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["Mathieu L." <lejatorn AT smgl.homelinux.net>]

Hi all,

I agree with the previous points so I'm in favor of no-clear by default.
A suggestion however: an option that controls this behaviour (whether or
not to automatically clear screen after each command), that can be set
to "on" or "off" and which is set to "off" by default?

Cheers,
Mathieu.

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 08:35:10AM -0400, flux wrote:
> I don't want to start a flame-war, but I do want to get a general
> consensus. A lot of people have voiced that they don't like the way the
> installer presents the "todo" information, that it is actually confusing
> and hard to find the text the installer is currently outputting versus
> what was already on the screen from before (since we don't clear the
> screen first). I'm not opposed to modifying the behavior to clear the
> screen, but it made me think. First of all, I know some users just plain
> don't like having the screen cleared after they run commands (unless
> they are explicitly executing clear themselves). However, more important
> I think, it might make it easier for newer users to follow what they are
> doing, since they can see the commands they just did if the screen
> doesn't clear, and hence get a sense for the flow of the whole process.
> However, if the screen isn't cleared, it's definitely harder to pick out
> what's current compared to what's old, and they could get lost in the
> text.
> 
> What's the consensus from all of you on this? Please don't just answer
> "clear +1" or "no-clear +1" or whatever. I would like some real
> constructive feedback :-D.
> 
> -- 
> Justin "flux" Boffemmyer
> Cauldron wizard and general mage
> Source Mage GNU/Linux
> http://www.sourcemage.org



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