Package: console-setup
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Attached is a patch that will make the debconf templates a bit less verbose
by removing stuff which I think do not pertain to debconf templates.
It also makes the templates compliant with writing style recommended in the
developers references (for instance avoid interrogative form for
string/select/multiselect templates).
I also used enumeration style for a few templates.
Please consider spplying this patch.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
--- templates.ori 2006-02-14 07:59:25.130735340 +0100
+++ templates 2006-02-14 08:27:34.594868534 +0100
@@ -1,40 +1,42 @@
Template: console-setup/codeset
Type: select
-Choices: Arabic, Armenian, CyrAsia, CyrKoi, CyrSlav, Ethiopian, Georgian,
Greek, Hebrew, Lao, Lat15, Lat2, Lat38, Lat7, Thai, Uni1, Uni2, Uni3, Vietnamese
+__Choices: Arabic, Armenian, CyrAsia, CyrKoi, CyrSlav, Ethiopian, Georgian,
Greek, Hebrew, Lao, Lat15, Lat2, Lat38, Lat7, Thai, Uni1, Uni2, Uni3, Vietnamese
Default: Uni1
-_Description: Which codeset is suitable for your language environment?
- Lat15 covers ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-15 and ISO 8859-9. Lat2 covers ISO
- 8859-2, the Euro sign as well as the Romanian letters with comma below.
- Lat38 covers ISO 8859-3 and ISO 8859-13. Lat7 covers ISO 8859-13. CyrSlav
- covers not only the Slavic Cyrillic letters but also the Serbian Latin
- letters.
- .
- Uni1 supports most of the Latin languages, the Slavic Cyrillic languages,
- Hebrew and barely Arabic. Uni2 supports most of the Latin languages, the
- Slavic Cyrillic languages and Greek. Uni3 supports most of the Latin and
- Cyrillic languages.
+_Description: Codeset for your language environment:
+ - Lat15 covers ISO 8859-1, ISO 8859-15 and ISO 8859-9;
+ - Lat2 covers ISO 8859-2, the Euro sign as well as the Romanian letters
+ with comma below;
+ - Lat38 covers ISO 8859-3 and ISO 8859-13;
+ - Lat7 covers ISO 8859-13;
+ - CyrSlav covers the Slavic Cyrillic letters as well as the Serbian
+ Latin letters;
+ - Uni1 supports most of the Latin languages, the Slavic Cyrillic languages,
+ Hebrew and barely Arabic;
+ - Uni2 supports most of the Latin languages, the Slavic Cyrillic languages
+ and Greek;
+ - Uni3 supports most of the Latin and Cyrillic languages.
Template: console-setup/model
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
-_Description: What is the model of your keyboard?
+_Description: Keyboard model:
Template: console-setup/layout
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: U.S. English
-_Description: What is the origin of your keyboard layout?
+_Description: Keyboard layout:
Template: console-setup/variant
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
-_Description: What is the keys layout of your keyboard?
+_Description: Keyboard variant:
There are several keyboard layouts with the origin you selected.
Please select the layout matching your keyboard.
Template: console-setup/dont_ask_layout
Type: note
-_Description: No questions about layout will be asked
+_Description: Unsupported settings in configuration file
The configuration file /etc/default/console-setup specifies keyboard
layout and variant that are not supported by the configuration
program. Because of that no questions about the keyboard layout will
@@ -44,57 +46,57 @@
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: Fixed
-_Description: Choose a font for the console.
+_Description: Font for the console:
Please choose the font face you would like to use on the text-mode
emergency Linux console.
.
- VGA is traditionally looking, it has medium coverage of international
- scripts. Fixed has simplistic look and has best coverage of
- international scripts. The aim of Terminus is to reduce the
- eyes-fatigue when one has to read a lot (a note for programmers: some
- symbols look quiet similar), it supports only the Latin and the
- Cyrillic scripts.
+ - VGA is traditionally looking and has medium coverage of international
+ scripts;
+ - Fixed has simplistic look and has a better coverage of international
+ scripts;
+ - Terminus is aimed to reduce the eyes fatigue though some symbols
+ have a similar aspect which may be a problem for programmers. It
+ only supports the Latin and the Cyrillic scripts.
.
- Use TerminusBoldVGA if you prefer font size 8x14 or 8x16 and you
- don't use framebuffer. Otherwise choose TerminusBold.
+ The use of TerminusBoldVGA is recommended if you prefer 8x14 or 8x16 font
+ sizes and don't use the framebuffer. Otherwise choose TerminusBold.
Template: console-setup/fontsize
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: 16
-_Description: What is your favourite font size?
- Please select the size of the font on the emergency Linux console. In case
- you use text-mode videomode the following table shows the correspondence
- between the fontsize and the number of the characters on the screen:
- size 18 - for 80x22 and 80x26
- size 16 - for 80x25 and 80x30 (most standard)
- size 15 - for 80x26 and 80x32
- size 14 - for 80x28 and 80x34
- size 13 - for 80x30 and 80x36
- size 8 - for 80x43, 80x50 and 80x60 (very unreadable).
- other size - only with framebuffer
+_Description: Font size:
+ Please select the size of the font for the Linux console. Correspondence
+ between font sizes and the number of the characters on the screen:
+ size 18 - for 80x22 and 80x26
+ size 16 - for 80x25 and 80x30 (most standard)
+ size 15 - for 80x26 and 80x32
+ size 14 - for 80x28 and 80x34
+ size 13 - for 80x30 and 80x36
+ size 8 - for 80x43, 80x50 and 80x60 (very unreadable)
+ other sizes - only with framebuffer
Template: console-setup/charmap
Type: select
Choices: ${CHOICES}
Default: UTF-8
-_Description: What is your encoding?
+_Description: Encoding:
Template: console-setup/ttys
Type: string
Default: /dev/tty[1-6]
-_Description: What virtual consoles do you use?
+_Description: Virtual consoles in use:
Please enter a space delimited list of virtual consoles you use. The usual
Unix filename wildcards are allowed (*, ? and [...]).
.
- If you are unsure, then use the default /dev/tty[1-6], it is for six
+ If you are unsure, then use the default /dev/tty[1-6] which stands for six
virtual consoles. If you use devfs, then enter /dev/vc/[1-6] instead.
Template: console-setup/toggle
Type: select
__Choices: Caps Lock, Right Alt, Right Control, Right Shift, Right Logo key,
Menu key, Alt+Shift, Control+Shift, Shift+Caps Lock, Control+Alt, Both Shift
keys together, Both Control keys together, Both Alt keys together, Left Alt,
Left Control, Left Shift, Left Logo key, No toggling
Default: Alt+Shift
-_Description: Toggling between Latin and non-Latin mode
+_Description: Method for toggling between Latin and non-Latin mode:
Since your keyboard is a non-Latin one, you will need a way to toggle
between the Latin and the non-Latin mode. Several options are available.
.
@@ -105,13 +107,13 @@
you choose it) will lose its usual meaning in Emacs and other programs
using it.
.
- Notice that on some keyboards not all listed keys are present.
+ Notice the listed keys are not present on all keyboards.
Template: console-setup/switch
Type: select
__Choices: No temporary switch, Right Alt, Left Alt, Right Logo key, Left Logo
key, Both Logo keys
Default: No temporary switch,
-_Description: Switching temporarily between Latin and non-Latin characters
+_Description: Method for temporarily toggle between Latin and non-Latin input:
Sometimes the keyboard is in non-Latin mode and you want to type only few
Latin letters. In this case it may be desirable to have a key for
temporary switching between non-Latin and Latin letters. While this key
@@ -125,34 +127,23 @@
Type: select
__Choices: No AltGr key, Right Alt, Right Control, Menu key, Right Logo key,
Left Logo key, Both Logo keys, Left Alt
Default: Right Alt
-_Description: The AltGr key
- With some of the keyboard layouts, AltGr is a modifier key used to type
- many character, primarily ones that are unusual for the language of the
+_Description: AltGr key replacement:
+ With some of the keyboard layouts, AltGr is a modifier key used to input
+ some characters, primarily ones that are unusual for the language of the
keyboard layout, such as foreign currency symbols and accented letters.
If a key has a third symbol on it (on the front vertical face or the
bottom right of the key top, sometimes in a different colour), then AltGr
is often the means of eliciting that symbol.
- .
- In the French and Spanish keyboard layouts AltGr is used extensively to
- type the accented vowels. In the British keyboard layouts fewer symbols
- require the use of AltGr, most notably the Euro currency symbol. AltGr is
- often used to type symbols which are commonly used by programmers and
- technical writers.
Template: console-setup/compose
Type: select
__Choices: No compose key, Right Alt, Right Logo key, Right Control, Menu key,
Caps Lock
Default: No compose key
-_Description: The compose key
- The compose key (known also as Multi_key) is a key which is designated to
+_Description: Compose key:
+ The Compose key (known also as Multi_key) is a key which is designated to
signal the software to interpret the next keystrokes as a combination in
order to produce a character not found on the keyboard.
.
- For example, typing compose, then a, then e may produce the French AE
- ligature. Typing compose, then e, then ' can yield an e with an acute
- accent. Typing compose, then o, then c may produce the copyright sign.
- Etc.
- .
On the text console the Compose key does not work in Unicode mode. If not
in Unicode mode, regardless of what you choose here, you can always use
also the Alt+period combination as a Compose key.
