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

[Boris Barbulovski]

And make sure to delete ~/.config/kernel.org/qconf.conf file before
testing because it might have some illegal settings that might trigger
the same issue again.


On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:43 PM, Boris Barbulovski
<bbarbulovski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> can you try this patch?
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> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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
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> Boris Barbulovski
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