[Bug 1197727] Re: "Replace your changes in ... configuration file" prompt is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

You choose which version you want by clicking anywhere on the pane
showing that version. Which version is selected is shown by the border
around it. It's simpler and more direct than having controls separate
from the panes, though I guess it would require a bit of cleverness to
make the panes selectable that way.

I wonder if you could use "wdiff --no-inserted" for the left pane, and
"wdiff --no-deleted" for the right pane, using "--start-delete" etc to
insert the Pango formatting commands for coloring the background of the
changes.

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Title:
  "Replace your changes in ... configuration file" prompt is
  unattractive

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/144145563/Screenshot%20from%202013-07-04%2010%3A26%3A58.png

  This prompt needs redesign. In particular:
  a. it's closable and maximizable and should be neither
  b. the title is "update-manager"
  c. the question-mark icon is uninformative
  d. the filename is in the primary text, with Ascii quotes, though it may be very long
  e. a programmer-style diff is likely incomprehensible to non-programmers
  f. the recommendation is to replace the file, but the default is "Keep".

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