Martin Alonso Soto Jacome writes ("Re: Dselect proposed interface (was Re: 1.1
installation notes.)"):
...
[ dselect in Tk/Ctk ]
> I think this would be a very interesting (and useful) project, that
> could be worked in a distributed group fashion, just like the whole
> Debi
On Tue, 14 May 1996, Christian Hudon wrote:
> About the interface, it'd be nice to have something mc-ish. (mc = Midnight
> Commander; get it and take a look if you don't have it, there's a Debian
> package for it). It's got pull-down menus and dialog boxes... it's very
> nice, supports gpm mice an
On Wed, 15 May 1996, Kevin M Bealer wrote:
> On Tue, 14 May 1996, Christian Hudon wrote:
>
> > About the interface, it'd be nice to have something mc-ish. (mc = Midnight
> > Commander; get it and take a look if you don't have it, there's a Debian
> > package for it). It's got pull-down menus and
Kevin M Bealer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: The current dselect screen isn't bad -- it's efficient, etc. But it is
: too 'unix' ... which is to say, you're expected to think. At this stage
: the first time user has ~ 400 packages to deal with. All the power in
: the world can be hidden _just_b
On Tue, 14 May 1996, Christian Hudon wrote:
> > Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
> > a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
> > singe package to be installed/removed, and a method of seeing which package
> > (installe
> Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
> a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
> singe package to be installed/removed, and a method of seeing which package
> (installed) is older than its archive version (and will theref
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes ("Re: Dselect proposed interface (was Re: 1.1
installation notes.)"):
...
> Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
> a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
> singe pa
> Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
> a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
> singe package to be installed/removed, and a method of seeing which package
> (installed) is older than its archive version (and will theref
eckes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> But what is required more then
> a new look is the ability ... to select a
> singe package to be installed/removed,
I second that!
> and a method of seeing which package
> (installed) is older than its archive version (and will therefore be
> updated).
Yup
> Thinking about the dselect interface...
> What we need is a simpler job, yes power is nice, by the word here is
> interface, and we want an interface that any 'dos' user can understand.
>
> This is just a concept mockup -- it should be larger, not be made of ascii,
> etc.
>
> +---
On Fri, 10 May 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > From: Steve Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: 1.1 installation notes.
> >
> > ...
> >
> > One trouble is that I find the dselect "Select" screen confusing.
> > Admitte
On Fri, 10 May 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> For example, one of the basics X package need cpp, and I had already
> installed gcc so I didn't want to install the cpp package, I was not
> able to do it with dselect.
Actually that was a bug that's since been fixed.
Guy
> All of the '012..9' keystrokes would move the scrollboxes as if you were
> pressing an arrow.
Looks OK (we can include a mouse interface). But what is required more then
a new look is the ability to list only the 'installed' packages, or select a
singe package to be installed/removed, and a meth
> From: Steve Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: 1.1 installation notes.
>
> ...
>
> One trouble is that I find the dselect "Select" screen confusing.
> Admittedly, It is not immediately obvious to me which line is the
> "selection". Also
> I just installed the beta debian 1.1, over a very old Slackware
>system (I'm going to update a debian 0.96 system soon, using
>floppies no less).
>I used .deb files that I had ftp'ed on April 26, but the
>boot,root,base disks I freshly ftp'ed.
>It went very smoothly.
>One t
I just installed the beta debian 1.1, over a very old Slackware
system (I'm going to update a debian 0.96 system soon, using floppies
no less).
I used .deb files that I had ftp'ed on April 26, but the
boot,root,base disks I freshly ftp'ed.
It went very smoothly.
One trouble is that I find the
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