linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Kconfiglib menuconfig implementation

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Message-ID: <5768c009-d659-c5d7-ae63-ea041362762d@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 3 May 2018 13:31:14 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Kconfiglib menuconfig implementation

On 05/02/2018 07:47 PM, Ulf Magnusson wrote:
> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 8:52 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>> On 05/01/2018 11:13 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ulf,
>>
>> When menuconfig displays the Kconfig menu tree and it is over term-width
>> characters, it truncates on the left so that the user can see all of
>> the current menu name. menuconfig.py truncates on the right so that
>> the current menu name may be partially lost or totally lost.
> 
> Fixed. The menu path now scrolls to the right as needed. Maybe "..."
> could be displayed as well, though I'm not sure if it's helpful in
> practice.

Not needed.

>>
>> To enable=y a tristate symbol, cannot enter Y, must do Space Space to cycle
>> from N to M to Y.
> 
> Fixed.
> 
>>
>> No / symbol search. I use that a lot, but I don't claim to be a
>> typical user.
> 
> Coming soon. I have added a "show-all" mode in preparation for it, as
> you might want to jump to invisible symbols.

Sounds good.

> Screenshot: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib/screenshots/screenshots/ss9.png


One minor nit (bikeshed?):  I'm not crazy about "make scriptconfig".  :)

thanks,
-- 
~Randy