Re: Linux 2.6.22-rc1

Satyam Sharma
2007-05-16T01:54:18Z

On 5/15/07, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de> wrote:
> [...]
> If you transform a menu with hidden options (which do NOT "depend on"
> the menu - they can't even) into a menuconfig (continuing not to
> depend on the menuconfig), the presentation fucks up (especially in
> ncurses-menuconfig). That is a good hint something should be taken
> more seriously.

Sorry, I didn't follow this "hidden options" thing at all ...

> So, for menus with hidden options I had a number of options how to
> go about them:
>
> - move the hidden options before the menuconfig or after, so
> the presentation does not bork;
>
> - leave the menu as-is because there's just so many hidden
> options and a menuconfig entry is detrimental

... but the second method seems sane and safe, still :-)

> So what do we need?
>
> * 'configmenu' option (with 'endconfigmenu') that works the same as
> 'menu' and 'endmenu' (so we can have hidden options), but at the
> same time make the ---> and options inside it disappear when it is
> not selected. Currently, no other type seems to satisfy this.

(Yes, and with that implicit if-endif block to make "depends on" the
configmenu for those config options that are inside it automatic)

* Also, some "[MENU]" kind of prefix/tag in the text of configmenu
options would also be nice.

Satyam