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From:   Dirk Gouders <dirk@gouders.net>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>,
        linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Dirk Gouders <dirk@gouders.net>
Subject: [RFC 0/1] mconf: Emacs-like isearch
Date:   Wed,  6 Jun 2018 23:56:15 +0200
Message-Id: <20180606215616.12817-1-dirk@gouders.net>
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Hello,

being an Emacs user, I frequently find myself pressing CTRL-s in mconf
to search for some menu entry, especially in large menus.

I decided to implement a basic isearch in mconf and would like to hear
if others find this functionality useful, as well.

The new functionality is started with pressing CTRL-s followed by
characters that form the search string.  To search for further
occurences of an entered string, press CTRL-s instead of further
characters.

For example: to navigate to the USB device drivers, press CTRL-s de ENTER ENTER usb ENTER ENTER

Pressing just CTRL-s subsequently results in line-by-line navigation
through the menu (search for empty strings).

The isearch is terminated by pressing either ESC ESC or ENTER.

Because I expect that errors are found in the code and changes are requested, I
completely left out the documentation part and will add it to V2
should anyone find this functionality useful.

Thanks,

Dirk

Dirk Gouders (1):
  Emacs-like isearch for mconf.

 scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h  |   5 ++
 scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c | 140 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c    |   1 +
 3 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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