Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:11:02 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CFT] New dialog for ports Message-ID: <20130317151102.GD72627@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303170846130.8399@wonkity.com> References: <20130314095529.GH53963@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1303170846130.8399@wonkity.com>
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--VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 08:56:13AM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >=20 > > Ilya A. Arkhipov wrote dialog4ports which has just been added into the = ports > > tree ports-mgmt/dialog4ports, this is intended to be a replacement for = dialog(1) > > designed specifically for the options, in particular for optionsng. >=20 > My one complaint is that, last I looked, long option descriptions are=20 > not supported. We really need this. A maintainer should be concerned=20 > with clear option descriptions and not have to restrict their length at= =20 > the cost of clarity. The user should not have to interpret short or=20 > cut-off option descriptions. pkg-help might help here in the first place, second this could be worked on= for a 0.2 version ;), have you tried anyway long description with this version?= I think they just works correctly, but I haven't tested. regards, Bapt --VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlFF3QYACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EzZtQCbBs1pqOzZ+O6tF+fXQE+vjqlt M/UAn1HbV2ZxfuBEnLQzQaBe9BbE7LZ2 =KVek -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VMt1DrMGOVs3KQwf--
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