Re: TERMs for bsdinstall
- In reply to: Brooks Davis : "Re: TERMs for bsdinstall"
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Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 21:45:05 UTC
On 3/22/22 17:11, Brooks Davis wrote: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 05:38:09PM +0100, Alfonso S. Siciliano wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I am ready to start to replace LGPL-dialog with bsddialog in bsdinstall/scripts, >> so some question and proposal: >> >> I noted 'release/rc.local' prompts 4 TERMs for bsdinstall: xterm, vt100, ansi, >> cons25w: >> >> # Serial or other console >> echo >> echo "Welcome to FreeBSD!" >> echo >> echo "Please choose the appropriate terminal type for your system." >> echo "Common console types are:" >> echo " ansi Standard ANSI terminal" >> echo " vt100 VT100 or compatible terminal" >> echo " xterm xterm terminal emulator (or compatible)" >> echo " cons25w cons25w terminal" >> echo >> echo -n "Console type [vt100]: " >> read TERM >> TERM=${TERM:-vt100} >> >> >> I would replace: >> >> ansi >> vt100 [default] >> xterm >> cons25w >> >> with: >> >> vt100 >> vt220 [default] >> xterm >> cons25w (delete?) >> >> Why? >> >> Add vt220 and new default, because it has better UI features than vt100 and is >> similarly old. >> >> xterm is ok. >> >> Delete ansi, I seem it is not usable also with LGPL-dialog, do somebody really >> use it? Some test: >> % env TERM=ansi sade >> % env TERM=ansi dialog --menu test 0 0 0 n1 d1 n2 d2 >> >> Delete cons25w? Reading the logs it seems useful for pc98 now deleted, however >> it was added for japanese users, I have not this hardware so I could send a call >> for testing in current@. >> >> Please note I want to remove nothing (TERMs, drivers, etc.), it is just an >> echo-prompt update. >> >> >> Feel free to point me to any useful resource and let me know if you want to be >> involved in reviews / other discussions. >> Finally I added an editable wiki page for tracking the replacement process >> <https://wiki.freebsd.org/RoadmapFromDialogToBSDDialog>. > It's hard to imagine anyone using something that isn't xterm compatible. > Does it even make sense to have this prompt? > > -- Brooks It's from the pre-newcons misty past. I'd support deleting it. -Nathan