Re: [PATCH] nconfig: add search support

[Nir Tzachar]

On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue,  3 Aug 2010 15:28:12 +0300 nir.tzachar@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>> From: Nir Tzachar <nir.tzachar@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Remove the old hotkeys feature, and replace by a regular string search.
>> Behaviour of search is as advised by Sam.
>>
>> From nconfig help:
>>
>> Searching: pressing '/' triggers search mode. nconfig performs a
>>            regular string compare, case insensitive, starting at
>
> I would say: simple string compare
> "regular" has no meaning (at least for me) there.

Regular means strcasecmp...

>>            the beginning of each menu line.\n"
>>            Pressing the up/down keys highlights the previous/next
>>            matching item. Backspace removes one character from the
>>            match string. Pressing either '/' again or ESC exits\
>>            search mode. All other keys behave normally.
>>
>> Miscellaneous other changes (including Rundy's Justin's input).
>
> Yes, the bottom menu and the typos are fixed.  Thanks.
>
> However, I'm not finding this terribly useful, mostly due to it starting
> comparison at the beginning of each menu line.
>
> E.g., I'd like to be able to find "emulations" in the top-level menu here:
>        Executable file formats / Emulations  --->
> or I'd like to be able to find "crc" menu items in any sub-menu.
> Maybe I should just stick to config symbol searches.  I don't think it's all
> that likely that people will know how each menu line text begins.
>
>

We can replace strcasecmp with strcasestr. I agree it would be more useful.

> As for the search UI, I'd rather that it be presented like the symbol search,
> in a box, instead of just a single line at the top of the screen.

But then it is not interactive. I was aiming for something similar to
vim's search, where the search is matched as you type and the only
free terminal real-estate to display the match string was at the top
of the screen. I think such a minimal design is better than a
cumbersome text box which displays the search results afterwards (as
is symbol search), as the search is only intended for the currently
displayed menu and the user would usually just want to save the extra
typing of navigating to a specific menu item.

Cheers.

>> Signed-off-by: Nir Tzachar <nir.tzachar@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  scripts/kconfig/nconf.c     |  350 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
>>  scripts/kconfig/nconf.gui.c |   20 ++--
>>  scripts/kconfig/nconf.h     |    3 +-
>>  3 files changed, 213 insertions(+), 160 deletions(-)
>
>
> ---
> ~Randy
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