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SubjectRe: Linux-1.3.79

I'm not sure if the quoting is right here, sorry if it's not.

On 28 Mar 1996, Dave Barr wrote:

> In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960326230140.29905A-100000@rodan.syr.edu>,
> Mark E. Levitt <melevitt@mailbox.syr.edu> wrote:
> > Hmm, menuconfig no longer allows you to press enter and set option.
> >i.e., pressing enter while "normal floppy support" is highlighted just
> >beeps, rather than giving you the radio selection box (yes, no, module).
> > Using the keyboard and presse 'y', 'n', or 'm' work though...
>
> Looks like a feature, not a bug.
>
> I like the new design, I thought the initial menuconfig's were a first
> step but the UI was grossly inconsistent.
>
> However, I would like to see some sort of (Y/N/M) indication on each
> item saying if it is available as a module. It's disconcerting to
> hit 'm' on an item and still be presented with (*). I think the
> (*) should be replaced with (Y) to be consistent.
>
> Something like:
>
> ( ) [YN ] Something w/o module support
> ( ) [YNM] Something with module support
> (Y) [YNM] A compiled-in item
> (M) [YNM] A module item

The indicator IS there. Read the top of the menu. If an option has
pointed brackets <> then it is module capable. That was the best way I
could think of to indicate tristates without increasing the line
lengths. Some lines are already to long as it is.

I don't thing the 'Y' inside brackets is as effective a visual flag as
the '*' character. I wanted the three visual clues to be VERY
distinctively different. I could be convinced otherwise.

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