linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] kconfig: highlight gconfig 'comment' lines with '***'

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQsXh5XRh9MdasczTu=gbKz+6nfw+_596PU-A1+VYdCRg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:00:27 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kconfig: highlight gconfig 'comment' lines with '***'

On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 2:51 PM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> Mark Kconfig "comment" lines with "*** <commentstring> ***"
> so that it is clear that these lines are comments and not some
> kconfig item that cannot be modified.
>
> This is helpful in some menus to be able to provide a menu
> "sub-heading" for groups of similar config items.
>
> This also makes the comments be presented in a way that is
> similar to menuconfig and nconfig.
>
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
> ---

Both applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.




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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada