Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 8 Apr 2006 19:29:59 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: menuconfig search (Re: [rfc] fix Kconfig, hotplug_cpu is needed for swsusp) |
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On Sat, 8 Apr 2006 10:42:46 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> I find it very confusing to use, since it returns too verbose text to skim > >> through. Probably the search function should be split into "only search > >> titles[*]" and "search description too". > > > >Re verbosity: do you know that menuconfig search (/) takes regular > >expressions? > > Regexes are not mentioned in the "Help" menu.
It is mentioned in the Help text after one enters '/'.
│ Search for CONFIG_ symbols and display their relations. │ │ Regular expressions are allowed. │ │ Example: search for "^FOO" │
> >That could help someone limit the amount of output > >from it. > >Can you give an example of being too verbose? > > / UNIX > Symbol: UNIX [=y] > Prompt: Unix domain sockets > Defined at net/unix/Kconfig:5 > Depends on: NET > Location: > -> Networking > -> Networking support (NET [=y]) > -> Networking options > > Symbol: UNIXWARE_DISKSLICES ... > ... > > > What would be more useful: > UNIX > Unix domain sockets > Networking > Networking Support > Networking options > > UNIXWARE_DISKSLICES > Unixware slices support > File systems > Advanced ... > > I.e. strip the Defined and Depends lines and crunch the Location lines inasfar > as that the full width of the window is used (break at col 70).
I don't see any need to limit it to 70 columns wide. It knows how to scroll left/right (using arrow keys).
> DEEP_FS > Just a symbol > File systems > Advanced filesystems > Very advanced filesystems >\n > Extremely advanced filesystems > Deep filesystem > > > >I have just modified menuconfig search to make displaying the > >Selects: and Selected by: output be an option (actually it's a > >different search command (\) to not see those lines. > >Would that help any regarding verbosity? > > At the moment, entering e.g. UNIX in both the / and \ menus return the very > same output. Bug? > > The \ should include everything what the original / had, plus the symbol > description ("Say Y here if ....").
Nope, the only thing that the "reduced" search excludes atm is SELECT info. From my original email, as you quoted above, the less-verbose '\' search only eliminates the Selects: and Selected by: output, and the UNIX config symbols don't have any SELECT info.
I don't know if we are converging any, but I made a new patch: http://www.xenotime.net/linux/patches/menuconfig-search2b.patch
This one changes the default '/' search to NOT be verbose and the new, extended '\' search to be verbose. The non-verbose search omits Selects:, Selected by:, and Location: information.
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