RE: tlug: X resolution / color depth

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Jonathan Byrne--3Web wrote:

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> 
> >So, (and this is to everyone), what are the main things that you *don't*
> >like about RPM?  Possibly I can address some of them for the next
> >TurboLinux (a better user-interface for package management is one that I
> >hear a lot, and I'm going to work on that for TL 2.0).
> 
> 
> I have no real complaints about it, but something that was mentioned (by
> Stephen Turnbull?) does give me an idea.  Looking around in the folders to
> find packages or just see what you have by double clicking each one, then
> looking through it, then double-clicking the up icon to get back to the main
> level in Glint can be kind of time consuming.  I'd rather see a collapsed
> tree structure (with small folder icons) that could have each branch
> expanded to show it's constituent folders by clicking a plus sign, and
> collapsed  again by clicking the (now) minus sign.  A double-pane view
> showing the tree on the left and the contents of the currently selected
> folder on the right would also be cool
> 
> Yes, this would look something like a certain file manager on a certain OS
> from a state somewhere north of Oregon, but I happen to really like the way
> that file manager works :-)

well, I was currently planning on doing a non-X version, but when I
rewrite the X version, that's a good idea, same for the below.
Unfortunately, there's just me working on this, so it'll be a while before
all this is done :)

> 
> As long as you're at it, how about doing the same thing to the file manager
> that comes with TL (and RH, I believe)?  Smaller folder icons are definitely
> needed, at least.  The big ones take up a bit too much screen real estate
> for my tastes, especially when you don't have a 17-inch monitor.
> 
> Jonathan
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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
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