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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel,

You are report great progress (no pun intended) :-)

> It would be nice to use forms with the progress bar, is that possible?

I don't know.

Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-10-14 kl. 14:43, skrev Israel:
> Hi Nio,
> (inlines)
> On 10/14/2015 05:04 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>
>>> Could you send a zenity and dialog script for this?  Or point me to what
>>> function I can reuse code from in mkusb or OBI.
>> Start from the OBI-installer's
>>
>> function select_device
>>
>> and modify it to select target for the bootloader instead of target for
>> the whole installation (as in the case of the basic OBI level). See the
>> attached screenshot.
> select_device
> got it!
> Thanks :)
>>> .....
>> I think grub-install can separate the source and target in a way, that
>> this should not be a problem.
> In my most recent version (not uploaded yet) grub-installer from the
> live ISO works as intended.
> I tested in a VM with 3 virtual drives.  sda sdb sdc
> I installed to sdb with 2 root partitions and one swap
> I installed to one of the root partitions
> grub installed correctly to sdb now
> But, I think offering the ability to  choose the device is a good idea
>>>> When confident with zenity in the OBI, I would be ready for ToriOS 1.1.
>>>> Of course there will be some minor bug-fixes too, plus up-to-date
>>>> versions of all the program packages.
>>> sounds good to me
>>>> ..
>>>>
>>>> Den 2015-10-13 kl. 16:02, skrev Israel:
>>>>> ....
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/13/2015 01:47 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Israel.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I added the option -n to pv and used its output in zenity.
>>>>> Ok. that sounds like a good idea
>>> [[ "$USEZENITY" == "true" ]] && (tar -xvJf "$trbll" | pv -n -s $(du -sb
>>> . | awk '{print$1}')) 2>&1 | zenity --progress
>>> --title="$OneButtonInstaller"  "$ZEN_ICON" --text="$Extracting $trbll"
>>> --auto-close
>>> is what I use now
>> But it was pulsating when I was testing - not a progressing bar growing
>> from left to right. Something is, or was, not quite right. Do you get a
>> progressing bar now?
>>
>> I have not learned awk yet. Maybe the awkward name is scaring me :-P
> hehehe
> This is in my most recent (not uploaded ISO)
> It works, but maybe not as well as your idea.  I simply took that
> command from:
> man pv
> there is an example for Dialog, so I changed it to zenity.
> It goes through all the way, then backs down to half and then
> progresses... so there must be something a bit off with that method.
> I will look at mkusb code and use yours
>>>>>> ....
>>>>> So you think I should make an overall progress indicator?
>>>> I think it would improve the user experience - not as important as a
>>>> progress indicator for extracting from the tarball - but worthwhile.
>>> Yeah, I suppose I could just use the log file to do this, and add a
>>> progress number occasionally and have an 'overall progress' indicator window
>>> This will create more issues, and should wait until later I think, as it
>>> will make for a lot more debugging and testing to make sure things work
>>> correctly
> This turned out to be much easier than I supposed so this is now
> implemented.
> The functions get called a few times, so occasionally progress goes back
> and forth, but it was very simple to do.
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>> .
>>>> Installing the bootloader is a rather quick process, and can be one step
>>>> in a crude stepwise indication (like in mkusb).
>>>>
>>>> Make a persistent live drive with mkusb and watch the progress
>>>> indication! (I suggest that you test the bleeding edge version, now 10.3)
>>> So would this be better than the current --pulsate ?
>>> To me this is sufficient since it does go so quickly as you have said.
>> As I wrote before - this is not as important as the progress bar while
>> expanding the tarball. But I prefer notifications in one steady overall
>> progress window to many short-lived windows, that the user has problems
>> to finish reading before they disappear. I suggest that this task can
>> wait until after the release of ToriOS 1.0, or be skipped completely.
> I have now simply logged most of those windows rather than showing them.
> I think pulsate is fine for the bootloader.
> The overall progress indicator is much better....
> It would be nice to use forms with the progress bar, is that possible?
> 
> I will work on select device and let it exist for dialog and zenity both.
>>>>> These are all very good ideas Nio!  Thank you!
>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>> Nio
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