From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MFBLw-0001XT-62 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:19:48 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFBLu-0001Ww-Nq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:19:46 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFBLq-0001Vr-Mp for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:19:46 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37084 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFBLq-0001Vo-JS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:19:42 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:28688) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFBLq-0003HQ-6q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:19:42 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 12 Jun 2009 14:19:40 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2116034C6D for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:24:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <200906120945.14990.colin@gibibit.com> References: <200906120945.14990.colin@gibibit.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:19:38 -0400 Message-Id: <1244830778.28710.5.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.2 (2.26.2-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Customizable text menu appearance/themeable text interface X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:19:47 -0000 On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 09:45 -0700, Colin D Bennett wrote: > User pelle.k on the Ubuntu forums had an interesting (and to me, appealing) > idea to provide customization of the GRUB text menu appearance to make it > cleaner and more elegant (obviously this may vary with personal taste). I > have seen other questions on the GRUB list here about removing or changing > certain text on the GRUB text menu as well. > > Even when the graphical menu is polished and working perfectly, the text menu > is still highly desirable in a number of situations. Some users will still > prefer it. Yes, it looks nice. Also, on some terminals (serial, open firmware) the borders cannot be drawn, at least in a nice and reliable way. The help text could be reduced to "Press 'h' for help", and pressing 'h' would lead to a more detailed help page. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin