From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 20 13:51:01 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F448F41 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:51:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F278B333 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:51:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.31]) by ltcfislmsgpa01.fnfis.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r0KDostW030034 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:50:54 -0600 Received: from [10.0.0.102] (10.14.152.24) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.309.2; Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:50:53 -0600 Subject: Re: bsdinstall(8) line drawing characters MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) From: Devin Teske In-Reply-To: <1C064C2C-52A4-4A37-AB3D-68049093D7BD@mac.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 05:50:52 -0800 Message-ID: <88E25E2A-24EE-491A-B82A-A26E849B1ABF@fisglobal.com> References: <1C064C2C-52A4-4A37-AB3D-68049093D7BD@mac.com> To: David Lazaro Saz X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.24] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.9.8327, 1.0.431, 0.0.0000 definitions=2013-01-20_03:2013-01-18,2013-01-20,1970-01-01 signatures=0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:51:01 -0000 On Jan 19, 2013, at 8:23 PM, David Lazaro Saz wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I've tried to find an answer to this question without success. >=20 > Why does bsdinstall(8) use ASCII characters for drawing lines instead of = line drawing characters as the old sysinstall(8) did? >=20 A different theory=85 It should be noted that sysinstall uses an older version of libdialog (whic= h in 9.x was moved to libodialog). Here's a side-by-side comparison of libo= dialog (left) and libdialog (right): http://druidbsd.sf.net/download/bsdconfig/MediaCompareFTP.png In that case, $TERM was "xterm-256color" running via Apple's Terminal.app. Of interest I would think is the output of: dialog --version echo $TERM and whether (if possible) sysinstall produces similar results (what release= are you running?) --=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.