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From: Freeman on 27 Feb 2010 04:10
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:43:53PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Fri,26.Feb.10, 08:47:46, Rob Owens wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:24:39AM +1100, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've had a good look around and still can't work this one out. Does
> > > anyone know how to configure wifi from the command line? I'm currently
> > > using wicd, so all my hardware is supported, however, as I rarely start
> > > X I would prefer to manage wifi connections through the cli.
> > >
> > There is the wicd-curses interface. I have never tried it, though.
>
> I have. The UI is not the best, but it works.
>

Funny. I would have called it the best.

But it is best run automatically from a .screenrc line, in its own window in
screen.

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From: Andrei Popescu on 27 Feb 2010 10:00
On Sat,27.Feb.10, 09:03:48, Freeman wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:43:53PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:

> > > There is the wicd-curses interface. I have never tried it, though.
> >
> > I have. The UI is not the best, but it works.
>
> Funny. I would have called it the best.

There are some usability issues. I'll file a (whishlist) bugreport...

See #571720 if you're curious ;)

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From: Freeman on 28 Feb 2010 05:40
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 04:54:31PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sat,27.Feb.10, 09:03:48, Freeman wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 08:43:53PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
>
> > > > There is the wicd-curses interface. I have never tried it, though.
> > >
> > > I have. The UI is not the best, but it works.
> >
> > Funny. I would have called it the best.
>
> There are some usability issues. I'll file a (whishlist) bugreport...
>
> See #571720 if you're curious ;)
>

Many good points.

Regarding the various strange characters issue, I sort of like them and
would be sad to see them go.

And I actually do find the right arrow more intuitive for configuring the
network than the return key.

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