Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/11/02/00:12:44
On 2 Nov 2001 at 15:03, the Illustrious Robert Collins wrote:
> On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 14:49, Paul G. wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > On 2 Nov 2001 at 13:39, the Illustrious Robert Collins wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Ah, good point. So we should auto select updates to packages that
> > > *are installed*.
>
> I've fixed this, and uploaded another snapshot.
>
> >
> > Second test:
> >
> > View button refreshes without category breakdowns. Is this "per
> > design"?
> >
> > ie. after selecting a category (left click), breakdown of category is
> > displayed. eg. Admin has two packages associated with it, cron and
> > cygrunsrv. If View button is again pressed, cron and cygrunsrv are
> > lost in the list of all packages.
> >
> > Sure, they are still listed, but you have to go hunt for them. You
> > can get back to category view by hitting View button until category
> > listing comes up.
>
> By design, but the implementation may leave room for improvement.
>
> The cycle is:
> categories.
> all packages
> packages that will be altered only.
>
> It really needs a visual hint about that somewhere.
>
>
> > Horizontal extensions of window:
> >
> > For most part this is fine, several exceptions include "ctags",
> > "ghostscript", (SSMTP already noted -- no me toos' ;-)), "texinfo",
> > "which" and possibly "automake" package descriptions, (view all)
> > which are in window buffer but beyond right horizontal border of
> > window (NT4 Wks/1024x768) by about 5 or 6 characters...possibly 10.
> >
> > ie. the entire description is not being accomodated (NT4 Wks).
> > Suggestion, extend horizontal window borders to larger default size (I
> > am using 1024x768 resolution) by increasing width of window by about 5
> > or 6 characters.
>
> We've got a user constraint in that we have to support 640x480 screens,
> so changing the window width isn't an option (or do you mean the child
> window).
Actually, my default resolution is at 1024x768. Child window.
Oh, and I have taken a look at the latest snapshot (-3).
Looking good!
> I think what is wrong is the scroll bar calculations aren't
> offsetting enough. - I'm just looking at that now.
>
> Wow! Fantastic testing Paul, Thank you!
You're very welcome. My humble thanks for the opportunity.
Paul G.
>
> Rob
>
>
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