linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ncurses based config

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Date:	Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:37:01 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	Nir Tzachar <nir@...char.com>
cc:	7eggert@....de,
	Alejandro Riveira Fernández 
	<ariveira@...il.com>, "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	Nir Tzachar <tzachar@...us.cs.bgu.ac.il>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, zippel@...ux-m68k.org,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ncurses based config

On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Nir Tzachar wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de> wrote:

> > In other words: You don't permanently need half a screen of instructions,
> > hide them by default and offer a popup. The window below the title is the
> > only working area, it can be maximized. (Looking at "make menuconfig",
> > I see the same mistakes.)
> 
> I tried to copy the behaviour of menuconfig, hence the similarity.

Obviously. I tried to put the blame on menuconfig by mentioning it.

> Does placing a short help, e.g.,  'press I for instruction' seems
> good?

In this case, I'd just add one more button.
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