Re: Proposal for menuconfig removal

[Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>]

On 10/24/13 08:35, Alexander Holler wrote:
> Am 24.10.2013 17:02, schrieb Aldo Iljazi:
>> On 24-10-2013 17:03, Alexander Holler wrote:
>>> Am 24.10.2013 13:56, schrieb Aldo Iljazi:
>>>> Since nconfig is there, menuconfig is redundant.
>>>>
>>>> I am proposing to remove it from the kernel.

I am not seeing a good reason to remove menuconfig.

>>>
>>> Looks like nconfig depends on F-keys, which unfortunately do disappear
>>> more and more on modern keyboards, so I wouldn't call that a very good
>>> idea.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Alexander Holler
>>> -- 
>>
>> If that's the case then I agree, but are they really? I've not seen a
>> keyboard without F-keys.
> 
> There are many of them. But it isn't only about keyboards without those keys, it's about situations where those keys are inaccesible too. Guess why Midnight Commander supports ESC-n as alternative for Fn.
> 
> Or just try to use make nconfig from any of the various Android (SSH)-Terminals. Relying on F-keys isn't a very good idea.

nconfig supports use of <Fn> or just numeric <n> key for the same functions.


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~Randy