Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264465AbTFYLMr (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 07:12:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264472AbTFYLMr (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 07:12:47 -0400 Received: from mail009.syd.optusnet.com.au ([210.49.20.137]:22201 "EHLO mail009.syd.optusnet.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264465AbTFYLMq (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 07:12:46 -0400 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:25:34 +1000 To: Roman Zippel Cc: trivial@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [trivial 2.5] kconfig language doc r.e. --help-- Message-ID: <20030625112534.GB9295@cancer> References: <20030625084309.GA9295@cancer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Stewart Smith Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1471 Lines: 38 On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 12:48:43PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > Where did you find the '--help--' version? I'm actually suprised that > works. The official alternative is only '---help---'. I'd *swear* i saw '--help--' yesterday. I'd swear until i was a light shade of blue.... Oh well, patch that only references "---help---" below. --- linux-2.5.73/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt 2003-06-15 17:47:18.000000000 +1000 +++ linux-2.5.73-stew1/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt 2003-06-25 21:24:28.000000000 +1000 @@ -105,10 +105,13 @@ or equal to the first symbol and smaller than or equal to the second symbol. -- help text: "help" +- help text: "help" or "---help---" This defines a help text. The end of the help text is determined by the indentation level, this means it ends at the first line which has a smaller indentation than the first line of the help text. + "---help---" and "help" do not differ in behaviour, "---help---" is + used to help visually seperate configuration logic from help within + the file as an aid to developers. Menu dependencies -- Stewart Smith Vice President, Linux Australia http://www.linux.org.au (personal: http://www.flamingspork.com) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/