Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755138AbXIJBp1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Sep 2007 21:45:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753505AbXIJBpU (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Sep 2007 21:45:20 -0400 Received: from pasmtpa.tele.dk ([80.160.77.114]:39800 "EHLO pasmtpA.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753481AbXIJBpU (ORCPT ); Sun, 9 Sep 2007 21:45:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:46:43 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: unfamiliar notation Message-ID: <20070910014643.GA22800@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <1189386541.7365.50.camel@Tachyon.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 701 Lines: 16 On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 03:20:15AM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <1189386541.7365.50.camel@Tachyon.home> you wrote: > > What's the deal with the underscore and the parentheses surrounding the > > call to menu_get_help? > > it is a macro from gettext, used to translate the string. Usually this > should only be used on string constants. Correct. And only in kconfig since this is the only piece of code supporting gettext in the kernel. Sam - 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/