Thanks for your explanation. I now see that it all goes on one screen when I maximize the xterm. However, isn't it odd to have two questions in a row on the same screen: "Should OpenOffice.org be prelinked? Prelink OpenOffice.org binaries?" I can't recall any other Debconf dialogue where you get the same question twice in a row like that. I don't see how one question conveys any more than the other. Couldn't you just have one? Thanks-- Adam On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 06:09:46AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: > severity 223304 wishlist > tag 223304 + wontfix > thanks > > Hi Adam. > > Adam Kessel wrote: > > When configuring openoffice.org-bin, the first screen contains > > information about prelinking. At the bottom, it asks "Should > > OpenOffice.org be prelinked?" but th only option is "Ok." Then the next > > screen asks, "Prelink OpenOffice.org binaries?" > > > > Although the user eventually discovers that she will be able to answer > > yes or no to this question, on the first screen it appears that the only > > possible answer to the question is "Okay." > > This is because your screen is not "long or wide" enough. The template is > has much text but the info given there is necessary. > > If the text is too long to fit on one "page" in the window, debconf does > xactly this. > > > I would suggest either: > > > > 1) Remove the question from the first screen and just have "Ok" at the > > bottom so that the first screen is purely informative. > > > > or > > > > 2) Combine the first and second screens and just put "yes" and "no" at > > the bottom of the first screen under the question "Should OpenOffice.org > > be prelinked?" > > This would be mean to shorten the whole text which I don't like. The > options and dialogues themselves are NOT done by openoffice.org, we just give > debconf info data. > > > I would prefer (2)--I don't believe there's any policy reason why the > > question needs to be on a separate page. But either option would be > > better. > > See above. > > Grüße/Regards, > > René > -- > .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer > : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ > `. `' rene@debian.org | GnuPG-Key ID: 248AEB73 > `- Fingerprint: 41FA F208 28D4 7CA5 19BB 7AD9 F859 90B0 248A EB73 > -- Adam Kessel http://bostoncoop.net/adam
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