Sorry, da' nu m-am putut abtine :-) Matei -- On Saturday, 16 June 2001, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Various people on the Linux kernel mailing list and elsewhere have been heard > to opine that CML2's user interface is too oriented towards nontechnical > users. In response to these complaints, I have implemented a fourth CML2 > front end with an interface style expressly designed for the serious, > hard-core hacker. A transcript of an example session follows: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Welcome to CML2 Adventure, version 1.6.1. > You are in a maze of twisty little Linux kernel options menus, all different. > The main room. A sign reads `Linux Kernel Configuration System'. > Passages lead off in all directions. > > > n > The arch room. A sign reads `Processor type'. > A passage leads upwards. > > Choose your processor architecture. > A brass lantern is here. > There is a row of buttons on the wall of this room. They read: > X86, ALPHA, SPARC32, SPARC64, MIPS32, MIPS64, PPC, M68K, ARM, SUPERH, IA64, PARISC, >S390, S390X, CRIS > The button marked X86 is pressed. > > take lantern > Lantern: taken. > > look X86 > Value of X86 is y. > This is Linux's home port. Linux was originally native to the Intel > 386, and runs on all the later x86 processors including the Intel > 486, 586, Pentiums, and various instruction-set-compatible chips by > AMD, Cyrix, and others. > > up > In main room. > > nearby > The arch room. A sign reads `Processor type'. > The archihacks room. A sign reads `Architecture-specific hardware hacks'. > The buses room. A sign reads `System buses and controller types'. > The pm room. A sign reads `Power management'. > The mtd room. A sign reads `Memory Technology Device (MTD) support'. > The x86 room. A sign reads `Intel and compatible 80x86 processor options'. > The policy room. A sign reads `Configuration policy options'. > The generic room. A sign reads `Architecture-independent feature selections'. > The block_devices room. A sign reads `Block devices'. > > > go generic > The generic room. A sign reads `Architecture-independent feature selections'. > A passage leads upwards. > > There is an option named MODULES here. > There is an option named NET here. > There is an option named SYSVIPC here. > There is an option named BSD_PROCESS_ACCT here. > There is an option named SYSCTL here. > There is an option named BINFMT_AOUT here. > There is an option named BINFMT_MISC here. > There is an option named SMP here. > > take NET > NET: taken. > > take MODULES > Tristate symbols won't default to M. > MODULES: taken. > > up > In main room. > > nearby > The arch room. A sign reads `Processor type'. > The archihacks room. A sign reads `Architecture-specific hardware hacks'. > The buses room. A sign reads `System buses and controller types'. > The pm room. A sign reads `Power management'. > The mtd room. A sign reads `Memory Technology Device (MTD) support'. > The x86 room. A sign reads `Intel and compatible 80x86 processor options'. > The policy room. A sign reads `Configuration policy options'. > The generic room. A sign reads `Architecture-independent feature selections'. > The block_devices room. A sign reads `Block devices'. > > > go buses > The buses room. A sign reads `System buses and controller types'. > A passage leads upwards. > > Specify the buses, disk controllers, and internal interconnection standards > that you want your kernel to support. > It is very dark. If you continue, you are likely to be eaten by a grue. > There is an option named EISA here. > There is an option named PCI here. > There is an option named PNP here. > There is an option named PARPORT here. > There is an option named HOTPLUG here. > There is an option named IDE here. > There is an option named SCSI here. > There is an option named USB here. > There is an option named I2O here. > There is an option named MTD here. > There is an option named WATCHDOG here. > > light lantern > The lantern radiates a mellow golden light. > > take PCI > PCI: taken. > > help > Welcome to the adventure configurator. For a command summary, type `commands'. > In general, a three-letter abbreviation of any command word is sufficient > to identify it to the parser. > > This interface emulates the style of classic text adventure games such as > Colossal Cave Adventure and Zork. Configuration menus are rooms, and > configuration options are objects that can be taken and dropped (except > for choice/radiobutton symbols, which become buttons on various room walls). > Objects and rooms may silently appear and disappear as visibilities > change. > > Have fun, and beware of the grues! > > In main room. > > commands > look [target] -- look here or at target (direction or option). > nearby -- list nearby rooms (useful with go) > go -- go to a named menu (follow with the label). > inventory -- show which options you have picked up. > drop -- unset option. > take [module] -- set option, follow with option name. > press -- press a button (follow with the button name). > set -- set numeric or string; follow with symbol and value. > load -- read in a configuration (follow with the filename). > save -- save the configuration (follow with a filename). > xyzzy -- toggle suppression flag. > quit -- quit, discarding changes. > exit -- exit, saving the configuration. > You can move in compass directions n,e,w,s,ne,nw,se,sw or dn for down. > > quit > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- > <a href="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> > > What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of > the individual right to lawful defense." > -- Frederic Bastiat, "The Law" > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ --- Send e-mail to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with 'unsubscribe rlug' to unsubscribe from this list.
