From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Leaot-0004YZ-5l for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:02:27 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Leaoq-0004XX-Lu for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:02:24 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Leaoo-0004VT-2H for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:02:23 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34621 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Leaon-0004VQ-VG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:02:21 -0500 Received: from smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.31]:4852) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Leaon-0006TF-BE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:02:21 -0500 Received: from marco (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr11.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n23K2Hdc014981 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 2009 21:02:18 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) From: Marco Gerards To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <49AC31F1.6020806@lacqui.com> Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:07:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: <49AC31F1.6020806@lacqui.com> (Kevin Lacquement's message of "Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:22:25 -0800") Message-ID: <87eixe4bfn.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-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 Subject: Re: Menus and Functions 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: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:02:25 -0000 Hi, Kevin Lacquement writes: > I was browsing through the recent SVN head, and noticed that functions > and menu items are implemented separately. I was wondering if there's > actually a reason for that. > > It seems to me that a menu entry is nothing more than a function that, > instead of being referred to by a function name, is referred to by a > menu title. This was on purpose. My idea was that menu entries can be generated in a macro like fashion. -- Marco