Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux-1.3.79 | Date | Thu, 28 Mar 1996 17:01:12 -0500 | From | Dave Barr <> |
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.91.960328164335.3770C-100000@titus.cfw.com>, "William E. Roadcap" writes: >The indicator IS there. Read the top of the menu. If an option has >pointed brackets <> then it is module capable. That was the best way I >could think of to indicate tristates without increasing the line >lengths. Some lines are already to long as it is. > >I don't thing the 'Y' inside brackets is as effective a visual flag as >the '*' character.
Then how can you argue that "< >" is an effective visual flag compared to "( )" ? I sense a double standard.
I don't see why "(Y)" is not an effective visual flag. It's certainly highly visible, especially compared to "( )", and is far more intiutive compared to "(*)". "*" conveys no information other than "here I am". "Y" says "Yes" -- an intuitive answer to the selection of Y, N, or M.
In fact, I'd like to see Y N M used exclusively, rather than "( )" implying "(N)".
You could make up for lost space by something like this, while at the same time making things more obvious:
(YNM) (Y ) This is a compiled-in item, available as a module ( N ) This is a not-compiled-in item, available as a module ( M) This is an item compiled as a module (N -) This is a not-compiled-in item, not available as module ( Y-) This is a compiled-in item, not available as a module.
In fact, if the (YNM) construct could be implemented as a true radio-button (with YNM key accellerators) that would be good.
--Dave
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