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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 13:01:01 +0100
From: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@....de>
To: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jesse Taube <Mr.Bossman075@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kconfig: menuconfig: Make hidden options show as dim

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 07:58:05PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 2:04 PM Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 8:23 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 10:05 PM Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 1:10 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 2:46 PM Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > When hidden options are toggled on (using 'z'), the number of options
> > > > > > on the screen can be overwhelming and may make it hard to distinguish
> > > > > > between available and hidden ones. Make them easier to distinguish by
> > > > > > displaying the hidden one as dim (using the A_DIM curses attribute).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Do you think this is useful?
> > > > >
> > > > > This changes the color only when you select a hidden item.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > For unselected items, you cannot distinguish hidden ones,
> > > > > as A_DIM has no effect to black text.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hmm, are you sure about that? For me it seems to dim the text. it
> > > > seems to be also used in the existing code for dlg.button_inactive.atr
> > > > of the mono theme:
> > > >
> > > > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c#L26
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Then, your code works only on the mono theme.
> > > (when your terminal does not support color, or
> > > "MENUCONFIG_COLOR=mono make menuconfig")
> > >
> >
> > No, that's not what I meant. It works for me for all themes, see the
> > screenshot at https://postimg.cc/sBsM0twT . The terminal is tmux
> > inside hterm (which in turn is supposed to be compatible with xterm).
> > I guess I can test a couple of different terminals.
> >
> > In which terminal is it not working for you?
> 
> 
> I use gnome-terminal.
> The disto is Ubuntu 23.10

I see the same behaviour as Masahiro described with foot 1.13.1 on
Debian 12.

Kind regards,
Nicolas

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