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SubjectRe: menuconfig should wrap long lines

On Aug 12 2007 14:26, Bernhard Kuemel wrote:
>Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>>>>[menuconfig]
>>>
>>> Ohh, you can scroll right/left.
>>
>> But still, that takes its time... and the you have to scroll back again :-/
>
>Yes, but in most cases no scrolling is neccessary, so occasional
>scrolling is not that bad.

It is, on long lines, if you are trying to figure out the selects line.

>However, I found some long prompts are
>clipped, too, and there you can not scroll because <left>/<right>
>switches between <Select>, <Exit> and <Help>. The complete prompt
>can be found in the help screen with scrolling. E.g.:
>
> │ │ <M> DiskOnChip 2000, Millennium and Millennium Plus (NAND
>reimp│ │
>
> │ Prompt: DiskOnChip 2000, Millennium and Millennium Plus (NAND
>reimplementation) (EXPERIMENTAL) │
>
>Again, most prompts are sufficiently readable on an 80 character
>terminal.


Jan
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