From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1BrE95-0000WS-PW for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2004 07:04:51 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BrE94-0000WI-5v for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2004 07:04:50 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BrE93-0000Vy-Dn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2004 07:04:49 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BrE93-0000Vh-Ag for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2004 07:04:49 -0400 Received: from [212.43.237.68] (helo=kotoba.storever.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BrE5F-0005aC-Ub for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Aug 2004 07:00:54 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by kotoba.storever.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DFC7F0D47A0 for ; Sun, 1 Aug 2004 07:00:52 -0400 (EDT) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 13:00:57 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <200407312032.27650.okuji@enbug.org> <200408010009.38512.okuji@enbug.org> <87fz77eqam.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> In-Reply-To: <87fz77eqam.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200408011300.57636.okuji@enbug.org> Subject: Re: usability 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: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 11:04:50 -0000 On Sunday 01 August 2004 00:59, Marco Gerards wrote: > Please do. I know very little about this subject and I think that is > true for many people. I am Dutch and for Dutch (and English) ASCII > (or anything ASCII like) is enough. Done. > Ok. You already implemented a very simple menu. But when I choose > an option, nothing happens. It is easy to change it so it actually > boots the option you have chosen. Ah, I understand. > > - Labelling entries > > What is a label used for? I wrote this example in the previous mail: default hurd-l4 title --label=hurd-l4 Hurd/L4 root=(hd0,0) ... Or title Hurd/L4 label hurd-l4 root=(hd0,0) ... Labels should be able to be used in everywhere you can specify entry numbers, such as default, savedefault and fallback. If this is implemented, it could be much easier to modify config files automatically by shell scripts. > I think Thomas sent in a patch for this, right? Could you please > review it? You have more knowledge about module loading. I think his patch is only for commands. Autoloading filesystem modules is not implemented, and I want to have commands in the normal mode to load/unload modules with/without resolving dependencies automatically. BTW, one problem in his patch is that autocmd.lst is maintained manually. It is better to generate this file automatically at the compilation time. > This is a very good idea. Can you set up a wiki? Do you know any site which we can use freely (and permanently, if possible) ? I can set it up on my server, but I'm afraid that mine is too poor for dynamic page rendering, because it is an OpenBrick. This may be a good occasion to get an OpenBrick NG, but I have no money to buy a new machine at the moment. One way is to use a hosting service, such as BerliOS or SourceForge. BerliOS might be a good option, because it has a builtin wiki interface, while you must set it up manually on SourceForge. It is unfortunate that Savannah does not have any way to set up a wiki site. I will talk about this with Savannah hackers. Okuji