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> 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)?


> 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?


> 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?

Regards,
Markus