text frontend numbering choices by column (Was: Why Such a LopSided Menu?)

[Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>]

Hello,

Chime Hart, le sam. 27 sept. 2025 16:28:36 -0700, a ecrit:
> For several years while running upgrades, I hear about a newer 
> config which they want me to make descisions about. However, if indeede this is 
> a numbered menu, it is quite out of order, especially reading in Speakup.
[...]
>   1. install the package maintainer's version    3. show the differences between the versions            5. show a 3-way difference between available versions  7. start a new shell to examine the situation
>   2. keep the local version currently installed  4. show a side-by-side difference between the versions  6. do a 3-way merge between available versions

Inside the debian installer, this was changed to use horizontal
numbering, so that the speech-enabled installer says choices in proper
order, but in the installed system that's not enabled, one would have to

export DEBCONF_TEXT_HORIZ=1

in the root environment.

I'm however wondering: can we not just default to horizontal numbering?

Samuel