From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KKQUC-0001L3-5I for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:25:28 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKQUA-0001JO-8c for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:25:26 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKQU8-0001H2-He for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:25:25 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41705 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKQU8-0001Gt-ED for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:25:24 -0400 Received: from gateway16.websitewelcome.com ([69.56.238.10]:46614) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKQU8-0003T7-9p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:25:24 -0400 Received: (qmail 14607 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2008 04:31:07 -0000 Received: from gator297.hostgator.com (74.53.228.114) by gateway16.websitewelcome.com with SMTP; 20 Jul 2008 04:31:07 -0000 Received: from c-67-185-142-228.hsd1.wa.comcast.net ([67.185.142.228]:48257 helo=localhost) by gator297.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KKQU2-00077f-Qi; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:25:18 -0500 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:24:53 -0700 From: Colin D Bennett To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080719212453.556a9061@gibibit.com> In-Reply-To: <20080719233155.GA16216@pina.cat> References: <20080717212227.GA11725@pina.cat> <20080719154043.GG23778@thorin> <20080719172134.GA3760@pina.cat> <48827823.6080801@isaac.cedarswampstudios.org> <20080719233155.GA16216@pina.cat> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator297.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gibibit.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Cc: carles@pina.cat Subject: Re: menu loop (patch) 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: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:25:26 -0000 On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:31:55 +0200 Carles Pina i Estany wrote: > > Hello, > > On Jul/19/2008, Isaac Dupree wrote: > > Carles Pina i Estany wrote: > >> fast check in KDE: it's looping > >> > >> Also, Iceweasel menus are looping here (maybe because it's executed > >> in KDE and there is some GTK Widget with a different behaviour? I > >> have no idea) > > > > GTK menubar-menus are looping for me. But I'm not sure about menus > > that consist of selecting from a list in a box (maybe some login > > window?). I don't care personally, because my GRUB-lists are not > > terribly long... hmm, if you hold down a (arrow) key in GRUB, is > > there auto-repeat? > > no, there isn't auto-repeat (this is what the patch that we are > talking does). I think Isaac means: is there key-repeat functionality, and the answer is yes; the BIOS int 16h key functions supply the key auto-repeat functionality. You are talking about "looping" around the menu when an attempt is made to go past the beginning or end. Regards, Colin