Re: text frontend numbering choices by column (Was: Why Such a LopSided Menu?)
Samuel Thibault, le dim. 28 sept. 2025 02:22:29 +0200, a ecrit:
> 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?
I have pushed the default orientation change.
Samuel
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