On 06/06/2018 02:56 PM, Dirk Gouders wrote: > Hello, > > being an Emacs user, I frequently find myself pressing CTRL-s in mconf > to search for some menu entry, especially in large menus. > > I decided to implement a basic isearch in mconf and would like to hear > if others find this functionality useful, as well. > > The new functionality is started with pressing CTRL-s followed by > characters that form the search string. To search for further > occurences of an entered string, press CTRL-s instead of further > characters. > > For example: to navigate to the USB device drivers, press CTRL-s de ENTER ENTER usb ENTER ENTER Not being an emacs user, what is the "de" for above? > Pressing just CTRL-s subsequently results in line-by-line navigation > through the menu (search for empty strings). > > The isearch is terminated by pressing either ESC ESC or ENTER. > > Because I expect that errors are found in the code and changes are requested, I > completely left out the documentation part and will add it to V2 > should anyone find this functionality useful. Hm, it seems to take 2 entries of Ctrl-s to begin the search?? No, it takes 2 entries of Ctrl-s to display the "isearch:" prompt, but entering one Ctrl-s + a string will display it also. Anyway, I am having trouble getting the USB drivers example to work. > Thanks, > > Dirk > > Dirk Gouders (1): > Emacs-like isearch for mconf. > > scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/dialog.h | 5 ++ > scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/menubox.c | 140 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c | 1 + > 3 files changed, 145 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > thanks, -- ~Randy -- 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
