From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1UHqYV-0003Ug-0I for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:01:55 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51477) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UHqYS-0003UW-EA for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:01:53 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UHqYR-0008Rz-3f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:01:52 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::229]:46625) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UHqYQ-0008R0-SS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:01:51 -0400 Received: by mail-ea0-f169.google.com with SMTP id z7so56093eaf.14 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:01:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=91g6VL9bAKWdcGXqP2V5pz3bhL0+SiJN26VHJt++tXc=; b=GG3z33EcGJsztNHHa0wotD4RoPs5sktfdhS8Ct8aFwj7jqZtF+leqs4m4kg9tFz2my DBIPQUArt5U1Hefag2/3UQxLO4AWcZ6NNzVy1xkwrGK6R9sdtcGS5IkDMXjAFrw6TScF s/KDWgZyM6uoau7qntGn/Y1q4JgEe8ea3qn9X/IRQk02MWQoeTNntKW2N3USnz/PF41n BzVyItJnjzhNMtxO1U/ZEoSkWnv75i9yubmcNB5MSR07qh1jpisjhuDNPgsqJd5BWnO6 KKGKCnXi4clYj5Et5/MCS31igRpko4OnZ8RAeZt05vebktlSubl+UHgzr0SOV8GFUjRj tjJQ== X-Received: by 10.14.0.135 with SMTP id 7mr56988959eeb.5.1363676510075; Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:01:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.x201.phnet ([217.193.148.98]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z45sm31236444eeu.10.2013.03.19.00.01.49 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:01:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51480D5A.7010705@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:01:46 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:10.0.12) Gecko/20130116 Icedove/10.0.12 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: [3/4] [PATCH] start angle (option of circular_progress) is measured in unusual quantities References: <1777262.HjMq9z6GjJ@icedphoenix> <20130315205208.43080e84@opensuse.site> <20130315175655.GC1271@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> In-Reply-To: <20130315175655.GC1271@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig3D6575B50EC83FF4F59407E5" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c01::229 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:01:53 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig3D6575B50EC83FF4F59407E5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 15.03.2013 18:56, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 08:52:08PM +0400, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: >> =D0=92 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:52:13 +0400 >> Vladimir Testov =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1= =82: >> >>> In current state, start angle is measured in "parrots", where 1 "parr= ot" =3D 1 /=20 >>> 256 of full circle. >>> >>> With simple patch we can set start angle in degrees (which makes no d= ifference=20 >>> for the program, but makes configuration to be more user-friendly) >>> >> >> This has compatibility issue and probably cannot be done without >> introducing theme file format version. >> >> What about adding new parameter name instead (although start_angle_ang= le >> looks rather silly)? >=20 > start_angle_degrees? >=20 > Could have start_angle_radians too (although it would need floating > point to be useful). GRUB doesn't use floats at all as it would decrease compatibility and brings nothing useful to us. >=20 > Could even have start_angle_gradians >=20 This would be featuritus --------------enig3D6575B50EC83FF4F59407E5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlFIDVoACgkQNak7dOguQglrWgD+LcS7Ox752H6h7UMCdmLAGbJ9 JsHu3vifDDDJRQBw7h8A/RimYb3ozoGqky3MUaEF9KE6eGabyxE6y7okDGWvFyNY =yPJD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig3D6575B50EC83FF4F59407E5--