Le 06/12/2014 23:58, Bruce Dubbs a écrit :
> Pierre Labastie wrote:
>> Le 06/12/2014 15:50, Ken Moffat a écrit :
>>> On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 12:08:39PM +0100, Pierre Labastie wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I think I am done with the uniformization of the layout for Kernel
>>>> Configuration instructions.
>>>>
>>>> Question: Should we add a paragraph to "Conventions Used in this Book"?
>>>> What I
>>>> fear is that in some cases, depending of other selections in the kernel
>>>> configuration menus, angle brackets (<*> are replaced by braces {*}, or
>>>> even
>>>> dashes -*-, or some options are not visible, so users might be confused. It
>>>> might be nice to explain that, and also the difference between <*>, <*/M>,
>>>> and
>>>> <*/M/ >.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Pierre
>>>
>>> Thanks for doing that. Adding a paragraph sounds good: in 'make
>>> menuconfig' as I am sure you know, you can use '/' to search for a
>>> config symbol. The output will tell you how things on which that
>>> symbol relies are set.
>>>
>>> ĸen
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that should be explained. but sometimes, "things on which that symbol
>> relies" is 10 lines long or so, which is rather confusing...
>>
>> I guess it may be a good idea also to explain how to access the general
>> instructions (clicking "help" when the cursor is on a non selectable menu
>> line). Hmm, not sure what I write is clear. I mean, if the cursor is on a
>> line
>> like this:
>> -----------
>> some menu title without a selectable box on the left --->
>> -----------
>> and you click "help", then you get the general instructions.
>>
>> Different topic: guess you all know this, but I just realized that there is
>> "make nconfig", which is close to "make menuconfig", but with improved help
>> (acessible through function keys). Do you think it should be mentioned?
>> Well, maybe not in the "convention" page.
>
> It should go in the LFS linux page, but I think saying that 'make help'
> provides a lot of options would allow users to select what they think is best.
>
> -- Bruce
>
>
You're right, LFS linux page is the right page. What "make help" says:
-----------
nconfig - Update current config utilising a ncurses menu based program
menuconfig - Update current config utilising a menu based program
-----------
which is misleading (menuconfig actually uses ncurses, and the improved help
with nconfig is not mentioned: this one of the reasons, besides lack of
curiosity, which made that I never used nconfig before).
Maybe just add a sentence saying that nconfig is recommended rather than
menuconfig, because the help system is superior?
Pierre
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