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Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell)

From: Karsten Behrmann <BearPerson AT gmx.net>
To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:38:30 +0200

On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:33:12 -0700, Seth Woolley wrote:

> Matthew Clark wrote:
> > I recently began trying to improve the net-tools spell by replacing that
> > long list of questions with a dialog.
>
> This breaks prometheus' ability to fuzz options easily. Is there a way
> to make your changes optional? I think rather than fixing this problem
> for one spell we should discuss the CONFIGURE (and DEPENDS) formats in
> the context of allowing alternative prompts and even the ability to use
> a make-menuconfig-style menu.

I believe the way I did this spell by the way was a
"do you want to use dialog (recommended)? [n]"
and if that query was answered with 'n' run through all the
options with config_query's... wouldn't that work?

So Far,
Karsten

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Re: [SM-Discuss] Using dialog for the net-conf spell , (continued)
- Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell), Seth Woolley, 04/12/2006
  - Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell), Andrew, 04/12/2006
    - Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell), Seth Woolley, 04/12/2006
      - Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell), Andraž "ruskie" Levstik, 04/13/2006
      - Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell), David Kowis, 04/14/2006
        
        Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell), Juuso Alasuutari, 04/14/2006
  - Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell), Karsten Behrmann, 04/14/2006
    - Re: [SM-Discuss] minimize global effects in CONFIGURE and DEPENDS (Was: Using dialog for the net-conf spell), Andraž "ruskie" Levstik, 04/14/2006