On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 8:52 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/01/2018 11:13 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> On 05/01/2018 10:56 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote: >>> On 04/30/2018 05:57 PM, Ulf Magnusson wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Kconfiglib (https://github.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib) now has a >>>> terminal menuconfig implementation, implemented in plain curses >>>> (which is in the Python standard library). >>>> >>>> The interface should feel familiar to people used to mconf. It has >>>> some features that mconf lacks: >>>> >>>> - Seamless resizing >>>> >>>> - Unicode support >>>> >>>> - Runs on Windows (via 'pip install windows-curses', which uses >>>> PDCurses) >>>> >>>> - Improved information displays: >>>> >>>> * All expressions are split into readable chunks >>>> >>>> * Menus and comments have information displays >>>> >>>> - Relatively easy-to-read and easy-to-tweak code. >>>> >>>> Kconfiglib automatically invalidates symbols as needed, and >>>> values can never get stale, which helps. >>>> >>>> Some upcoming features are mouse support and a search feature that >>>> can jump directly to the definition of a symbol. The jump-to feature >>>> will use a "show-all" mode in case the symbol isn't visible. >>>> >>>> See the Kconfiglib GitHub page for screenshots. The menuconfig >>>> implementation is at >>>> https://github.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib/blob/master/menuconfig.py. >>>> The docstring at the top has some more information. >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm probably missing some python additive (I hope it's that easy), but >>> menuconfig.py is not liking the "degree" symbol in drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/Kconfig: >>> >>> config CAN_PEAK_PCIEFD >>> depends on PCI >>> tristate "PEAK-System PCAN-PCIe FD cards" >>> ---help--- >>> This driver adds support for the PEAK-System PCI Express FD >>> CAN-FD cards family. >>> These 1x or 2x CAN-FD channels cards offer CAN 2.0 a/b as well as >>> CAN-FD access to the CAN bus. Besides the nominal bitrate of up to >>> 1 Mbit/s, the data bytes of CAN-FD frames can be transmitted with >>> up to 12 Mbit/s. A galvanic isolation of the CAN ports protects the >>> electronics of the card and the respective computer against >>> disturbances of up to 500 Volts. The PCAN-PCI Express FD can be >>> operated with ambient temperatures in a range of -40 to +85 °C. >>> >>> >>> kconfiglib.KconfigSyntaxError: >>> Malformed ascii in drivers/net/can/peak_canfd/Kconfig >>> Context: b't temperatures in a range of -40 to +85 \xc2\xb0C.\n' >>> Problematic data: b'\xc2' >>> Reason: ordinal not in range(128) >> >> BTW, after modifying 4 other instances of this "error," I have it running. >> Now looking/testing. :) > > Hi Ulf, > > Here are a few comments for you FWIW. > > menuconfig.py uses the terminal window space better than menuconfig: > fewer margins, less Help text so more usable lines. > > ESC/q is nicer than in ESC+ESC in menuconfig. > > What is the lower colored line for? I don't see it being used. It's just a separator above the help text with the keys. Also has arrows pointing down when the window is scrolled up. Maybe the help text could appear directly at the bottom with a different background color instead. Not sure if it'd get uglier. > > On Quit, don't need to prompt for Save when the file is already saved > or has not been modified. Will fix. I had gotten the idea that mconf always prompted, so I got lazy for the initial version. :) > > When menuconfig displays the Kconfig menu tree and it is over term-width > characters, it truncates on the left so that the user can see all of > the current menu name. menuconfig.py truncates on the right so that > the current menu name may be partially lost or totally lost. You mean the menu path at the top? Will fix that. > > To enable=y a tristate symbol, cannot enter Y, must do Space Space to cycle > from N to M to Y. Had never noticed that feature in mconf. I'll add it. > > No / symbol search. I use that a lot, but I don't claim to be a > typical user. It's planned. It will also support jumping directly to a symbol in the menu tree, which is a feature I've always missed in mconf. A "show all" mode will be added at the same time, that shows invisible symbols. Jumping to an invisible symbol can then turn it in automatically. > > > Thanks. > -- > ~Randy Cheers, Ulf -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
