Bug#600425: cdebconf: text frontend for selection isn't documented enough

[Miguel Figueiredo <elmig@debianpt.org>]

Hi,

untested, probably/surely incomplete and not working, just as an exercise:

===================================================================
--- debian/cdebconf-text-udeb.templates	(revision 65058)
+++ debian/cdebconf-text-udeb.templates	(working copy)
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 # :sl4:
 _Description: Prompt: '%c' for help, default=%s> 
 
+Template: debconf/text-prompt-default-multiselect
+Type: text
+# :sl4:
+_Description: Prompt: '%c' for help, default=%s, multiple choices separated 
by spaces>  
+
 Template: debconf/cont-prompt
 Type: text
 # :sl4:


Index: src/modules/frontend/text/text.c
===================================================================
--- src/modules/frontend/text/text.c	(revision 65058)
+++ src/modules/frontend/text/text.c	(working copy)
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@
 
   DISPLAY:
 	printlist (obj, q, count, choices_translated, tindex, selected);
-	printf(question_get_text(obj, "debconf/text-prompt-default-string", 
-		"Prompt: '%c' for help, default=%s> "), CHAR_HELP, defval);
+	printf(question_get_text(obj, "debconf/text-prompt-default-multiselect", 
+		"Prompt: '%c' for help, default=%s, multiple choices separated by 
spaces> "), CHAR_HELP, defval);
 	get_answer(answer, sizeof(answer));
 	if (answer[0] == CHAR_HELP && answer[1] == 0)
 	{

What is missing? THe message needs to be added also to a .pot?


-- 
Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards,

Miguel Figueiredo
http://www.DebianPT.org
A Segunda 18 Outubro 2010 23:16:43 Samuel Thibault você escreveu:
> Miguel Figueiredo, le Mon 18 Oct 2010 22:48:48 +0100, a écrit :
> > i tried to reproduce it, i booted with DEBIAN_FRONTEND=text but everytime
> > i get:
> > 
> > Prompt '?' for help, default=1 10>
> > 
> > tasks 1 and 10 selected by default.
> 
> Well, I'd say that's merely by luck :)
> For instance, if you boot in export mode you will get the "additional
> locales" question, where the issue is the same (and the default is
> empty).  Of course that's just an instance, there are probably a lot
> others.
> 
> Just a side note: this is actually a bug concerning accessibility, for
> the cases where a linear text is way simpler for the screen reader to
> follow, and thus using the dialog frontend is not really an option.
> 
> Samuel