Re: A question about Aptitude interactive mode [Solved]
On 20140311_205250, Tom Furie wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:01:27AM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
>
> > Information in manpage convinced me that the problem is a bug in
> > Aptitude, and search of bug reports shows that it is already
> > reported. In bug reports, what I called 'interactive', is referred to
> > as 'visual'. I'm sure it will be fixed soonish. In the meantime, I'll
> > use deselect, or apt-get in situations where I can't see important
> > details because of inappropriate visual rendering in Aptitude.
>
> Agreed, it's a bug in aptitude (it seems to work okay if you start a
> terminal in reverse video mode rather than changing the colours), but
> how often do you see that purple when you aren't in aptitude? If it
^^^^^^^^^
Every single time I do whatever makes it happen, I cannot look at the
screen after a keystroke and verify my work. Single keystroke errors
are, for me, a serious problem.
> isn't often another alternative would be just to change that to
> something that contrasts better against the black.
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
>
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Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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