As I see it dispatch-conf needs a new and better separator between the config files it wants to edit. Currently it seems to be just a simple \n which is not sufficient when running on my screen (running term in fullscreen showing around 60-70 lines at the same time). The screen becomes cluttered and it's hard to follow where the current file starts and the last one ended (especialy when they are of different size). I suggest that either a clear screen is runned or a larger separator is implemented (three or four new line will do).
Well, I've noticed this and had the same idea. Actually, I think a "clear" would be perfect. However, I could be forgetting something.
Created attachment 132280 [details, diff] clear the screen with curses if possible and fall back to system('clear') This is fixed in svn r7893.
This has been released in 2.1.3.12.
There's a similar fix for etc-update here: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=5cfba96ca932266c7b50c9e432f13dd858e031db
(In reply to comment #4) > There's a similar fix for etc-update here: > > http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=5cfba96ca932266c7b50c9e432f13dd858e031db This is in 2.1.9.50 and 2.2.0_alpha34.
Ugh, I really dislike the new etc-update behavior. Do we really need this?
+1, can we make this configurable perhaps?
Ok, I've added a clear_term config setting for this: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=254e853c8a6aad06d4781b0eb0f5a1d2e1919754
I've disabled clear_term by default for etc-update: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=8f677b5e1d7c8e41c4b677b4cf802b1e8ab21a69
(In reply to comment #9) > I've disabled clear_term by default for etc-update: > > http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/portage.git;a=commit;h=8f677b5e1d7c8e41c4b677b4cf802b1e8ab21a69 This is in 2.1.10 and 2.2.0_alpha38.
