From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1J7711-0001UY-F0 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:28:03 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J770y-0001S7-No for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:28:00 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J770w-0001Qy-Rn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:27:59 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J770w-0001Qg-BN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:27:58 -0500 Received: from ns39764.ovh.net ([91.121.25.85] helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J770w-0007nt-9I for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:27:58 -0500 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EECCB3EB23 for ; Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:32:03 +0100 (CET) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:27:56 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <20071223210936.GA27776@thorin> <200712242046.29638.okuji@enbug.org> <20071225092618.GB10985@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20071225092618.GB10985@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712251127.56197.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] colored menu 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: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 10:28:01 -0000 On Tuesday 25 December 2007 10:26, Robert Millan wrote: > On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 08:46:29PM +0100, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > > I still prefer to keep the default as it is. I like that a user (or a > > distributor) would modify the colors in grub.cfg. > > Distributors (/me puts Debian hat on) can easily patch it. > > Anyway, which interface to use? It seems to me that env variables would > be more fitting than the "color" command we had in GRUB Legacy. I suggest > using two: E.g. "menu_normal_color=fg/bg" and "menu_highlight_color=fg/bg", > with the same *color_list[16] from GRUB Legacy. As you might know, my preference is to implement a style sheet and apply it to a text-based interface as well as a graphic-based interface (which is still vaporware). But this will need time, so I can accept whatever a short-term hack. > > Anyway, this will be a temporary hack, right? > > No, not really. That patch will be necessary when colors can be modified > in grub.cfg, too. The only difference will be that it'll only act based on > user input. > > I plan to implement user input too, just not right now. In the meantime > it'd be nice to have this feature in CVS. If you like 0x07 / 0x70 more > than 0x13 / 0x1f, we can have that as default so that distributors (/me > puts debian hat) can change it easily? It is okay for me. > > I'd love to see a fancier > > interface built in. > > Will we have that anytime soon? I hope so. ;) > > Mmh, I really need to allocate time to implement one... > > Would be very nice to see you back on the playground! :-) Thanks. Okuji