Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934793AbXEHIvn (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 04:51:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S934732AbXEHIvn (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 04:51:43 -0400 Received: from mailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.26]:58718 "EHLO mailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934679AbXEHIvm (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 May 2007 04:51:42 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 10:50:07 +0200 (MEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Sam Ravnborg cc: "Robert P. J. Day" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Roman Zippel Subject: Re: why don't top-level menu entries have help info? In-Reply-To: <20070507202813.GA20680@uranus.ravnborg.org> Message-ID: References: <20070507202813.GA20680@uranus.ravnborg.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1486 Lines: 36 >On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 03:54:13PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: >> >> i'd be surprised if this hasn't come up before, but would it be hard >> to add a facility to Kconfig so that "menu" entries have some help >> info? Currently, you have to (needlessy) enter the MD menu for example and *in there* read the help text of CONFIG_MD, then decide if you want it or not. I hope my use-menuconfig-objects patches help this issue a bit ... not only avoiding to enter it, but also making the help text available in the upper level. Take CONFIG_EMBEDDED, it DTRTs. I do not think it will be too helpful to have help texts on menu, for the "important" Kconfig objects (config, choice, menuconfig) should have it - and they have it. >> after i run "make menuconfig" and i'm sitting at the main menu, >> there's nothing to help me out in understanding what any of those >> choices might mean. >> >> i might see "Instrumentation Support" and wonder just what that is, >> but if i ask for help (which is, as you can see, clearly available >> at the bottom of the config screen), i get nothing meaningful, just >> the generic README. >> >> i think it would be helpful if those entries also supported help >> info. just my $0.02. Jan -- - 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/