1 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c
index 78fe4e9d8778..0fa567eb68c6 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/lxdialog/util.c
@@ -371,27 +371,19 @@ void print_title(WINDOW *dialog, const char *title, int width)
 /*
  * Print a string of text in a window, automatically wrap around to the
  * next line if the string is too long to fit on one line. Newline
- * characters '\n' are replaced by spaces.  We start on a new line
+ * characters '\n' are propperly processed.  We start on a new line
  * if there is no room for at least 4 nonblanks following a double-space.
  */
 void print_autowrap(WINDOW * win, const char *prompt, int width, int y, int x)
 {
 	int newl, cur_x, cur_y;
-	int i, prompt_len, room, wlen;
-	char tempstr[MAX_LEN + 1], *word, *sp, *sp2;
+	int prompt_len, room, wlen;
+	char tempstr[MAX_LEN + 1], *word, *sp, *sp2, *newline_separator = 0;
 
 	strcpy(tempstr, prompt);
 
 	prompt_len = strlen(tempstr);
 
-	/*
-	 * Remove newlines
-	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < prompt_len; i++) {
-		if (tempstr[i] == '\n')
-			tempstr[i] = ' ';
-	}
-
 	if (prompt_len <= width - x * 2) {	/* If prompt is short */
 		wmove(win, y, (width - prompt_len) / 2);
 		waddstr(win, tempstr);
@@ -401,7 +393,10 @@ void print_autowrap(WINDOW * win, const char *prompt, int width, int y, int x)
 		newl = 1;
 		word = tempstr;
 		while (word && *word) {
-			sp = strchr(word, ' ');
+			sp = strpbrk(word, "\n ");
+			if (sp && *sp == '\n')
+				newline_separator = sp;
+
 			if (sp)
 				*sp++ = 0;
 
@@ -413,7 +408,7 @@ void print_autowrap(WINDOW * win, const char *prompt, int width, int y, int x)
 			if (wlen > room ||
 			    (newl && wlen < 4 && sp
 			     && wlen + 1 + strlen(sp) > room
-			     && (!(sp2 = strchr(sp, ' '))
+			     && (!(sp2 = strpbrk(sp, "\n "))
 				 || wlen + 1 + (sp2 - sp) > room))) {
 				cur_y++;
 				cur_x = x;
@@ -421,7 +416,15 @@ void print_autowrap(WINDOW * win, const char *prompt, int width, int y, int x)
 			wmove(win, cur_y, cur_x);
 			waddstr(win, word);
 			getyx(win, cur_y, cur_x);
-			cur_x++;
+
+			/* Move to the next line if the word separator was a newline */
+			if (newline_separator) {
+				cur_y++;
+				cur_x = x;
+				newline_separator = 0;
+			} else
+				cur_x++;
+
 			if (sp && *sp == ' ') {
 				cur_x++;	/* double space */
 				while (*++sp == ' ') ;