visual change to 'debian-installer' in
terms of menu items layout.
I've been meaning to post this to the list for years now but somehow never got
around to doing so, perhaps thinking that sooner or later it'd be done by
someone else or that such petty request would be ignored by the gurus.
Anyway, here goes... What I'd like to see changed is:
1) Confirmation ("Done setting up the partition") should be at the very bottom
of the list for the easiest access; this is especially useful when dealing
with a big number of partitions and quickly holding down the down-arrow to
slide to the bottom in order to get out of the menu and do another one.
2) Group disk operations by separating them from the partition information;
this one is actually *almost* done with the exception that "Resize the
partition" is still in the "upper" section.
To clarify what I mean, here are the current and suggested layouts:
* Current layout *
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Partition settings:
Use as:
Format the partition:
Mount point:
Mount options:
Label:
Reserved blocks:
Typical usage:
Bootable flag:
Resize the partition (currently ...)
Done setting up the partition
Copy data from another partition
Delete the partition
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* Proposed layout *
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Partition settings:
Use as:
Format the partition:
Mount point:
Mount options:
Label:
Reserved blocks:
Typical usage:
Bootable flag:
Delete the partition
Resize the partition (currently ...)
Copy data from another partition
Done setting up the partition
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I hope this makes sense to some of you. It's not a huge thing but it's been
bothering me for years now. Thanks for understanding and excuse the lengthy
text about a seemingly unimportant thing.