Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Mar 1996 16:50:05 -0500 (EST) | From | "William E. Roadcap" <> | Subject | Re: Linux-1.3.79 |
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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.
__ William E. Roadcap mailto://roadcapw@cfw.com TITUS Software ftp://titus.cfw.com/pub Waynesboro, Va (USA) http://www.cfw.com/~roadcapw
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