On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 09:23:47PM +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
>
> My normal terminal emulator has 30 lines, and when in cfdisk typing H,
> the help screen ends like this:
>
> Note: All of the commands can be entered with either upper or lower
> *Press a key to continue.*
>
> One understands what is meant, of course, but it looks a bit unfinished.
> And one wonders whether there is still more missing. And there might!
> After reducing the number of lines to twenty (stty rows 20), the help
> screen ends like this:
>
> *Press a key to continue.*
> Since this might destroy data on the disk, you must
>
> :D
>
> Pressing a key does not show the rest of the help text, but it
> used to.
Hmm... it seems it will be necessary to add support for UP/DOWN keys
for the help screen. OK, but in v2.26 :-)
> The help text also shows this entry:
>
> s Fix partitions order
>
> But this item is not shown in the main menu. Does it only
> appear when the partitions are out of order?
Well, all the actions and the main menu depend on context, it does
not offer useless actions at all.
> text might want to say so, e.g. "(only when in disarray)".
OK, added.
> Pressing s or S in the main menu does not give any feedback.
Sure, action is no active, menu is no sensitive to the key at all.
> When creating a new partition, it accepts as a suffix for sizes both
> k and K, m and M, g and G. But for sectors it only accepts S, not s.
Good point, fixed.
> What is the reason that it accepts the j and k keys for moving
> the cursor down and up?
...backward compatibility (probably for Vi maniacs).
Karel
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