Re: [PATCH 03/14] kconfig: show '?' prompt even if no help text is available

From: Ulf Magnusson
Date: Wed Feb 07 2018 - 15:28:47 EST


On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 1:34 AM, Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 'make config', 'make oldconfig', etc. always receive '?' as a valid
> input and show useful information even if no help text is available.
>
> ------------------------>8------------------------
> foo (FOO) [N/y] (NEW) ?
>
> There is no help available for this option.
> Symbol: FOO [=n]
> Type : bool
> Prompt: foo
> Defined at Kconfig:1
> ------------------------>8------------------------
>
> However, '?' is not shown in the prompt if its help text is missing.
> Let's show '?' all the time so that the prompt and the behavior match.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> scripts/kconfig/conf.c | 9 ++-------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
> index 90a76aa2..d346642 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/conf.c
> @@ -201,9 +201,7 @@ static int conf_sym(struct menu *menu)
> printf("/m");
> if (oldval != yes && sym_tristate_within_range(sym, yes))
> printf("/y");
> - if (menu_has_help(menu))
> - printf("/?");
> - printf("] ");
> + printf("/?] ");
> if (!conf_askvalue(sym, sym_get_string_value(sym)))
> return 0;
> strip(line);
> @@ -305,10 +303,7 @@ static int conf_choice(struct menu *menu)
> printf("[1]: 1\n");
> goto conf_childs;
> }
> - printf("[1-%d", cnt);
> - if (menu_has_help(menu))
> - printf("?");
> - printf("]: ");
> + printf("[1-%d?]: ", cnt);
> switch (input_mode) {
> case oldconfig:
> case silentoldconfig:
> --
> 2.7.4
>

Reviewed-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@xxxxxxxxx>