From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Iqt2i-0006zl-1G for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:18:44 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iqt2g-0006yd-4o for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:18:42 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iqt2d-0006xL-Se for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:18:41 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iqt2d-0006xG-Kq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:18:39 -0500 Received: from smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.29]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Iqt2d-0004d7-6J for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:18:39 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr9.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lAAGIc43082838 for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:18:38 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) From: Marco Gerards To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <472F3D31.3010204@nic.fi> <4730DE0F.9090103@nic.fi> <4731DD6C.6080807@nic.fi> <4732113E.5070305@nic.fi> Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:19:12 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Markus Elfring's message of "Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:05:21 +0100") Message-ID: <87640agjjz.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 Subject: Re: Outline 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: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:18:42 -0000 Markus Elfring writes: >> Menu commands can have children already so you would get hierarchy >> information from there. Shortcut key you could just add as extra >> argument for menu, like --hotkey="1" > > Will an explanation of the data format be added to the wiki? > > >> In example: >> menu "foo" { >> menu "bar" { >> menu "zot" { >> } >> } >> } > > Can an item be reused at different levels in the hierarchy without repetition of > its definition (attribute set)? I want to make something to generate menu entries from a script. Is that what you mean? >> Though I am not sure how well this outline view is supported by the >> current parser. Marco, perhaps you could share some insights? > > How is the state of the GRUB 2 menu browser at the moment? It's not stable yet. Especially the scripting needs to be worked on. >> I had a look at example mp3 playlist in opml format and it seems to be >> data description language (like what xml is). What we have in grub >> script is a scripting language that has commands to construct data (menu). > > Is a manual available already? No, do you want to work on this? -- Marco