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

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can you try this patch?



On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> 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@infradead.org> 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
>
>
> --
> ~Randy



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Re: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with  linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ? Jason Vas Dias <jason.vas.dias@gmail.com> - 2016-10-15 13:10 +0200
  Re: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with  linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ? Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2016-10-17 19:30 +0200
    Re: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with  linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ? Boris Barbulovski <bbarbulovski@gmail.com> - 2016-10-17 22:50 +0200
      Re: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with  linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ? Boris Barbulovski <bbarbulovski@gmail.com> - 2016-10-17 23:00 +0200
        Re: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with  linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ? Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2016-10-24 03:20 +0200
      Re: please, where has xconfig KConf option documentation gone with  linux 4.8's Qt5 / Qt4 xconfig ? Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2016-10-18 00:40 +0200

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