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Subject: Re: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with
 linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ?
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On 10/17/16 13:50, Boris Barbulovski wrote:
> And make sure to delete ~/.config/kernel.org/qconf.conf file before
> testing because it might have some illegal settings that might trigger
> the same issue again.
> 

I tested it and it seems to do the right thing.
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>

If this patch isn't already in the linux-kconfig tree, please add it for more testing.

> 
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Boris Barbulovski
> <bbarbulovski@gmail.com> wrote:
>> can you try this patch?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> 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 <F1> 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 <rdunlap@infradead.org> 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/


-- 
~Randy