From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1EBhK9-0002q4-Bt for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:21:25 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EBhJu-0002lv-G5 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:21:10 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EBhJq-0002ks-Ru for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:21:08 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EBhJo-0002f4-Ng for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:21:05 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EBhBU-0005e7-7o for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Sep 2005 19:12:28 -0400 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AE7E8FBD for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 01:08:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19830-01 for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 01:08:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B7658EBF for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 01:08:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D389C04B for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 01:08:54 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <200509031454.31833.okuji@enbug.org> From: Marco Gerards Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 01:09:03 +0200 In-Reply-To: <200509031454.31833.okuji@enbug.org> (Yoshinori K. Okuji's message of "Sat, 3 Sep 2005 14:54:31 +0200") Message-ID: <87oe7992b4.fsf@student.han.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: graphics mode 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, 03 Sep 2005 23:21:12 -0000 "Yoshinori K. Okuji" writes: > - Get font data from BIOS and attach shades to glyphs optionally. I prefer the fontmanager, it is portable. > I guess there is no reason that we cannot use the mode 0x12 instead of 0x10 > (640x350x16), if they can. Since the height 350 is very small, I'm willing to > go back to 0x12. Marco, do you agree? Does everything (especially scrolling) still work correctly after changing it? If it does, I do agree. > The palette optimization is dirty, but required when the color depth is very > small. How does this work? > Personally, I don't think cursor blinking is required. I rather prefer a > static, reverse-color cursor, as in Emacs. If someone has a good reason to use this, it can be implemented later. > The concept of a viewport is really good, and we should implement this in GRUB > 2. Yes, it is important. By doing this it will be easier to make a theme. The more things that can be customized, the better IMO. -- Marco