Mailing List Archive: xconfig

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Hi!
I'm one of those kernel hackers who use 'make xconfig' to configure the
kernel, and I'm getting increasingly alarmed at the size of the main menu.
I run X in 1280x1024, and it's already just slightly larger than the
screen. If it gets any bigger, then it's going to be too unusable.
Are there any plans to introduce sub-menus, or scroll bars for the main
menu to xconfig?
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> I'm one of those kernel hackers who use 'make xconfig' to configure the
> kernel, and I'm getting increasingly alarmed at the size of the main menu.
>
> I run X in 1280x1024, and it's already just slightly larger than the
> screen. If it gets any bigger, then it's going to be too unusable.
>
> Are there any plans to introduce sub-menus, or scroll bars for the main
> menu to xconfig?
You can try Alan's -ac stuff. Michael Chastain has already fixed
large menu by splitting it into three columns.
Also Michael is working on rebuilding the code, I am working on
submenus, more people are working on bugfixes. So, I think, most
problems should be fixed before 2.2.0 (eventually 2.2.1) being
released.
Andrzej
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