From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261316AbVABUPZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:15:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261315AbVABUPY (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:15:24 -0500 Received: from pfepb.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.236]:49971 "EHLO pfepb.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261316AbVABUPI (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:15:08 -0500 Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 21:16:00 +0100 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Ingo Oeser Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg , Roman Zippel Subject: Re: kconfig: help includes dependency information Message-ID: <20050102201600.GA9900@mars.ravnborg.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ingo Oeser , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sam Ravnborg , Roman Zippel References: <20041230235146.GA9450@mars.ravnborg.org> <20041230235309.GD9450@mars.ravnborg.org> <200501010502.55612.ioe-lkml@axxeo.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200501010502.55612.ioe-lkml@axxeo.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 05:02:55AM +0100, Ingo Oeser wrote: > > I would prefer this information at the END of the help text, > since it is actually most useful to developers and more advanced users > and thus equals in value to the old notice how a module is called. Thats where it is placed. > Using the verbose config information and linking to their help texts would > make it even more user friendly in my opinion. verbose config option - please explain what you have in mind here. > "depends on:" is not really needed, since you usually cannot select any > option, where you didn't fulfill the dependencies, AFAICS. It is sometimes usefull to see what a specific config option is dependent of. But you are right that it is not visible in menuconfig (today) when "depends on" is not satisfied. I'm digging through Petr Baudis patch to link lxdialog with kconfig - and when finished I may look into extending menuconfig a bit. Sam