Messages in this thread | | | From | Dirk Gouders <> | Subject | Re: [RFC v8 1/1] mconf: global i-search in menu prompts | Date | Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:55:31 +0200 |
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Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> writes:
> Hi, > > On 06/20/2018 01:42 AM, Dirk Gouders wrote: >> >> Operation >> --------- >> The TAB key is reserved to toggle the focus between menu and bottons. >> Focus is on the buttons if one of the buttens (the active one) is >> hightlighted, otherwise it is on the menu. >> >> When the focus is on the buttons, mconf operates as before with the >> exception of the TAB key. >> >> When the focus is on the menu, mconf operates in i-search mode and the >> following input has special meaning: >> >> * <\> (backslash) can be used to search for other occurences of an >> already entered string. On empty search strings, nothing happens. >> >> * Any other printable character than backslash and '\n' is appended to >> the current search string and a match is searched for. If a match >> is found, it is immediately navigated to. > > About that paragraph above: I tried to search for "fs-cache", as in: > > config FSCACHE_DEBUG > bool "Debug FS-Cache" > > but i-search does not allow me to enter a '-' character. Seems odd to me.
Hi Randy,
thanks for all your testing.
'-' and '+' previously had the same meaning as <KEY_UP>, <KEY_DOWN>, respectively. If you are on the top menu item and press '-' there is nothing to scroll up so it appears as if the pressed key wasn't processed.
I-search should add those characters to the pattern but I broke that two or three versions before when I fixed another issue.
I will add this to my list of test cases so this won't happen again.
Dirk
> Still doing other testing... > > >> * BACKSPACE is used to remove the last character of the search string. >> >> * DEL clears the search string. >> >> * ENTER can be used to enter a submenu. >> >> * ESC ESC exits the current isearch and clears the search string. >> >> * Horizontal arrow keys still cycle between the buttons but also >> switch focus to the buttons. >> >> * Vertical arroy keys navigate the menu items. >> >> At any time, at most one i-search is active and the navigation path to >> the current menu is displayed in the subtitle, the second line in the >> menu window. >> >> Navigation example: >> >> To navigate to options concerning NFS file systems, simply type 'n', >> 'f' and 's'. >> >> Hint: use the 'z' key with focus on buttons to search for invisible >> prompts.
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