Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Oct 1998 23:46:46 -0700 (PDT) | From | Jauder Ho <> | Subject | Re: Kernel Config documentation |
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great. someone is picking this up. good job. lemme try to answer your questions afaik.
On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Mark Levitt wrote:
> 1) Is there a list of people working on documenting those options. I'd > rather not duplicate work, etc.
not that I know of but there should be names listed somewhere in the file if they are.
> 2) The text for the help seems to come straight from > ./Documentation/Configure.help. What are the formatting rules for this file? > What delineates one topic from the next and what marks a section as > belonging to the option? (Does the CONFIG_ define match the text in the help > file?)
yes. that file is read at runtime.
> > 3) Are there any tools to make this process easier? Is the text read at > run-time, or do I need to force a recompile of, say, the lxdialog code?
see above. use vi not emacs.
> 4) Alan, is it worth doing anything for the 2.0.x kernel at this point?
alan's call.
> 5) What else do I need to know?
read the source :). thanks for working on this. I'm sure it's going to be real helpful for the masses.
--Jauder
PS. we're testing out the linux citrix client here. we'll see how well this stuff works :)
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