linux-kernel - Re: Small typo in kernel [current source from git] .config option

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Message-Id: <20100729071914.bf615447.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:19:14 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Nir Tzachar <nir.tzachar@...il.com>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, trapdoor6@...il.com,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>, trivial@...nel.org
Subject: Re: Small typo in kernel [current source from git] .config option

On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:33:49 +0300 Nir Tzachar wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz> wrote:
> > On 29.7.2010 08:20, trapDoor wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Nir Tzachar <nir.tzachar@...il.com> wrote:
> >>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> wrote:
> >>>> The capitilazing is the main reason why I have
> >>>> not recommended nconfig to be default.
> >>>>
> >>>> And I doubt the shortcut letters are used that often.
> >>>> One idea could be to drop the shortcut for the individual menus.
> >>>
> >>> I almost never use them and removing them will have the benefit of
> >>> cleaning the code.
> >>
> >> Neither do I. And I don't know anyone who would find them very useful.
> >
> > I actually do. Unlike menuconfig, nconfig will jump to a menu item even
> > if it is not currently visible in the screen. Useful if you know the
> > option name but don't want to scroll down and look for it. But I would
> > accept a patch to remove the shortcut if there is no better way of
> > marking the shortcuts than the capital letters.
> >
> > Michal
> >
> 
> There is a middle ground here: keep the shortcuts, but give no visual
> indication (either capitalization or coloring).

How do you tell libmenue what the shortcut character is?
Is that a different attribute/field/specifier?

If so, how about just adding the shortcut key in parentheses [or square
brackets] after its word or phrase?  E.g.:

	Hardware Error Device [A]


> What do you say? I actually like this, as I dislike the ugly
> capitalization hack.

It's not pretty and it can be confusing, but I would certainly prefer
to have some indicator for the shortcuts.

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~Randy
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