Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:49:51 +0800 From: HU Dong <itechbear@gmail.com> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> Cc: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [HEADSUP] New make config UI Message-ID: <514842CF.8070003@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130319104133.GG42160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> References: <20130319094210.GE42160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <CAO%2BPfDepQbreU4mmjhMtpDpzmHiDMj6H80EddLgbRSanJWhJhw@mail.gmail.com> <20130319103104.GF42160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> <51483FD9.1030309@gmail.com> <20130319104133.GG42160@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
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于 2013/3/19 18:41, Baptiste Daroussin 写道: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 06:37:13PM +0800, HU Dong wrote: >> 于 2013/3/19 18:31, Baptiste Daroussin 写道: >>> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:20:43AM +0100, David Demelier wrote: >>>> 2013/3/19 Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> >>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> dialog4ports will live forever within the ports tree allowing to fastly >>>>> improve/fix it if needed and getting the exact same version on all the >>>>> plateforms. >>>>> >>>>> What it currently does: >>>>> - represtend all kind of options in a clean way including >>>>> RADIO/GROUP/MULTI/SINGLE >>>>> - provide a beta quality help dialog (via F1/^E) if a ports provide a >>>>> pkg-help >>>>> file >>>>> - Able to represent description instead of the KNOBS name in section >>>>> titles for >>>>> RADIO/GROUP/SINGLE/MULTI name >>>>> >>>>> Huge thanks to Ilya A. Arkhipov (M1cRO on irc :)) >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> Bapt >>>>> >>>> Thanks a lot for that work to all contributors. I will try this evening and >>>> see how awesome it is :-). >>>> >>>> One questions I have: >>>> >>>> - Does the dialog4ports installation will be triggered in the pkg >>>> autoremove command since it's a leaf. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Demelier David >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> No because it is an explicit installation that is done. >>> >>> regards, >>> Bapt >> How to use it? >> >> I just updated my ports tree and installed it. But it seemed that the >> "make config" command didn't change. > No need to install it manually it will be automatically pulled in and the switch > is automated. > > to make sure it works go to the mail/postfix* and try make config if the output > is ugly then you are not using d4p (ports tree not uptodate enough :)) if it is > pretty then you are using it. > > both uses dialog(3) so the UI is pretty close, just better :) > > regards, > Bapt Thank you! It looks really nice. I accidently got a core dump file named dialog4ports.core when I tried "make config" and was pressing some keys for testing purpose in mail/postfix-current, but I don't know how to reproduce it. How should I deal with the core file? B.R. HU Dong
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