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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Overview Kconfiglib is a `Kconfig <https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt>`_ implementation in Python 2/3. It started out as a helper library, but now has a -enough functionality to work well as a standalone Kconfig implementation +enough functionality to also work well as a standalone Kconfig implementation (including ``menuconfig`` implementations). The entire library is contained in `kconfiglib.py @@ -177,6 +177,26 @@ Kconfiglib can do the following, among other things: <https://github.com/ulfalizer/Kconfiglib/blob/master/examples/menuconfig_example.py>`_ example. +Kconfig language extensions +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The following Kconfig extensions are available: + +- A relative ``source`` statement (``rsource``) where Kconfig + file paths are specified relative to the directory of + the current Kconfig file. + +- A globbing ``source`` (``gsource``) that doubles + as an include-if-exists function. + +- Environment variables are expanded directly in e.g. ``source`` + and ``mainmenu`` statements, meaning ``option env`` symbols + are redundant. + + ``option env`` symbols are still supported for compatibility, + with the caveat that they must have the same name as the environment + variables they reference. A warning is printed if the names differ. + Other features -------------- @@ -235,13 +255,6 @@ Other features All warnings point out the location(s) in the ``Kconfig`` files where a symbol is defined, where applicable. - -- **Kconfig extensions** - - So far, these include a relative ``source`` statement (``rsource``) where Kconfig - file paths are specified relative to the directory of - the current Kconfig file, and a globbing ``source`` (``gsource``) that doubles - as an include-if-exists function. - **Unicode support** |