Messages in this thread |  | | From | Telford002@aol ... | Date | Sat, 3 Nov 2001 08:06:01 EST | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5 PROPOSAL: Replacement for current /proc of shit. |
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In a message dated 11/3/01 6:47:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, tim@tjansen.de writes:
> On Saturday 03 November 2001 00:31, you wrote: > > Hmm, I'd argue that a GUI tool would be fairly useless without knowing > what > > the values meant anwyay, to give help, in which case you might as well > know > > the types. > > Take, as an example, the compression module parameter of the PWC (Philips > Webcam) driver. Currently you can specify a value between 0 for uncompressed > > and 3 for high compression. If a GUI shows me that only values between 0 and > > 3 are allowed I could guess that I have to enter "3" for high compression > without searching for the documentation. It would be even better if I could > select four strings, "none", "low", "medium" and "high". > > I do see the advantages of using strings in proc, and maybe there is another > > solution: keep the type information out of the proc filesystem and save it > in a file similar to Configure.help, together with a description for a file. > > I just don't know how to ensure that they are in sync. > It would always be possible to build a front end to the /proc file system.
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