From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.33) id 1C5syI-0005NQ-RQ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:30:18 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C5syF-0005Ml-6J for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:30:15 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C5syC-0005Lx-OU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:30:14 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C5syC-0005Ln-G9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:30:12 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C5ssU-0003wI-Sq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:24:19 -0400 Received: from localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 980F58CA4 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:24:17 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by localhost (charlie.han.nl [145.74.66.9]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23967-08 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:24:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBDDE8C89 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:24:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from marco.marco-g.com (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6940CC045 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:24:14 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <200409102249.52916.okuji@enbug.org> From: Marco Gerards Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:24:22 +0000 In-Reply-To: <200409102249.52916.okuji@enbug.org> (Yoshinori K. Okuji's message of "Fri, 10 Sep 2004 22:49:52 +0200") Message-ID: <87fz5pvmux.fsf@marco.marco-g.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new@vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: menu enchancement 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: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:30:15 -0000 "Yoshinori K. Okuji" writes: > I've implemented some important features in the menu interface. That is, > timeout and booting. Please test it. It should be now possible to boot > an OS from the menu interface. I noticed (I love the commit-grub mailinglist :)). I will test it on both PC and PPC. > However, there are still several missing features which can be found in > GRUB Legacy: [...] > - Saving a boot entry Was this possible on GRUB Legacy? How does this work? > - Coloring (this is useless, IMHO) I agree. > - Graphical interface I hope the user interface will be modular some way. Of course this means I am willing to work on this. > - Support for different geometries [...] > Probably support for different geometries is difficult, because the > current code assumes that the screen is at least 80x25. If you want to > support smaller one, you need to adjust the messages as well as the > hardcoded coordinates. This is something that is important to me. The console on the powerbook I have is a lot bigger than 80x25. So this is on my personal todo already. > Next, I will work on editing a boot entry and password support. Cool! Thanks, Marco