On 15/04/20, Alex Pilon wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 08:30:44AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > [???] related to that, in the top-level Kconfig file, a variable by that
> > same name is used to generate the "make menuconfig" banner thusly:
>
> Side note, menuconfig has been superseded for a little while now.
>
> commit 692d97c380c6dce2c35a04c5dcbce4e831a42fa0
> Author: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed Nov 25 12:28:43 2009 +0200
>
> kconfig: new configuration interface (nconfig)
>
> This patch was inspired by the kernel projects page, where an ncurses
> replacement for menuconfig was mentioned (by Sam Ravnborg).
>
> Building on menuconfig, this patch implements a more modern look
> interface using ncurses and ncurses' satellite libraries (menu, panel,
> form). The implementation does not depend on lxdialog, which is
> currently distributed with the kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nir Tzachar <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <[email protected]>
Thank you for remiinding me of this tool that you had mentioned at the last
L3GO meeting.
> I am not aware of any reason to keep using menuconfig.
You underestimate the power of muscle memory...
> As far as I know, nconfig implements a superset. In projects like busybox and
> uclibc still stuck with only menuconfig, you're often wondering "where's X
> defined" and you can't just F8, type part of the Kconfig variable name, and
> get all the info you wished for.
Does F8 work through ssh/screen/tmux?
> Regards,
>
> Alex Pilon
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