linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] menuconfig: Allow j/k to move down/up the menu

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Message-ID: <51DD7601.5090200@suse.cz>
Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:56:01 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] menuconfig: Allow j/k to move down/up the menu

Dne 9.7.2013 01:08, Sören Brinkmann napsal(a):
> On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 06:00:05PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
>> On 07/05/2013 06:32:59 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
>>> Like in Vim.
>>>
>>> Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
>>> ---
>>> Unsure why nobody has done this yet.
>>
>> While you're at it, why don't you add the ws up and down bindings
>> from World of Warcraft?
>>
[...]
> Well, one advantage of these key bindings is, that you don't have to
> move your hands away from the base line. And as vim user I find myself
> using vim key sequences in all tools.

One issue here is that j and k are already taken. Letters other than
h/m/n/y are used as hotkeys in menuconfig/nconf, if there is a menu item
starting with the respective letter. So at a minimum, the patch would
have to add j and k to the reserved set.

Michal
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