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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] make menuconfig deprecation (was: make environment variables and the kbuild system)

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] make menuconfig deprecation (was: make environment variables and the kbuild system)
  • From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 22:05:54 -0400
On 15/04/20, Alex Pilon wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 08:30:44AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > [???] related to that, in the top-level Kconfig file, a variable by that
> > same name is used to generate the "make menuconfig" banner thusly:
> 
> Side note, menuconfig has been superseded for a little while now.
> 
>     commit 692d97c380c6dce2c35a04c5dcbce4e831a42fa0
>     Author: nir [ dot ] tzachar [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com <nir [ dot ] tzachar [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
>     Date:   Wed Nov 25 12:28:43 2009 +0200
> 
>         kconfig: new configuration interface (nconfig)
> 
>         This patch was inspired by the kernel projects page, where an ncurses
>         replacement for menuconfig was mentioned (by Sam Ravnborg).
> 
>         Building on menuconfig, this patch implements a more modern look
>         interface using ncurses and ncurses' satellite libraries (menu, panel,
>         form). The implementation does not depend on lxdialog, which is
>         currently distributed with the kernel.
> 
>         Signed-off-by: Nir Tzachar <nir [ dot ] tzachar [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
>         Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek [ at ] suse [ dot ] cz>

Thank you for remiinding me of this tool that you had mentioned at the last
L3GO meeting.

> I am not aware of any reason to keep using menuconfig.

You underestimate the power of muscle memory...

> As far as I know, nconfig implements a superset. In projects like busybox and
> uclibc still stuck with only menuconfig, you're often wondering "where's X
> defined" and you can't just F8, type part of the Kconfig variable name, and
> get all the info you wished for.

Does F8 work through ssh/screen/tmux?

> Regards,
> 
> Alex Pilon

	slainte mhath, RGB

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