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SubjectRe: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ?
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[adding Jason for testing]

On 10/17/16 13:43, Boris Barbulovski wrote:
> can you try this patch?
>

And make sure to delete ~/.config/kernel.org/qconf.conf file before
testing because it might have some illegal settings that might trigger
the same issue again.

[patch is attached]

>
>
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>> Boris or Thiago,
>>
>> Any comments, suggestions, or patches about this?
>>
>> thanks.
>>
>> On 10/15/16 04:09, Jason Vas Dias wrote:
>>> Aha, thanks! I never would have known this without being told -
>>> there is no visible indication that the symbol info pane exists
>>> at all until one tries to drag the lower right corner of the window
>>> notth-eastwards - is this meant to be somehow an intuitive thing to
>>> do these days to view more info ?
>>>
>>> I did manage to view the option documentation with nconfig /
>>> using emacs to view the KConf files (preferable).
>>>
>>> Really, it would be nice if xconfig had some 'View' Menu & one could select
>>> View -> Option Documentation or press <F1> over an option to view the
>>> documentation for it , and if the geometry of the different panes was
>>> correct at
>>> startup .- the whole Option value pane initially appears on the far right hand
>>> side, about 10 pixels wide , until resized ; and there really is no sign of the
>>> documentation pane at all until lower right-hand corner dragged.
>>>
>>> Also, in the Help -> Introduction panel, it says :
>>> "Toggling Show Debug Info under the Options menu will show the
>>> dependencies..."
>>> but there is no "Show Debug Info" option on the Options menu - sounds like
>>> it might be a useful feature - should I be seeing a "Show Debug Info" option ?
>>> why don't I see one ? Maybe the Options menu might be a good place to put
>>> an "Expand Option Documentation Pane" option ?
>>>
>>> Thanks anyway for the info.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Jason
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/10/2016, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>>>> [changed linux-config to linux-kbuild list]
>>>>
>>>> On 10/09/16 13:46, Jason Vas Dias wrote:
>>>>> Hi -
>>>>> I've been doing 'make xconfig' to configure the kernel for many years
>>>>> now, and
>>>>> always there used to be some option documentation pane populated with
>>>>> summary documentation for the specific option selected .
>>>>> But now, when built for Qt 5.7.0, (also tried Qt 4.8 and GTK) there
>>>>> is no option
>>>>> documentation pane - this is a real pain ! The option documentation also
>>>>> is not displayed with any other gui, eg. 'make menuconfig' / 'make
>>>>> gtkconfig' -
>>>>> I'm sure it used to be . This is a regression IMHO .
>>>>> How can I restore display of documentation for each selected option ?
>>>>> Will older xconfig work for Linux 4.8 ? it appears not ...
>>>>> Thanks in advance for any replies,
>>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>> That's odd. I see the help info in all of xconfig, gconfig, menuconfig, &
>>>> nconfig.
>>>>
>>>> In xconfig, if the right hand side of the config window only lists some
>>>> kernel config
>>>> options and no symbol help/info, the symbol info portion may be hidden. Try
>>>> pointing
>>>> to the bottom of the right side of the window and hold down the left mouse
>>>> button
>>>> and then drag the mouse pointer upward to open the symbol info pane.
>>>> At least that is what works for me.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> ~Randy
>>
>>
>> --
>> ~Randy
>
>
>


--
~Randy
From 75350fa3ec1dd925a30b2511892128a07cbe10de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Barbulovski <bbarbulovski@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 22:23:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] qconfig initial slider sizes fix.

On first `make xconfig`, suboption and help panels were hidden.
Now we properly detect the first run, and show those panels.

Signed-off-by: Boris Barbulovski <bbarbulovski@gmail.com>
---
scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
index fc55559..e99c04f 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf.cc
@@ -65,11 +65,19 @@ ConfigSettings::ConfigSettings()
QList<int> ConfigSettings::readSizes(const QString& key, bool *ok)
{
QList<int> result;
- QStringList entryList = value(key).toStringList();
- QStringList::Iterator it;

- for (it = entryList.begin(); it != entryList.end(); ++it)
- result.push_back((*it).toInt());
+ if (contains(key))
+ {
+ QStringList entryList = value(key).toStringList();
+ QStringList::Iterator it;
+
+ for (it = entryList.begin(); it != entryList.end(); ++it)
+ result.push_back((*it).toInt());
+
+ *ok = true;
+ }
+ else
+ *ok = false;

return result;
}
--
2.7.4
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