Michael Elizabeth Chastain writes:
> The front end can show all the options (like xconfig) and have an
> additional feature to show the dependencies for the unavailable options:
> when the user clicks on the option, the front end pops up a window
> showing the if-conditions and dep-options for that option.
>
> The front end can also have a toggle to suppress the unavailable
> options options (like menuconfig always does). I personally advocate
> that this be the default.
This is getting to be a complicated user interface.
Why not just force options as needed? If somebody selects a PCMCIA
network card, then network support and PCMCIA support get enabled.
(the user could be told that this is happening)
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