Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933864AbcJQUnh (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:43:37 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:34982 "EHLO mail-lf0-f41.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932221AbcJQUn1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:43:27 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5d04ac9f-8cf5-3f1a-4943-16dbfd24f0fc@infradead.org> References: <3077d5cb-9a8a-5d3e-cd00-ce3ad5cb3406@infradead.org> <5d04ac9f-8cf5-3f1a-4943-16dbfd24f0fc@infradead.org> From: Boris Barbulovski Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 22:43:24 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ? To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=001a11403de2a22c39053f15a0f3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5216 Lines: 123 --001a11403de2a22c39053f15a0f3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 can you try this patch? On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Boris or Thiago, > > Any comments, suggestions, or patches about this? > > thanks. > > On 10/15/16 04:09, Jason Vas Dias wrote: >> Aha, thanks! I never would have known this without being told - >> there is no visible indication that the symbol info pane exists >> at all until one tries to drag the lower right corner of the window >> notth-eastwards - is this meant to be somehow an intuitive thing to >> do these days to view more info ? >> >> I did manage to view the option documentation with nconfig / >> using emacs to view the KConf files (preferable). >> >> Really, it would be nice if xconfig had some 'View' Menu & one could select >> View -> Option Documentation or press over an option to view the >> documentation for it , and if the geometry of the different panes was >> correct at >> startup .- the whole Option value pane initially appears on the far right hand >> side, about 10 pixels wide , until resized ; and there really is no sign of the >> documentation pane at all until lower right-hand corner dragged. >> >> Also, in the Help -> Introduction panel, it says : >> "Toggling Show Debug Info under the Options menu will show the >> dependencies..." >> but there is no "Show Debug Info" option on the Options menu - sounds like >> it might be a useful feature - should I be seeing a "Show Debug Info" option ? >> why don't I see one ? Maybe the Options menu might be a good place to put >> an "Expand Option Documentation Pane" option ? >> >> Thanks anyway for the info. >> >> Regards, >> Jason >> >> >> >> >> On 11/10/2016, Randy Dunlap wrote: >>> [changed linux-config to linux-kbuild list] >>> >>> On 10/09/16 13:46, Jason Vas Dias wrote: >>>> Hi - >>>> I've been doing 'make xconfig' to configure the kernel for many years >>>> now, and >>>> always there used to be some option documentation pane populated with >>>> summary documentation for the specific option selected . >>>> But now, when built for Qt 5.7.0, (also tried Qt 4.8 and GTK) there >>>> is no option >>>> documentation pane - this is a real pain ! The option documentation also >>>> is not displayed with any other gui, eg. 'make menuconfig' / 'make >>>> gtkconfig' - >>>> I'm sure it used to be . This is a regression IMHO . >>>> How can I restore display of documentation for each selected option ? >>>> Will older xconfig work for Linux 4.8 ? it appears not ... >>>> Thanks in advance for any replies, >>>> Jason >>> >>> That's odd. I see the help info in all of xconfig, gconfig, menuconfig, & >>> nconfig. >>> >>> In xconfig, if the right hand side of the config window only lists some >>> kernel config >>> options and no symbol help/info, the symbol info portion may be hidden. Try >>> pointing >>> to the bottom of the right side of the window and hold down the left mouse >>> button >>> and then drag the mouse pointer upward to open the symbol info pane. >>> At least that is what works for me. >>> >>> -- >>> ~Randy > > > -- > ~Randy -- Boris Barbulovski http://mkfusion.bokicsoft.com/ --001a11403de2a22c39053f15a0f3 Content-Type: text/x-patch; charset=US-ASCII; name="QSlider_sizes_issues.patch" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="QSlider_sizes_issues.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 X-Attachment-Id: f_iuej2eu90 RnJvbSA3NTM1MGZhM2VjMWRkOTI1YTMwYjI1MTE4OTIxMjhhMDdjYmUxMGRlIE1vbiBTZXAgMTcg MDA6MDA6MDAgMjAwMQpGcm9tOiBCb3JpcyBCYXJidWxvdnNraSA8YmJhcmJ1bG92c2tpQGdtYWls LmNvbT4KRGF0ZTogTW9uLCAxNyBPY3QgMjAxNiAyMjoyMzoxNCArMDIwMApTdWJqZWN0OiBbUEFU Q0hdIHFjb25maWcgaW5pdGlhbCBzbGlkZXIgc2l6ZXMgZml4LgoKT24gZmlyc3QgYG1ha2UgeGNv bmZpZ2AsIHN1Ym9wdGlvbiBhbmQgaGVscCBwYW5lbHMgd2VyZSBoaWRkZW4uCk5vdyB3ZSBwcm9w ZXJseSBkZXRlY3QgdGhlIGZpcnN0IHJ1biwgYW5kIHNob3cgdGhvc2UgcGFuZWxzLgoKU2lnbmVk LW9mZi1ieTogQm9yaXMgQmFyYnVsb3Zza2kgPGJiYXJidWxvdnNraUBnbWFpbC5jb20+Ci0tLQog c2NyaXB0cy9rY29uZmlnL3Fjb25mLmNjIHwgMTYgKysrKysrKysrKysrLS0tLQogMSBmaWxlIGNo YW5nZWQsIDEyIGluc2VydGlvbnMoKyksIDQgZGVsZXRpb25zKC0pCgpkaWZmIC0tZ2l0IGEvc2Ny aXB0cy9rY29uZmlnL3Fjb25mLmNjIGIvc2NyaXB0cy9rY29uZmlnL3Fjb25mLmNjCmluZGV4IGZj NTU1NTkuLmU5OWMwNGYgMTAwNjQ0Ci0tLSBhL3NjcmlwdHMva2NvbmZpZy9xY29uZi5jYworKysg Yi9zY3JpcHRzL2tjb25maWcvcWNvbmYuY2MKQEAgLTY1LDExICs2NSwxOSBAQCBDb25maWdTZXR0 aW5nczo6Q29uZmlnU2V0dGluZ3MoKQogUUxpc3Q8aW50PiBDb25maWdTZXR0aW5nczo6cmVhZFNp emVzKGNvbnN0IFFTdHJpbmcmIGtleSwgYm9vbCAqb2spCiB7CiAJUUxpc3Q8aW50PiByZXN1bHQ7 Ci0JUVN0cmluZ0xpc3QgZW50cnlMaXN0ID0gdmFsdWUoa2V5KS50b1N0cmluZ0xpc3QoKTsKLQlR U3RyaW5nTGlzdDo6SXRlcmF0b3IgaXQ7CiAKLQlmb3IgKGl0ID0gZW50cnlMaXN0LmJlZ2luKCk7 IGl0ICE9IGVudHJ5TGlzdC5lbmQoKTsgKytpdCkKLQkJcmVzdWx0LnB1c2hfYmFjaygoKml0KS50 b0ludCgpKTsKKwlpZiAoY29udGFpbnMoa2V5KSkKKwl7CisJCVFTdHJpbmdMaXN0IGVudHJ5TGlz dCA9IHZhbHVlKGtleSkudG9TdHJpbmdMaXN0KCk7CisJCVFTdHJpbmdMaXN0OjpJdGVyYXRvciBp dDsKKworCQlmb3IgKGl0ID0gZW50cnlMaXN0LmJlZ2luKCk7IGl0ICE9IGVudHJ5TGlzdC5lbmQo KTsgKytpdCkKKwkJCXJlc3VsdC5wdXNoX2JhY2soKCppdCkudG9JbnQoKSk7CisKKwkJKm9rID0g dHJ1ZTsKKwl9CisJZWxzZQorCQkqb2sgPSBmYWxzZTsKIAogCXJldHVybiByZXN1bHQ7CiB9Ci0t IAoyLjcuNAoK --001a11403de2a22c39053f15a0f3--