On 11/19/2010 3:15 PM, Brian K. White wrote:
On 11/19/2010 3:03 PM, Doug wrote:
On 11/18/2010 11:40 PM, michael getachew wrote:
Another message to copy over to my "Rankinisms" box of useful tidbits. Actually, I knew about this from a long time ago, but had totally forgotten about it.
Me too :-)
i have never used it or seen it used. i am surprised about the fact that i cannot recollect ever using not even a single application or installer that makes use of this. it could be very useful with stuff like configure scripts,etc....it would make transition to linux easy for people who are used to installation gui wizards and/or drag and dropping on a mac.
Could someone post the antecedent to this note--or at least the meat of it--I can't find it. Thanx--doug
"it" is dialog
ie: "cd /usr/src/linux ; make menuconfig" The ncurses menuing system to configure the linux kernel before compiling, is written in dialog. That's one example of it's use.
By fluke chance I just encountered another in my normal work. http://www.inquisitor.ru/shots/live_live_single_test_menu_png.html Inquisitor is a live cd that you use to stress-test hardware to make sure everything is reliable, before relying on it. -- bkw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org