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Re: Recent dselect experience

In message <m0u9jl4-000Bj2C@elo.ods.com>, David Engel writes:
>1. Make the info window smaller and optionally remove it completely.
>I prefer to see the status of more packages at the same time.

I agree---make the "short description" display somewhere unobtrusive
(first or final line), and stick the rest of the infomation "behind" a
hotkey.

>2. Allow TAB and shift-TAB to toggle between the status and info
>windows.  That is more natural to me than using separate directional
>keys to scroll the info window.

This would be superfluous is you just used 'F1' (or something) to
bring up the status window---it would have focus by virtue of your
having requested it, so it would just eat keystrokes untill dismissed.

>3. Get rid of the "All xyzzy packages in section plugh" lines.  I know
>what they are for, but I still find them confusing and distracting.
>In their place, put a single, non-functional, header line per major
>sorting criterion, eg. Required/Important/Optional or base/admin/devel.

Further, they are superfluous, since that information is also displayed for each individual package.

>4. Make the default sorting order be by section instead of by
>priority.  Looking at things by section is much more natural to me.

Maybe sort by priority within section?

>5. Ignore any Recommends and Suggests lines for packages that are
>already installed.  One thing I find especially infuriating is getting
>dropped into the conflict resolution screen because of packages that
>I've specifically deselected previously.

I, too, am getting tired of having to cancel the 'babel' packaged
every time I go to exit dselect.

I must admit, it's only in this last week that I've actually bothered
to use dselect---though I still don't love it, I'll grudgingly admit
(in much the same way I have about vi) that it's a very useful tool
once you figure your way around it.

I may have more comments before long.

Mike.
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"Don't let me make you unhappy by failing to be contrary enough...."