From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270032AbTGXTiU (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:38:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270034AbTGXTiU (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:38:20 -0400 Received: from vana.vc.cvut.cz ([147.32.240.58]:12934 "EHLO vana.vc.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270032AbTGXTiS (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:38:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 21:53:22 +0200 From: Petr Vandrovec To: John Bradford Cc: rpjday@mindspring.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: some kernel config menu suggested tweaks Message-ID: <20030724195322.GA8194@vana.vc.cvut.cz> References: <200307241910.h6OJAWnm000706@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200307241910.h6OJAWnm000706@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 08:10:32PM +0100, John Bradford wrote: > > The filesystem menu, for example, I could previously just skip down in > make menuconfig, selecting and deselecting what I wanted. Now, I have > to go in and out, and in and out, just to see what's selected and > what's not. Sure, it might look nice to a new user who doesn't like > to see a lot of options they don't necessarily understand, but it > wastes the time of more experienced users. I think we should use "[X] OptionMenu -->" variant USB Gadgets use where possible. Currently for example IDE code is ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support --> <*> ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL support IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices --> <*> Enhandced IDE/MFM/RLL disk/cdrom/... One level can be completely removed by doing <*> ATA/ATAPI/MFF/RLL support --> directly in toplevel menu. Then you do not have to open most of the menus, as if there is no checkmark before submenu entry, there is definitely nothing selected below. And after all, there is also "make menuconfig MENUCONFIG_MODE=single_menu". Unfortunately it starts with all nodes closed, and '*' (which I'm used to use for unrolling complete subtree) does nothing. And second problem is that "<*> XXX -->" does not work as expected in single_menu mode, it still creates its own submenu, which kinda complicates things. Best regards, Petr Vandrovec