Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Apr 2007 12:00:38 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Robert P. J. Day" <> | Subject | Re: "menu" versus "menuconfig" -- they're *both* a bad idea |
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > On Apr 11 2007 05:47, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> On Apr 11 2007 05:25, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> >On Wed, 11 Apr 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> >> On Apr 11 2007 03:58, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> >> > >> >> A CONFIG_EMBEDDED bug. This should perhaps be changed. > >> >> Or at best, deactivate the ---> part when it's N. > >> > > >> > i'm not sure what you mean by "bug". if what you mean is that it's > >> >a bad choice of menu layout, i agree. but what's happening there > >> >is not technically "wrong" or "buggy" in the sense that it's > >> >perfectly legal based on the current design of "menuconfig". > >> > >> Of course. > > > >ok, just checking that we were actually agreeing with one another. > >:-) > > Wait, I forgot something: > > Of course, patches are welcome. :-P
i'd be happy to, but the only patch i'd be thinking of would be to introduce that "dropdownmenuconfig" construct i mentioned, and i'm sort of busy packing for california so it won't happen today. :-P
rday
p.s. if anyone here is going to CELF 2007, i may run into you. maybe i'll wear something outrageously canadian to stand out in a crowd. :-)
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