Re: [Vectorlinux-devel] Ideas for New Installer

[uel a. <ue...@gm...>]

Ram,
right now we are working on a gui installer that uses pages.
I would be interested in the information about a tabbed dialog as I have no=
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been able to find any, and I would like to duplicate the gui installer in
case of problems with autoconfiguring X

Thanks,
Uel

On 5/4/06, Sriram Durbha <sri...@gm...> wrote:
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> Hi uel,
>  for a while i was going thru the source code of dialog, to see how to ge=
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> a tabbed dialog.
> so that all of the installer can be put in one dialog, and it is easy to
> move between pages.
> unfortunately though it can be done, i dont have the time for it.
> Instead of showing one page at a time,  we could display all of the info
> gathering part in one place, and then move on to a progress indicator .
> right now the info gathering part is spread across several screens.
> It gives a much simpler mental model to work with.
> also gives the impression that the installer is small where as in reality
> the number of screens can be the same.
> cheers
> ram
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> On 5/3/06, uel archuletta <ue...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> > well anyone else have any ideas they would like to see in the installer
> > tools
> > something you might need before or after install?
> > or even to rescue a system?
> >
> >
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