From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272164AbTGYPz5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:55:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272165AbTGYPz4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:55:56 -0400 Received: from www.13thfloor.at ([212.16.59.250]:18566 "EHLO www.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272164AbTGYPzv (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:55:51 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:11:08 +0200 From: Herbert =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=F6tzl?= To: "Robert P. J. Day" Cc: John Bradford , ecki-lkm@lina.inka.de, Fabian.Frederick@prov-liege.be, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: why the current kernel config menu layout is a mess Message-ID: <20030725161108.GB17813@www.13thfloor.at> Reply-To: herbert@13thfloor.at Mail-Followup-To: "Robert P. J. Day" , John Bradford , ecki-lkm@lina.inka.de, Fabian.Frederick@prov-liege.be, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200307251458.h6PEwAMD001065@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 11:26:17AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > [some invaluable information zapped] > > what's important, i think, is to be able to look at the top-level > menu and be able to deduce quickly where to find the option you're > interested in. (pop quiz: without looking, where would you find > the option for the ftape floppy driver? see?) what about a search option, which actually grabs for key words in descriptions, or a special keyword list, with thematic structure? > [some invaluable information zapped] best, Herbert