Re: [PATCH] kconfig: menuconfig: Make hidden options show as dim

[Tomasz Figa]

On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 8:23 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 10:05 PM Tomasz Figa <tfiga@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Dec 29, 2023 at 1:10 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 2:46 PM Tomasz Figa <tfiga@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > When hidden options are toggled on (using 'z'), the number of options
> > > > on the screen can be overwhelming and may make it hard to distinguish
> > > > between available and hidden ones. Make them easier to distinguish by
> > > > displaying the hidden one as dim (using the A_DIM curses attribute).
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Tomasz Figa <tfiga@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Do you think this is useful?
> > >
> > > This changes the color only when you select a hidden item.
> > >
> > >
> > > For unselected items, you cannot distinguish hidden ones,
> > > as A_DIM has no effect to black text.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, are you sure about that? For me it seems to dim the text. it
> > seems to be also used in the existing code for dlg.button_inactive.atr
> > of the mono theme:
> >
> > https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c#L26
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> Then, your code works only on the mono theme.
> (when your terminal does not support color, or
> "MENUCONFIG_COLOR=mono make menuconfig")
>

No, that's not what I meant. It works for me for all themes, see the
screenshot at https://postimg.cc/sBsM0twT . The terminal is tmux
inside hterm (which in turn is supposed to be compatible with xterm).
I guess I can test a couple of different terminals.

In which terminal is it not working for you?

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> In the normal color mode, the foreground text is black.
> (Just like a picture in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menuconfig)
> A_DIM does nothing for black.
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> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada