Excerpts from Thomas Dickey's message of Tue Sep 20 12:43:43 +0200 2011: > On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Michal Suchanek wrote: > > > Excerpts from Thomas Dickey's message of Tue Sep 20 01:25:46 +0200 2011: > >> On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Michal Suchanek wrote: > >> > >>> Package: dialog > >>> Version: 1.1-20110707-1 > >>> Severity: normal > >>> > >>>> From the man page: > >> > >> read further, it is configurable (look for DIALOG_ESC). > >> > > > > Any reason that > > > > 1) this is set with a variable, not a command argument > > ...to make scripting more readable. As a command argument, the typical > hacker will use a constant. I don't like to encourage bad habits.
I already use many constants to set all dialog sizes to 0. One more or less does not make much of a difference but it's true this one argument would be the same for all dialog invocations, unlike the others that vary. > > > 2) is not referenced in the DIAGNOSTICS section where this is very > > relevant > > merely overlooked ;-) > It's just above the DIAGNOSTICS section but given that less would put DIAGNOSTICS on top of the screen when searching for it it's quite unfortunate placement. Thanks Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
