Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 09:29:45 +0200 From: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> To: Eric Melville <eric@freebsd.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/lib/libdialog checklist.c menubox.c radiolist.c textbox.c tree.c yesno.c Message-ID: <20010718092945.A13105@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <20010717224344.A9904@FreeBSD.org>; from eric@freebsd.org on Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:43:44PM -0700 References: <200107180521.f6I5Lbg64954@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010717224344.A9904@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:43:44PM -0700, Eric Melville wrote: > > Modified files: > > gnu/lib/libdialog checklist.c menubox.c radiolist.c > > textbox.c tree.c yesno.c > > Log: > > Improve the interface provided by libdialog. Move a cursor around over > > the components and trigger actions based on its position. This reduces > > the need to remember the functions of various keys, and makes the > > interface more consistant across library. > > This eliminates the problem where people would exit a menu when they really > wanted to select an item (the space/enter confusion), amongst other things. *THANK YOU* I can't tell any more how many times this annoying libdialog has bitten me in this regard. > I intend to MFC this sometime before 4.4-RELEASE, potentially along with > some things people from mailing lists have submitted. Even better - I take it sysinstall then uses 'sane' space/enter combo's also (it being a consumer of libdialog)? --Stijn -- I wish there was a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a knob called `brightness', but it doesn't work." -- Gallagher To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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