On Jul 18 2007 11:04, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> > I have no idea where it came from.  (not me)
>> 
>> It was akpm:
>> http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.6/Documentation/CodingStyle?PAGE=diffs&REV=1.5
>
> I think that would only make sense if "---help---" is used (like you did)
> instead of the plain "help" string.
>
> In the case of "---help---", it's OK with me not to be indented by 2 more
> spaces.

===

kconf also accepts "---help---" besides the usual "help" keyword.
If it is used, I think we can omit the extra spaces, because the
dashes are visible enough a sash.

Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
 Documentation/CodingStyle |   13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.23/Documentation/CodingStyle
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.23.orig/Documentation/CodingStyle
+++ linux-2.6.23/Documentation/CodingStyle
@@ -511,17 +511,16 @@ remember: "indent" is not a fix for bad 
 
 For all of the Kconfig* configuration files throughout the source tree,
 the indentation is somewhat different.  Lines under a "config" definition
-are indented with one tab, while help text is indented an additional two
-spaces.  Example:
+are indented with one tab. Example:
 
 config AUDIT
        bool "Auditing support"
        depends on NET
-       help
-         Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another
-         kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for
-         logging of avc messages output).  Does not do system-call
-         auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
+       ---help---
+       Enable auditing infrastructure that can be used with another
+       kernel subsystem, such as SELinux (which requires this for
+       logging of avc messages output).  Does not do system-call
+       auditing without CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL.
 
 Features that might still be considered unstable should be defined as
 dependent on "EXPERIMENTAL":
-
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