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 Side note, menuconfig has been superseded for a little while now.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 -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________