From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1OZjbe-0006zt-T7 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:01:31 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48036 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OZjbb-0006y2-8o for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:01:28 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZjbZ-0006b7-GH for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:01:26 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:49891) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZjbZ-0006aw-AF for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:01:25 -0400 Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so1504180bwz.0 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:01:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=MUeUK4T2iaAa+MvLDz0CH1xhXyqkzXn3xjmVa8WFY08=; b=TuBPyoym6ufpJ1sP9QX237rJG3nYkkK3iMEK/GU8cESC58CXATcsdw1DQ2qqUHdXd7 tOQgCajczLBW6KoPSkBjMBspzhL3B+YHYa3cgv93A1MSot/0fKLSj5J0dA5sYl7RqXTH obgdyxmhEqi0Jeu8mdJ8DkUhpx5dir4Aokl9M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=ZNqZmBDoxN/6ccMIziD7EEhWEoJ02rhzFUDVHhXrgGTC9pqetNHtoTN2NSui4yXNtB w8mWrY8qQpH6FfsDAA4t6Wcjo3Mnk/zH3+mUYAmSxifRX8YGhgvs4SZs3lFD7q6KSGFX lMg3J7r/qWVmoCA28C5VfGl8iC5C/zatjnSXg= Received: by 10.204.163.70 with SMTP id z6mr892981bkx.29.1279281683311; Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:01:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (113-120.203-62.cust.bluewin.ch [62.203.120.113]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a11sm10697580bkc.0.2010.07.16.05.01.18 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:01:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C404A04.8030109@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:01:08 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100620 Icedove/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org References: <20100520173554.GA21862@riva.ucam.org> In-Reply-To: <20100520173554.GA21862@riva.ucam.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig43D85FC3A0C76F8687A1C0F1" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: Converting Ubuntu CDs to GRUB 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: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:01:29 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig43D85FC3A0C76F8687A1C0F1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 05/20/2010 07:35 PM, Colin Watson wrote: > I would like to convert Ubuntu CDs to boot using GRUB for Ubuntu 10.10.= > > =20 I'll gladly support this in any way I can. > This is a bit ambitious. We're currently using ISOLINUX with SuSE's > gfxboot extensions, and extensive theming to offer various custom menus= =2E > A number of the facilities we depend on there aren't yet present in > gfxmenu, and while I can probably get away without all of them I don't > think I'll be able to strip it all the way down to the point of a singl= e > boot menu. > > Nevertheless, I think this is worth pursuing for various reasons: we're= > probably going to need to use GRUB to support EFI-based machines anyway= ; > maintaining gfxboot-theme-ubuntu is really no fun at all; and I'd like > to see GRUB get to the point where it can handle these requirements > easily. Judging from the images on the front page of > http://grub.gibibit.com/, I gather that this was at least considered as= > a goal for gfxmenu! > > I've written up a brief description of our needs here: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Specs/MaverickCDBoot > > I think that the extensions we'd need in gfxmenu amount to: > > * Supplementary menu support, with menus bound to keys > =20 As we discussed on IRC probably the best way to support it is to have active and selectable buttonson the bottom of the screen which have a --hotkey. Buttons left and right can be reassign to whatever makes sense for graphical menu. Since up and down keys are shared between text and graphical menu one should order the entries in such a way that navigating up and down also make sense in gfxmenu. For implementing separate selectable entries (buttons) you need to add support for vertical menu and to have the ability to hide/show classes at separate menu. E.g. vertical-list { class =3D "buttons,help" ... } list { class =3D "remaining" ... } "remaining" is a magic word which means "everything not matching anything else". > * Either scrolling menus or grid menus, preferably grid > =20 I'm ok with both of them. > * The ability to bind functions to menus to process selections > =20 What do you mean? We execute the code in menuentry body on enter. Or do you mean anything else? > * Checkbox widgets > =20 I think it should be sth like in grub.cfg checkbox "Safe mode" { set safe=3D1 } Then it will be rendered ncurses-like in text and with a checkbox in gfxmenu. > Needless to say I'm willing to take on the bulk of the work here, but > I'm very new to gfxmenu and I would greatly appreciate review from thos= e > who've spent more time thinking about it and hacking on it. In > particular, I'd appreciate thoughts on how this kind of thing might bes= t > be represented in extensions to the theme format. > > Thanks, > > =20 --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig43D85FC3A0C76F8687A1C0F1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAkxASgkACgkQNak7dOguQgme/QD9Eav8kAkzshhcjTlnpbavOCIO Qvl/dZvtK2VFTt8t4lQA/23ORHPqOzYEYU4e8ds+miyXZ4vNLft3je8YRR7FDP2X =6CyZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig43D85FC3A0C76F8687A1C0F1--