Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:03:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] New make config UI Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303191753440.95531@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20130319221645.GD67352@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20130319094210.GE42160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303191356530.93137@wonkity.com> <20130319221645.GD67352@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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On Tue, 19 Mar 2013, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 01:59:04PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Mar 2013, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Since the work on the new options framework has been started more than 2 years >>> ago, we faced a problem with the make config interface. >>> >>> dialog(1) is too limited to be able to represent in a simple UI all the features >>> proposed by the new framework. >>> >>> The idea of writing a new UI was born at that time, eadler step in and wrote a >>> first attempt called dialog4ports using ncurses, but never get into completion. >>> >>> A few month ago Ilya A. Arkhipov decided to jump in that problem and restart >>> from scratch a new version of dialog4ports, with the help of danfe, eadler and >>> I. >>> >>> The new version is based on dialog(3), adding to it a new widget (which is >>> planned to be contributed upstream) and a new UI using that widget. >>> >>> After months of thinking/coding/testing we have been able to switch to this new >>> UI and get rid of the old dialog(1) for make config. >> >> It should probably check for use of >> /usr/ports/Tools/scripts/dialogwrapper.sh in /etc/make.conf. I doubt >> the two will work together. > > dialogwrapper should be useless now isn't it? It did three things: Cut long descriptions for old versions of dialog(1) (pre 9.x). This was needed to avoid a bug in dialog(1). Show long descriptions on current versions of dialog(1). Use the full height and width of the window for config options. As far as I know, dialog4ports only does the third. dialogwrapper was announced on -ports and -ports-announce in September along with a request to test. The people using it should at least get a warning if it is not compatible with dialog4ports.
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