Re: [bug-sourceinstall] Comments and Feature Requests

[Claudio Fontana]

Hello,

--- Wijaya Adhi Surya <address@hidden> wrote:

>  have tried sourceinstall for a day, and i found it
> very interesting. But, i 
> found few things that you, developers, must handle.
>  First, if configure options too much, the configure
> dialog goes to wide 
> over my screen. I think you should add scroll bar or
> tabs to handle with 
> many options.

Scrollbars for up-down are provided, while horizontal
ones are not. I'll consider adding them.

>  Second, if I type password, it reads ENTER as a
> password character too. 
> Usually, if I do shell login, ENTER means accept my
> password, not a password 
> character. The same thing if I press ENTER in kdm,
> gdm, xdm, kde su, or 
> gnome su. You should fix it.

Yes, this will be fixed.

>  Third, adding a source means making a copy of the
> original source to 
> .sourceinstall/src directory. So, after installing,
> you have three copies. 
> original source, compressed configured source, and
> also installed program. I 
> prefer having just one source, so moving the
> original source to 
> .sourceinstall/src is my choice.

You can easily avoid to keep source in
~/.sourceinstall/src by deselecting the "keep source"
checkbox in the Add dialog, or by modifying the global
preference in Edit->Preferences.

If you want to remove the source from already existing
installations, click Remove, then leave only the
"Remove source" checkbox selected and press OK.

However, be warned that having source code in
~/.sourceinstall/src enables actions and features that
are otherwise unavailable.

>  Forth, I ask you to enable one feature. The
> maximize button. I like doing 
> it on maximized windows.

I use fluxbox, and the window correctly maximizes if I
ask my window manager to do it by clicking the
maximize button already provided by the WM. However,
there is also the intention to enable a maximize
button in the program itself (Window->Fullscreen).

Thanks for your suggestions.

Bye,

Claudio

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