Re: [Dragora-users] dragora-installer: Message improvement proposal I

[Matias Fonzo]

El 2020-01-30 13:40, Michael Siegel escribió:
> Am 31.12.19 um 23:16 schrieb Matias Fonzo:
> > Hi again :-)
> >
> > El 2019-12-29 06:11, Michael Siegel escribió:
> > > Am 28.12.19 um 23:46 schrieb Matias Fonzo:
> > > > Michael,
> > > >
> > > > I have carried out the suggestions you made, you can take a look at 
> > > > the
> > > > current status of the installer here[1]:
> > > >
> > > > [1] https://share.riseup.net/#4NH1c8qSm2eFg5oGg6n_JA
> > >
> > > Hm… I'm not sure this really is an improvement. The previous version 
> > > was
> > > really quite good already. It just needed a few small fixes. So, I'd
> > > rather go with that (plus the fixes I suggested) and try to find the
> > > right wording for what Space and Enter are used for. The text should
> > > really be kept concise and that's what the previous version was.
> > >
> > > So, my suggestion is to revert to that and try to fix it without 
> > > adding
> > > any extra explanation. Once we have the terms right, this should not 
> > > be
> > > much of a problem. Maybe the Ncurses documentation can help with 
> > > that.
> > > I'll give it a read as soon as I can.
> >
> > I have made new changes trying to follow the previous changes or
> > corrections to be applied with the difference that I have changed the
> > following:
> >
> > - I am using "Use the cursor keys .... to move to a new position on a
> > window" rather than "to move around in the installer's menu" (I am not
> > 100% sure if this is correct, and also I don't like too much how it
> > sounds).
> >
> > - I left out Enter because it's pretty obvious, more so in 
> > distributions
> > like Dragora.
> >
> > - Space is not mentioned either, it is better to mention it where it 
> > is
> > useful (in the checklists).
>
> I think that how to navigate within the installer should be documented
> in a straight-forward way and without assuming the user already knows
> how to do (some of) it.

I don't have or I can't find the right words at this moment to mention 
the Space/Enter in turn differentiate them.  Everything in a simple and 
clear way...

> If the description of that can't be kept short enough to make it fit
> well into the initial installer window, a separate help menu should be
> provided.
> [..]