From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 29 14:47:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C171065679 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:47:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pali.gabor@googlemail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81CB88FC18 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:47:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pali.gabor@googlemail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 30so2135404ugs.39 for ; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:47:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :organization:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:x-enigmail-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:sender; bh=pvSyAZ3lxrJlLbs+HUZFq8hVO7X9+RamMfx1s7rxivM=; b=Xrenn1kGdFkHcTxucF9+pkVKsgKSzj1k3UUodvXbzqcfCKyT6rJfE8Zb3J9Px3VYmJ ZxrW6kOoT2T41wktROT1Rm62tOXsThomu63yX6559ufWDYp+n6an6Tab2glW8CG/t5LI ki6AjkZEPd33YbI8xu+PqZU4uIkhCkY6hpj34= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:organization:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :sender; b=jTTsr7EMiJLsllFVmM7l6j+onbFc+WJTBWLQqV5ysQjl+DBWDeA3bMwokRU61URghm XatWSudUE0e6JMoYMr8C9ppFXZ1k/gyOCdO6/1TSNgGyxjHOSZcSwdMJXv76GWX6WtKT powlZHDCh/XeSVkD5klcCK1bbJ7DbdJ/pZOn4= Received: by 10.103.248.17 with SMTP id a17mr3636683mus.97.1227970036232; Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:47:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.110? (catv-89-132-186-236.catv.broadband.hu [89.132.186.236]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u9sm4179438muf.34.2008.11.29.06.47.15 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:47:15 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <493155ED.8020004@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:47:09 +0100 From: Gabor PALI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20081023) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: =?UTF-8?B?UMOBTEkgR8OhYm9yIErDoW5vcw==?= Subject: RFR: A "Boot Time Splash Screens" Section to the Handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:47:18 -0000 Hello there, A few weeks ago Joseph J. Barbish has contributed a section on boot time splash screens for the FreeBSD Handbook [1], and after a short discussion it was requested for comments whether to be really included it or not [2]. It received a very positive feedback on the topic, so I created the SGML version of it, that you can study in form of a patch [3] and a compiled HTML page [4]. Please, review, comment and send me your ideas on how to make it better (and fix it up). Obviously, because I am not a native speaker of English, it may contain mistakes (I am sure), so review of native speakers are the most welcome, however review of avid users of the presented boot time splash screen feature are also important for this patch. Thank you for the replies in advance. Cheers, :g PS: For your information, after its commit, I plan to rewrite the corresponding FAQ entry about splash screens to reference this section of the Handbook. [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2008-November/014989.html [2] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2008-November/015007.html [3] http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/11/29/splash.screen.section.patch.diff [4] http://people.freebsd.org/~pgj/patches/2008/11/29/html/boot-blocks.html#BOOT-SPLASH