Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:36:04 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r241701 - in head/usr.sbin/bsdconfig: . include share Message-ID: <44662B32-966F-4573-987D-EEE8A07C5A16@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <20121019170216.GB92674@FreeBSD.org> References: <201210181843.q9IIhs6N099621@svn.freebsd.org> <20121019055442.GA9108@FreeBSD.org> <D15CE1CB-E484-4C46-8304-60437EFEBC7D@fisglobal.com> <20121019170216.GB92674@FreeBSD.org>
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On Oct 19, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 08:22:36AM -0700, Devin Teske wrote: >> On Oct 18, 2012, at 10:54 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: >>> How come that new dialog(1) lacks functionality of the old one? >>=20 >> SVN r217309 brought in cdialog to replace our the [unmaintained] dialog. >>=20 >> cdialog is different, but mostly compatible with its predecessor. >=20 > Ah, I guess it might explain the shitty colors I see on newish FreeBSD > screenshots of dialog(1). >=20 I actually prefer the colors in cdialog (more specifically, I prefer the la= ck-of-yellow!). Whenever I want a reminder of bad colors, I run "sade" (which links against= the old libdialog now named lib*o*dialog). When I'm on the physical console, I don't have nearly as much trouble with = the yellow color used both for the title bar and for the hline at the botto= m, but when I'm (say) ssh'd from Mac OS X, that text is just completely unr= eadable to me. I'm curious about how others feel about the use of yellow (specifically tha= t old dialog(1)/libdialog used it a lot and new cdialog-based dialog(1)/lib= dialog doesn't use it hardly at all). I for one embrace my new cdialog overlord. >> The benefits of cdialog far out-weigh the few problems that were reported >> (and then quickly fixed). >=20 > OK, but do we plan to retain the look of original dialog(1)? >=20 It is possible to change the colorings by first creating (if you don't alre= ady have one) a ~/.dialogrc by executing the below command: dialog --create-rc ~/.dialogrc followed by editing said file. So while the default look and feel has changed, it's possible to customize = it to your liking. HINT: I bet if you ran the above command on FreeBSD-8 or lower, it would ma= ke dialog(1) in FreeBSD-9 and higher look like its predecessor. --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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