On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 12:08 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On 8/4/23 20:44, Jesse Taube wrote: > > Menuconfig has a feature where you can "press the key in the (#) prefix > > to jump directly to that location. You will be returned to the current > > search results after exiting this new menu." > > > > This feature is poorly documented, > > so add it to the kconfig.rst documentation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jesse Taube <Mr.Bossman075@xxxxxxxxx> > > Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Thanks. > > > More below... > > > --- > > Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst | 8 ++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst > > index 5967c79c3baa..463914a7fdec 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst > > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.rst > > @@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ Searching in menuconfig: > > first (and in alphabetical order), then come all other symbols, > > sorted in alphabetical order. > > > > + In this menu, pressing the key in the (#) prefix will jump > > + directly to that location. You will be returned to the current > > + search results after exiting this new menu. > > + > > In menuconfig, exiting returns to the correct location in the search output, > but in nconfig, exiting always returns to the top of the search output, not > to where the (#) was displayed on the search output screen. I honestly didn't notice this, in nconfig thank you for pointing it out. > This is annoying. > Is this something that you have possibly already fixed? No, but I will look into it, hopefully, it's a trivial fix. I will submit a patch soon to fix this. Thanks, Jesse Taube > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > User interface options for 'menuconfig' > > @@ -262,6 +266,10 @@ Searching in nconfig: > > F8 (SymSearch) searches the configuration symbols for the > > given string or regular expression (regex). > > > > + In the SymSearch, pressing the key in the (#) prefix will > > + jump directly to that location. You will be returned to the > > + current search results after exiting this new menu. > > + > > NCONFIG_MODE > > ------------ > > This mode shows all sub-menus in one large tree. > > -- > ~Randy
