From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KKM7P-0005AR-4m for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:39 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKM7N-0005AI-4e for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:37 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKM7L-00059i-6V for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:36 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55528 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKM7L-00059f-4K for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:35 -0400 Received: from mta31.charter.net ([216.33.127.82]:61827) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKM7K-0008PB-MV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:34 -0400 Received: from aarprv06.charter.net ([10.20.200.76]) by mta31.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.03.00 201-2186-126-20070710) with ESMTP id <20080719234524.PQAQ15793.mta31.charter.net@aarprv06.charter.net> for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:24 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.102] (really [71.10.234.12]) by aarprv06.charter.net with ESMTP id <20080719234524.UAUV570.aarprv06.charter.net@[192.168.0.102]> for ; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:24 -0400 Message-ID: <48827C91.8070807@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:45:21 -0400 From: Isaac Dupree User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <20080717212227.GA11725@pina.cat> <20080719154043.GG23778@thorin> <20080719172134.GA3760@pina.cat> <48827823.6080801@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080719233155.GA16216@pina.cat> In-Reply-To: <20080719233155.GA16216@pina.cat> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chzlrs: 0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) Subject: Re: menu loop (patch) 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: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:45:37 -0000 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