Re: menuconfig search (Re: [rfc] fix Kconfig, hotplug_cpu is neededfor swsusp)

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> 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.

>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).

 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 ....").



Jan Engelhardt
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