Re: [RFR] templates://tpconfig/{templates}
Christian Perrier wrote:
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Templates file:
> _Description: Options to pass to tpconfig when booting:
[...]
> + Please specify any command-line options you want passed to tpconfig at
> + boot or resume time.
> + .
> + These options will be passed after the touchpad reset if you choosed
> + that option.
"Chose", or "have chosen", or "selected"...
> + .
> + A common option is '--tapmode=0' which is meant to disable 'tapping'
> + in order to prevent spurious mouse events being caused by accidentally
> + brushing over the touchpad.
Simplify (mainly by de-passivising):
A common option is '--tapmode=0', which is meant to disable 'tapping'
so that accidentally brushing the touchpad doesn't cause spurious mouse
events.
Control file:
> -Description: configure touchpad devices
> +Description: touchpad devices configuration utility
Description: touchpad device configuration utility
Tricky one. It seems to me that if each machine had two touchpads,
then it might be "devices", but merely working on many different
models isn't enough to preserve number-agreement in a noun-pile.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
--- ../tpconfig.old/debian/templates 2008-12-09 19:10:11.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/templates 2008-12-09 19:13:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
Template: tpconfig/overwrite-config-file
Type: boolean
Default: true
-_Description: Manage tpconfig configuration file with debconf?
- The tpconfig configuration file, "/etc/default/tpconfig", can be handled
- automatically by debconf, or manually by you.
+_Description: Manage tpconfig configuration file automatically?
+ Please choose whether the tpconfig configuration file
+ (/etc/default/tpconfig) should be handled automatically or manually.
Template: tpconfig/reset_p
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Reset the touchpad when booting?
Some machines do not reset the touchpad hardware when they are booted
- and/or resumed. On these machines, it is necessary to manually reset the
- touchpad. Accept here to do a manual reset when the system is started or
- resumed. Refuse if you don't want this.
+ and/or resumed. On these machines, it is necessary to manually reset the
+ touchpad.
+ .
+ If you choose this option, a manual reset will be performed when the
+ system is started or resumed.
Template: tpconfig/options
Type: string
_Description: Options to pass to tpconfig when booting:
- Specify any command-line options you want passed to tpconfig at boot or
- resume time. (Note that if you specified above that the touchpad is to be
- reset, then it will be reset first, and then any options specified here
- done after.) For example, one common option is "--tapmode=0", which tells
- the touchpad to disable "tapping", to prevent spurious mouse events being
- caused by accidentally brushing against the touchpad.
+ Please specify any command-line options you want passed to tpconfig at
+ boot or resume time.
+ .
+ These options will be passed after the touchpad reset if you chose
+ that option.
+ .
+ A common option is '--tapmode=0' which is meant to disable 'tapping'
+ so that accidentally brushing the touchpad doesn't cause spurious mouse
+ events.
--- ../tpconfig.old/debian/control 2008-12-09 19:10:12.000000000 +0000
+++ debian/control 2008-12-09 19:13:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Replaces: synaptics
-Description: configure touchpad devices
- This program can show or modify the configuration of several
- different kinds of touchpad devices, including the Synaptics
+Description: touchpad device configuration utility
+ This package provides a program that can show or modify the configuration of
+ various touchpad devices, including the Synaptics
TouchPad and the ALPS Glidepad/Stickpointer.
Template: tpconfig/overwrite-config-file
Type: boolean
Default: true
_Description: Manage tpconfig configuration file automatically?
Please choose whether the tpconfig configuration file
(/etc/default/tpconfig) should be handled automatically or manually.
Template: tpconfig/reset_p
Type: boolean
Default: false
_Description: Reset the touchpad when booting?
Some machines do not reset the touchpad hardware when they are booted
and/or resumed. On these machines, it is necessary to manually reset the
touchpad.
.
If you choose this option, a manual reset will be performed when the
system is started or resumed.
Template: tpconfig/options
Type: string
_Description: Options to pass to tpconfig when booting:
Please specify any command-line options you want passed to tpconfig at
boot or resume time.
.
These options will be passed after the touchpad reset if you chose
that option.
.
A common option is '--tapmode=0' which is meant to disable 'tapping'
so that accidentally brushing the touchpad doesn't cause spurious mouse
events.
Source: tpconfig
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Maintainer: Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>
Uploaders: Chris Hanson <cph@debian.org>
Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 4.1.16), po-debconf
Standards-Version: 3.6.1
Package: tpconfig
Architecture: any
Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
Replaces: synaptics
Description: touchpad device configuration utility
This package provides a program that can show or modify the configuration of
various touchpad devices, including the Synaptics
TouchPad and the ALPS Glidepad/Stickpointer.
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