From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NT0zw-0006Gu-U6 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:38:32 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NT0zu-0006Dc-Nl for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:38:30 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NT0zt-0006Be-LO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:38:30 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38980 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NT0zt-0006BS-BR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:38:29 -0500 Received: from gator297.hostgator.com ([74.53.228.114]:41142) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NT0zs-00079y-Ox for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:38:29 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=gibibit.com; h=Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type; b=jvFP+ssPsGM0H+Yq2nZXE1Q+cY5f0CPe9LjphsnZRjppQJWdaAWY0M6Jf65xXBqPJs45Qer8dKTQRKse5iq2Op3ROnR+5msukJgfd20jLLz4yKidqHYLbdWB9EQcNEqe; Received: from spk.venturedesignservices.com ([65.61.115.34]:13693 helo=svelte) by gator297.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NT0zq-0005RI-At for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:38:26 -0600 Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:38:24 -0800 From: Colin D Bennett To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20100107143824.20fc97fe@svelte> In-Reply-To: <20100107214738.GA26788@thorin> References: <20100107195957.793f75e7@shiva.selfip.org> <20100107151345.GE3010@turki.gavron.org> <1262878076.11765.15.camel@fz.local> <20100107083324.18b34fc4@svelte> <20100107214738.GA26788@thorin> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.18.3; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/GC=s0NFMn/Ic1usZWRDAaK7"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator297.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gibibit.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: GRUB 1.98 available in debian lenny, How to get fancy terminal ? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:38:31 -0000 --Sig_/GC=s0NFMn/Ic1usZWRDAaK7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 22:47:38 +0100 Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 08:33:24AM -0800, Colin D Bennett wrote: > >=20 > > BTW, the theme document is also on the wiki at > > . > >=20 > > I am about to build GRUB for testing again, from the experimental > > branch, and I can migrate my example themes to the new format. It > > looks from the source like the changes are mostly related to > > allowing proportional position/size specifications. >=20 > Hi Colin, >=20 > More important than the format, is that we need a basic theme that > only depends on the fonts we currently provided. Of course, this can > be improved as long as the new fonts are free (patches against the > build system welcome), but for now we only build single-size unifont. Ok, I understand. > (Aside from that, adding new fonts would introduce a delay for > distributors as they need to add new packages, get them approved, > etc. So in the interest in bringing gfxmenu to mainstream as soon as > possible, I would _strongly_ recommend to use the existing fonts for > now) When you say =E2=80=9Cexisting fonts=E2=80=9D do you mean there is a font o= ther than unifont? > Also, if you'd like to make an official GRUB theme with GNU-based > image set, you're more than welcome. That's a good idea, for OS distributions that don't care to make their own theme, at least we could have one or two good choices. Regards, Colin --Sig_/GC=s0NFMn/Ic1usZWRDAaK7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAktGYmAACgkQokx8fzcGbYf3hACfVfkckErKXITcvUEskqwQJ/rR 0MkAnjxCHHLarXjr0NGElJwVj6/OaGW0 =EnIb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/GC=s0NFMn/Ic1usZWRDAaK7--