Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Mar 2000 02:17:15 -0500 (EST) | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: Configuration language issues (was Re: drivers/net/Config.in cleanup) |
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Michael Elizabeth Chastain writes:
> The front end can show all the options (like xconfig) and have an > additional feature to show the dependencies for the unavailable options: > when the user clicks on the option, the front end pops up a window > showing the if-conditions and dep-options for that option. > > The front end can also have a toggle to suppress the unavailable > options options (like menuconfig always does). I personally advocate > that this be the default.
This is getting to be a complicated user interface.
Why not just force options as needed? If somebody selects a PCMCIA network card, then network support and PCMCIA support get enabled. (the user could be told that this is happening)
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