[Aptitude-devel] Bug#415449: aptitude: improve package list browsing

[Daniel Hartwig]

On 3 March 2014 00:53, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
<manuel.montezelo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + moreinfo
>
> Opinions about this?
>
> I think that it would be nice and I wished for something similar many
> times (default binding, not something that I would add and would have
> to carry from system to system).
>
> However I am not sure if the proposed key is the best approach.  For
> example, pressing "]" in any element of a tree could close that
> branch, that's what feels more natural for me.
>

The original poster seems unaware of the "^" and "]" bindings.

> And if "arrow_left" closes the branch from any sub-element, at least
> "arrow_right" should open the branch (maybe there are other
> "simetries" as well).
>

These keys are often used to traverse up and down.  However, rather
than Left always closing the branch, it should move up a level (like
"^") or close the branch depending on the current position.