Commit 83dcde4e authored by Jan Engelhardt's avatar Jan Engelhardt Committed by Sam Ravnborg

kconfig: linguistic fixes for Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt

I have done a look-through through Documentation/kbuild/ and my corrections
(proposed) are attached.

Cc'ed are original author Michael (responsible for comitting changes to
these files?), Sam (kbuild maintainer), Adrian (-trivial maintainer).
Signed-off-by: default avatarJan Engelhardt <jengelh@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
parent 65ff22ee
...@@ -67,19 +67,19 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax). ...@@ -67,19 +67,19 @@ applicable everywhere (see syntax).
- default value: "default" <expr> ["if" <expr>] - default value: "default" <expr> ["if" <expr>]
A config option can have any number of default values. If multiple A config option can have any number of default values. If multiple
default values are visible, only the first defined one is active. default values are visible, only the first defined one is active.
Default values are not limited to the menu entry, where they are Default values are not limited to the menu entry where they are
defined, this means the default can be defined somewhere else or be defined. This means the default can be defined somewhere else or be
overridden by an earlier definition. overridden by an earlier definition.
The default value is only assigned to the config symbol if no other The default value is only assigned to the config symbol if no other
value was set by the user (via the input prompt above). If an input value was set by the user (via the input prompt above). If an input
prompt is visible the default value is presented to the user and can prompt is visible the default value is presented to the user and can
be overridden by him. be overridden by him.
Optionally dependencies only for this default value can be added with Optionally, dependencies only for this default value can be added with
"if". "if".
- dependencies: "depends on"/"requires" <expr> - dependencies: "depends on"/"requires" <expr>
This defines a dependency for this menu entry. If multiple This defines a dependency for this menu entry. If multiple
dependencies are defined they are connected with '&&'. Dependencies dependencies are defined, they are connected with '&&'. Dependencies
are applied to all other options within this menu entry (which also are applied to all other options within this menu entry (which also
accept an "if" expression), so these two examples are equivalent: accept an "if" expression), so these two examples are equivalent:
...@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Nonconstant symbols are the most common ones and are defined with the ...@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Nonconstant symbols are the most common ones and are defined with the
'config' statement. Nonconstant symbols consist entirely of alphanumeric 'config' statement. Nonconstant symbols consist entirely of alphanumeric
characters or underscores. characters or underscores.
Constant symbols are only part of expressions. Constant symbols are Constant symbols are only part of expressions. Constant symbols are
always surrounded by single or double quotes. Within the quote any always surrounded by single or double quotes. Within the quote, any
other character is allowed and the quotes can be escaped using '\'. other character is allowed and the quotes can be escaped using '\'.
Menu structure Menu structure
...@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ choices: ...@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ choices:
<choice block> <choice block>
"endchoice" "endchoice"
This defines a choice group and accepts any of above attributes as This defines a choice group and accepts any of the above attributes as
options. A choice can only be of type bool or tristate, while a boolean options. A choice can only be of type bool or tristate, while a boolean
choice only allows a single config entry to be selected, a tristate choice only allows a single config entry to be selected, a tristate
choice also allows any number of config entries to be set to 'm'. This choice also allows any number of config entries to be set to 'm'. This
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