Re: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ?

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Mon Oct 17 2016 - 13:28:59 EST


Boris or Thiago,

Any comments, suggestions, or patches about this?

thanks.

On 10/15/16 04:09, Jason Vas Dias wrote:
> Aha, thanks! I never would have known this without being told -
> there is no visible indication that the symbol info pane exists
> at all until one tries to drag the lower right corner of the window
> notth-eastwards - is this meant to be somehow an intuitive thing to
> do these days to view more info ?
>
> I did manage to view the option documentation with nconfig /
> using emacs to view the KConf files (preferable).
>
> Really, it would be nice if xconfig had some 'View' Menu & one could select
> View -> Option Documentation or press <F1> over an option to view the
> documentation for it , and if the geometry of the different panes was
> correct at
> startup .- the whole Option value pane initially appears on the far right hand
> side, about 10 pixels wide , until resized ; and there really is no sign of the
> documentation pane at all until lower right-hand corner dragged.
>
> Also, in the Help -> Introduction panel, it says :
> "Toggling Show Debug Info under the Options menu will show the
> dependencies..."
> but there is no "Show Debug Info" option on the Options menu - sounds like
> it might be a useful feature - should I be seeing a "Show Debug Info" option ?
> why don't I see one ? Maybe the Options menu might be a good place to put
> an "Expand Option Documentation Pane" option ?
>
> Thanks anyway for the info.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>
>
>
> On 11/10/2016, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> [changed linux-config to linux-kbuild list]
>>
>> On 10/09/16 13:46, Jason Vas Dias wrote:
>>> Hi -
>>> I've been doing 'make xconfig' to configure the kernel for many years
>>> now, and
>>> always there used to be some option documentation pane populated with
>>> summary documentation for the specific option selected .
>>> But now, when built for Qt 5.7.0, (also tried Qt 4.8 and GTK) there
>>> is no option
>>> documentation pane - this is a real pain ! The option documentation also
>>> is not displayed with any other gui, eg. 'make menuconfig' / 'make
>>> gtkconfig' -
>>> I'm sure it used to be . This is a regression IMHO .
>>> How can I restore display of documentation for each selected option ?
>>> Will older xconfig work for Linux 4.8 ? it appears not ...
>>> Thanks in advance for any replies,
>>> Jason
>>
>> That's odd. I see the help info in all of xconfig, gconfig, menuconfig, &
>> nconfig.
>>
>> In xconfig, if the right hand side of the config window only lists some
>> kernel config
>> options and no symbol help/info, the symbol info portion may be hidden. Try
>> pointing
>> to the bottom of the right side of the window and hold down the left mouse
>> button
>> and then drag the mouse pointer upward to open the symbol info pane.
>> At least that is what works for me.
>>
>> --
>> ~Randy


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~Randy