linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] menuconfig: truncate list items

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Message-ID: <4C084F7F.9060802@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:57:35 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
CC:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Nobin Mathew <nobin.mathew@...il.com>,
	Ben Dooks <ben-linux@...ff.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] menuconfig: truncate list items

Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 06/03/10 00:24, Li Zefan wrote:
>> Truncate list items to fit in a single line, otherwise those items
>> which have long prompts will cover some other items.
>>
>> This follows the behavior of menubox.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> Thanks :)
> 
> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>
> 
> Ben, the Samsung S3C24* prompt still gets truncated with this patch (when using
> an 80-column wide xterm).  If you care about seeing all of the models,
> you might want to shorten the prompt.
> 

An alterative is to print the truncated string and end it with "...":

( ) Samsung S3C2410, S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2416, S3C2440...



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