linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] menuconfig: delete shadows, reclaim vertical space

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Date:   Sat, 4 Mar 2023 21:54:41 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] menuconfig: delete shadows, reclaim vertical space

On Sat, Mar 04, 2023 at 09:56:08AM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 3/4/23 08:55, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> > Menuconfig has lots of vertical space wasted: on my system there are
> > 17 lines of useful information about config options and 14 lines of
> > useless fluff: legend, horizontal separators and shadows.
> > 
> > Sitation is even worse on smaller terminals because fixed vertical lines
> > do not go away, but config option lines do decreasing informational
> > density even more.
> > 
> > Delete shadows and increase menu size to reclaim vertical space.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
> > ---
> > 
> >  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/checklist.c |    2 --
> >  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h    |    1 -
> >  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/inputbox.c  |    2 --
> >  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c   |    6 ++----
> >  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/textbox.c   |    2 --
> >  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c      |   22 ----------------------
> >  scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/yesno.c     |    2 --
> >  7 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> This patch works for me, but since the right side shadow is
> also being removed, the one column (width) that it had
> occupied might as well be used (reclaimed) instead of just
> going to waste.

Horizontal space is not really important because monitors are wider
than taller and our config option descriptions are quite short.