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Date:	Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:34:46 +0200
From:	Nir Tzachar <nir.tzachar@...il.com>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sam@...nborg.org, zippel@...ux-m68k.org, andi@...stfloor.org,
	randy.dunlap@...cle.com, elendil@...net.nl, bn@...sdigital.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nconfig v7

Hi Michal

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
> On 25.11.2009 11:28, nir.tzachar@...il.com wrote:
>> Hello.
>>
>> Attached bellow is version 7 of nconfig, an ncurses based replacement for
>> menuconfig. After a thorough overhaul, addressing all concerns raised in the
>> past by users on these lists, I would be happy if this version is favorably
>> considered for inclusion.
>>
>> Major changes since version 6:
>>
>> 1) un-selectable menu items have 'XXX' before them, to indicate the fact.
>> 2) there are three separate help menus: main help (bound to F1), symbol help
>>    (bound to F2 and 'h') and short instructions (bound to F3).
>
> Hi Nir,
>
> I tried it a few times, it's nice :). I get a few warnings about missing
> prototypes when compiling it:
>  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.o
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c:23: warning: no previous prototype for
> ‘set_normal_colors’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c:68: warning: no previous prototype for
> ‘normal_color_theme’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c:100: warning: no previous prototype for
> ‘no_colors_theme’
>  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/nconf.o
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:455: warning: no previous prototype for
> ‘process_special_keys’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:487: warning: no previous prototype for
> ‘get_next_hot’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:506: warning: no previous prototype for ‘canbhot’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:514: warning: no previous prototype for ‘is_hot’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:522: warning: no previous prototype for ‘make_hot’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:582: warning: no previous prototype for ‘item_make’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:626: warning: no previous prototype for
> ‘item_add_str’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:656: warning: no previous prototype for ‘item_tag’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:668: warning: no previous prototype for
> ‘curses_item_index’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:673: warning: no previous prototype for ‘item_data’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:684: warning: no previous prototype for
> ‘item_is_tag’
> scripts/kconfig/nconf.c:691: warning: no previous prototype for
> ‘set_config_filename’

I'll try to fix these.

> These probably can be static. Oh, and when I suspend the program with
> Ctrl-Z, resume with 'fg' and hit an arrow key, the escape sequence is
> interpreted as a genuine ESC and it either jumps one menu level above or
> wants to exit the program. It happens to me both in xterm and
> gnome-terminal, ncurses version is 5.6. Can you see it as well or is
> there something broken on my side?

I get the same behavior on my system. Try changing the cbreak() in
nconfig.c to raw(), which will disable signal generation for ^Z and
^C.

> Other than that, I found no issues so far (except for the not really
> readable shortcut nOtation, but you say it's hard to fix, so let's
> forget about it for now). I'll use it a bit more and have a look at the
> code. For now, it is in git://repo.or.cz/linux-kbuild.git#for-review as is.

Thanks :)

> Michal
>

Cheers,
Nir.
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