From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 9 14:31:14 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3477106567E for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:31:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E7D68FC15 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 14:31:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id p79EVDSV041928; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:31:13 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) with ESMTP id p79EVD2s041925; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:31:13 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:31:13 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block To: Kevin Oberman In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1312797926024-4677182.post@n5.nabble.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:31:13 -0600 (MDT) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Jakub Lach Subject: Re: libdialog strangeness after source upgrade to head/9.0BETA1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:31:15 -0000 On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I think this behavior (already in several Linux distros) is really far more > intuitive that the old FreeBSD version, but it is a bit disconcerting at > first. It really does not take much to get used to and I think anyone who > is either new to Unix or familiar with most Linux distros will be far less > confused. > > For the record, you change options with and accepts > the current action button; usually "OK" or "Cancel". moves > between action buttons. The old dialog has a green highlight that shows which button has the current focus. Space or Enter is effectively a mouse click on the current button. > Maybe we need to add a screen at the start of the installation warning that > dialog behavior has changed. Or "Space to toggle options, arrows to move, Tab to move highlight, Enter to accept highlighted action" instructions in the border of the dialog window. Or, in my case, "Now you have two kinds of activate keys--guess which does what!"