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diff --git a/Tools/scripts/dialogwrapper.txt b/Tools/scripts/dialogwrapper.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 99d8b8d0ac18..000000000000 --- a/Tools/scripts/dialogwrapper.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ -$FreeBSD$ - -Updated August 6, 2012 - -Bug fix for use on FreeBSD 8.x supplied by Devin Teske. Thanks! - - -What is this? - -This is a sh/awk wrapper script to give the ports options setting screen -more features: - - Extended descriptions for FreeBSD 8.3+ and 9.0+. Port maintainers can - make descriptions longer and more explanatory. - - Auto-sizing of the option screen to fit the terminal window. Wider or - taller windows can display more of the descriptions, or more options. - Windows smaller than 80x24 also work. - - Older versions of dialog(1) had a bug in displaying descriptions that - are longer than the available space. When an old version of dialog is - detected, descriptions are cut to the available space. These earlier - versions of dialog did not support the --item-help feature used to - show extended descriptions, so only the trimmed description will be - shown. Descriptions that have been trimmed will still end in a "+" to - indicate that part of it has been trimmed. - - - -Installation - -Edit /etc/make.conf: - - DIALOG="/usr/ports/Tools/scripts/dialogwrapper.sh" - - -Testing long descriptions - -Open a terminal window and resize it, making it narrower than the -default 80 columns. Try 60 or 70 columns. - -su to root and run 'make config' for a port that uses long descriptions. -For example: - - # cd /usr/ports/audio/xmms2 - # make config - -Descriptions that are too long to fit in the window are shown ending in -a "+". Scroll downward through the settings to see that the missing -part of the description is shown at the bottom of the screen. - - - -Testing auto-sizing - -Open a terminal window and resize it, making it taller than the default -24 lines. print/ghostscript9 is a good example. - - # cd /usr/ports/print/ghostscript9 - # make config - -Work remaining to be done - -Cleanup of the code and additional comments. - -Testing. - -The trimming algorithm should break the description on whitespace to -improve readability. fold(1) may be an easy way to do that. |
