From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Oct 7 17:32: 8 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBB1537B401 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:32:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vectors.cx (manifold.vectors.cx [64.163.147.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 620EF43E65 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:32:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: from vectors.cx (af3cfd397fffe1aa3c9cd566e71b676f@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id g980XAho082774; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:33:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey@vectors.cx) Received: (from monkey@localhost) by vectors.cx (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g980XAh5082773; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:33:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from monkey) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 17:33:10 -0700 From: Adam Weinberger To: Kris Kennaway Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updated dialog-based config patches Message-ID: <20021008003309.GD81796@vectors.cx> Mail-Followup-To: Adam Weinberger , Kris Kennaway , ports@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020930062804.GA50001@xor.obsecurity.org> <20021006202120.GA96047@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021006202120.GA96047@xor.obsecurity.org> X-Editor: Vim 6.1 http://www.vim.org X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5 http://www.mutt.org X-URL: http://www.vectors.cx http://www.crackula.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >> (10.06.2002 @ 1321 PST): Kris Kennaway said, in 1.1K: << > I fixed this just now: the updated version has no further problems I > am aware of. I'm intending to commit this in the next week or two; > speak up now if you have any comments. > http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/bsd.port.mk-config.patch >> end of "Re: Updated dialog-based config patches" from Kris Kennaway << what should happen for ports with long options descriptions? options wherein there is something important the user must know about enabling that option. once the description for an option gets long, dialog borks and starts clipping text and buttons. also, it would be nice to have some of the following line: ${SH} -c "${DIALOG} --checklist \"Options for ${PORTNAME} ${PORTVERSION}\" 21 70 15 $${DEFOPTIONS} 2> $${TMPOPTIONSFILE}"; put into a variable, like OPTIONS_FMT or somesuch. that way, if you choose to define DIALOG as, for example, xdialog, you can pass different sizing parameters. -Adam -- "Oh good, my dog found the chainsaw." -Lilo, "Lilo & Stitch" Adam Weinberger adam@vectors.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message