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Message-ID: <469E5629.4020409@oracle.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:04:25 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.22-git* regression: Kconfig prompts without help text

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Jul 18 2007 10:34, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>> On Jul 18 2007 09:41, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>> Looks good to me except that help text should be indented by
>>>> 2 more spaces according to CodingStyle.
>>> Who invented that rule anyway... the "---help---" marker (note the dashes)
>>> clearly separates things already.
>>> Here you go.
>> I have no idea where it came from.  (not me)
> 
> It was akpm:
> http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/Documentation/CodingStyle?PAGE=diffs&REV=1.5
> 
> Well, can we lift it?

I think that would only make sense if "---help---" is used (like you did)
instead of the plain "help" string.

In the case of "---help---", it's OK with me not to be indented by 2 more
spaces.

-- 
~Randy
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