Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Apr 2006 10:42:46 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: menuconfig search (Re: [rfc] fix Kconfig, hotplug_cpu is needed for swsusp) |
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>> I find it very confusing to use, since it returns too verbose text to skim >> through. Probably the search function should be split into "only search >> titles[*]" and "search description too". > >Re verbosity: do you know that menuconfig search (/) takes regular >expressions?
Regexes are not mentioned in the "Help" menu.
>That could help someone limit the amount of output >from it. >Can you give an example of being too verbose?
/ UNIX Symbol: UNIX [=y] Prompt: Unix domain sockets Defined at net/unix/Kconfig:5 Depends on: NET Location: -> Networking -> Networking support (NET [=y]) -> Networking options
Symbol: UNIXWARE_DISKSLICES ... ...
What would be more useful: UNIX Unix domain sockets Networking > Networking Support > Networking options
UNIXWARE_DISKSLICES Unixware slices support File systems > Advanced ...
I.e. strip the Defined and Depends lines and crunch the Location lines inasfar as that the full width of the window is used (break at col 70).
DEEP_FS Just a symbol File systems > Advanced filesystems > Very advanced filesystems >\n Extremely advanced filesystems > Deep filesystem
>I have just modified menuconfig search to make displaying the >Selects: and Selected by: output be an option (actually it's a >different search command (\) to not see those lines. >Would that help any regarding verbosity?
At the moment, entering e.g. UNIX in both the / and \ menus return the very same output. Bug?
The \ should include everything what the original / had, plus the symbol description ("Say Y here if ....").
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