From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1IKEdC-0004VB-Vh for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:41:27 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKEdC-0004Ta-2Y for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:41:26 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IKEdB-0004T3-LD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:41:25 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IKEdB-0004Sm-IP for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:41:25 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IKEdB-0003He-7S for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 10:41:25 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=aragorn) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IKEd9-0004uW-P7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:41:24 +0200 Received: from rmh by aragorn with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IKEh6-0000eO-Jj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:45:28 +0200 Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:45:28 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20070812144528.GC2260@aragorn> References: <46BD54CF.2050800@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46BD54CF.2050800@gmail.com> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Microsoft discourages use of Outlook. X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Detected-Kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Patch for boot message 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, 12 Aug 2007 14:41:26 -0000 On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 11:18:55PM -0700, Mischa Spiegelmock wrote: > I got sick of grub saying "The highlighted entry will be booted > automatically in 1 seconds." > > Here's a patch: > > Index: normal/menu.c > =================================================================== > RCS file: /sources/grub/grub2/normal/menu.c,v > retrieving revision 1.18 > diff -r1.18 menu.c > 331,332c331,332 > < The highlighted entry will be booted automatically in %d seconds. ", > < timeout); > --- > > The highlighted entry will be booted automatically in %d > second%c ", > > timeout, (timeout == 1 ? ' ' : 's')); This breaks l10n, and also adds a bogus ' ' (although that's a minor issue). The SI symbol for second is 's'. Why not using that instead? -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)