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On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Paul Rolland wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:15:22 +0200 > Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 04:54:07PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> Adrian Bunk wrote: >>>> On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 05:11:44PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>>>> Let's step back a moment and consider the actual scale and impact of >>>>> the problem at hand. >> Do "make menuconfig" with the .config you are normally using, count the >> number of options that are visible, and ask yourself whether we can >> really expect users to read the help texts for every single option shown. >> >> People mostly read help texts for options where they don't understand >> what this option is about - and "Serial ATA" therefore is an option that >> is likely to get enabled without the user looking at the help text. >> > > As a "make menuconfig" user, let me say that I agree. Of course, I'm used > to rebuild kernel, but sometimes, some options are not clear, and the help > text is searched for. But, getting too much of "No help text available" > usually results in people no more reading the help text. > > What about splitting the screen to have the top half with the menu, and the > bottom half with the help ? I useually have more screen space available to the side then above and below the list of options. David Lang - 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/ | ||||||||||||
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