Re: menu loop (patch)

[Isaac Dupree <id@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org>]

Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Jul/19/2008, Isaac Dupree wrote:
>> Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
>>> fast check in KDE: it's looping
>>>
>>> Also, Iceweasel menus are looping here (maybe because it's executed
>>> in KDE and there is some GTK Widget with a different behaviour? I have
>>> no idea)
>> GTK menubar-menus are looping for me.  But I'm not sure about menus that  
>> consist of selecting from a list in a box (maybe some login window?).  I  
>> don't care personally, because my GRUB-lists are not terribly long...  
>> hmm, if you hold down a (arrow) key in GRUB, is there auto-repeat?
> 
> no, there isn't auto-repeat (this is what the patch that we are talking
> does).
> 
> GRUB-lists shouldn't be terrible long, but quite users needs to go from
> the first option to the last option quite often (at least is what i
> see).

is this because tools tend to add options to the *end* of the list -- 
the same way my browser adds bookmarks to the end of the bookmarks menu? 
  That's the situation I find myself really using looping regularly in 
my OS (Firefox, Linux).

It might be worth the effort to add a config option, if there are people 
who have to deal with their boot-menu on a regular basis (are there? 
probably...).  Then if they're like me, they'll want to be able to fix 
its annoying behavior for the future.  So it's worth it for them; and if 
there are a significant number of people like that, the one-time cost of 
*implementing* the option may be worth it.

-Isaac