From: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>,
Nobin Mathew <nobin.mathew@gmail.com>,
Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] menuconfig: truncate list items
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:57:35 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C084F7F.9060802@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C07D932.4040404@oracle.com>
Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 06/03/10 00:24, Li Zefan wrote:
>> Truncate list items to fit in a single line, otherwise those items
>> which have long prompts will cover some other items.
>>
>> This follows the behavior of menubox.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
>
> Thanks :)
>
> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>
> Ben, the Samsung S3C24* prompt still gets truncated with this patch (when using
> an 80-column wide xterm). If you care about seeing all of the models,
> you might want to shorten the prompt.
>
An alterative is to print the truncated string and end it with "...":
( ) Samsung S3C2410, S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2416, S3C2440...
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From: lizf@cn.fujitsu.com (Li Zefan)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] menuconfig: truncate list items
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:57:35 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C084F7F.9060802@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C07D932.4040404@oracle.com>
Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 06/03/10 00:24, Li Zefan wrote:
>> Truncate list items to fit in a single line, otherwise those items
>> which have long prompts will cover some other items.
>>
>> This follows the behavior of menubox.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
>
> Thanks :)
>
> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>
>
> Ben, the Samsung S3C24* prompt still gets truncated with this patch (when using
> an 80-column wide xterm). If you care about seeing all of the models,
> you might want to shorten the prompt.
>
An alterative is to print the truncated string and end it with "...":
( ) Samsung S3C2410, S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2416, S3C2440...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-04 0:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-03 7:24 [PATCH 1/2] menuconfig: fix to center checklist correctly in a corner case Li Zefan
2010-06-03 7:24 ` Li Zefan
2010-06-03 7:24 ` [PATCH 2/2] menuconfig: truncate list items Li Zefan
2010-06-03 7:24 ` Li Zefan
2010-06-03 16:32 ` Randy Dunlap
2010-06-03 16:32 ` Randy Dunlap
2010-06-04 0:57 ` Li Zefan [this message]
2010-06-04 0:57 ` Li Zefan
2010-06-03 16:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] menuconfig: fix to center checklist correctly in a corner case Randy Dunlap
2010-06-03 16:32 ` Randy Dunlap
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