Re: install troubles

From: Wulfy (wulfmann_at_tiscali.co.uk)
Date: 07/30/05

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    Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 14:22:26 +0100
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    Reposted back to the list as it was sent to me privately (in error).

    Gene Heskett wrote:

    >On Saturday 30 July 2005 05:23, Wulfy wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Gene Heskett wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>But the aptitude interface sure reminds me of the old dselect, and
    >>>I didn't take long to learn to hate that a decade back. aptitude
    >>>really really needs one more line of info onscreen full time, and
    >>>thats the current path in the selection tree. Having to scroll
    >>>hundreds of screens up and down just to find and cancel, sort of a
    >>>cd .., out of that branch of the tree takes entirely too much time
    >>>when searching thru its lists. IMO, an ']' at any point in a
    >>>sublist should close that sublist and take you back to the parent.
    >>>
    >>>/rant mode
    >>>
    >>>
    >>At any point in a sublist pressing "^" will take you to the parent.
    >>After a search, you may have a lot of sublists open, though, so it
    >>will take a little time to close all of them.
    >>
    >>Hope this helps. :)
    >>
    >>
    >
    >It will, thanks. Help doesn't say that?
    >
    It is there, but the help screen seems somewhat cluttered to me. It
    brings back memories from the days of DOS programs...

    I'm a newbie so I read *very* carefully (and hope to understand what I'm
    reading!!!) or at least, try to... 

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