On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 08:33:27PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> On Jul 18 2007 11:04, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >> > I have no idea where it came from. (not me)
> >>
> >> It was akpm:
> >> http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/Documentation/CodingStyle?PAGE=diffs&REV=1.5
> >
> > I think that would only make sense if "---help---" is used (like you did)
> > instead of the plain "help" string.
> >
> > In the case of "---help---", it's OK with me not to be indented by 2 more
> > spaces.
>
> ===
>
> kconf also accepts "---help---" besides the usual "help" keyword.
> If it is used, I think we can omit the extra spaces, because the
> dashes are visible enough a sash.
Nope, the majority of "---help---" users don't omit the spaces - and it's
more readable with them.
> Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]>
>
> ---
> Documentation/CodingStyle | 13 ++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6.23/Documentation/CodingStyle
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.23.orig/Documentation/CodingStyle
> +++ linux-2.6.23/Documentation/CodingStyle
> @@ -511,17 +511,16 @@ remember: "indent" is not a fix for bad
>
> For all of the Kconfig* configuration files throughout the source tree,
> the indentation is somewhat different. Lines under a "config" definition
> -are indented with one tab, while help text is indented an additional two
> -spaces. Example:
> +are indented with one tab. Example:
>
> config AUDIT
> bool "Auditing support"
> depends on NET
> - help
> - Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another
> - kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for
> - logging of avc messages output). Does not do system-call
> - auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
> + ---help---
> + Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another
> + kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for
> + logging of avc messages output). Does not do system-call
> + auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
>
> Features that might still be considered unstable should be defined as
> dependent on "EXPERIMENTAL":
cu
Adrian
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