From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 30 12:37:35 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7CB416A4CE for ; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:37:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mailout02.sul.t-online.com (mailout02.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 669B743D2D for ; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:37:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Received: from fwd18.aul.t-online.de by mailout02.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 1DRrDx-00041b-03; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:37:33 +0200 Received: from Andro-Beta.Leidinger.net (Z2KawoZe8eK+T5pdUOhAbjkXH5G4DPvjfngim-RfBPTC-6fAZrC+sL@[84.128.192.194]) by fwd18.sul.t-online.de with esmtp id 1DRrDp-1LDlhI0; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:37:25 +0200 Received: from Magellan.Leidinger.net (Magellan.Leidinger.net [192.168.1.1]) j3UCbOuW094633; Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:37:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from Alexander@Leidinger.net) Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:38:09 +0200 From: Alexander Leidinger To: "/dev/null" Message-ID: <20050430143809.168e46e0@Magellan.Leidinger.net> In-Reply-To: <3121.216.177.243.38.1114856874.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> References: <3121.216.177.243.38.1114856874.localmail@webmail.dnswatch.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Importance: high X-Priority: 1 (Highest) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ID: Z2KawoZe8eK+T5pdUOhAbjkXH5G4DPvjfngim-RfBPTC-6fAZrC+sL@t-dialin.net X-TOI-MSGID: 3ccfb7b6-7909-4ef0-b7da-436da009a1ae cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cleanup-boot.messages+overhaul-install X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:37:36 -0000 On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 03:27:53 -0700 (PDT) "/dev/null" wrote: > Greetings All, > Now that I have your attention. ;) There seems to be some "clean-up" work > that could be done in the boot messaging area. I would like to apply for I suggest to add more "spaces" to your postings (e.g. start a new paragraph where a new context begins). They look like one large blob of text. This isn't easy to read. > the job. I've made some mention of thoughts I had on it in other messages. > So I'll reiterate them here. I think the ASCII spray could be unified > somewhat and that an additional "knob" could be added that would > effectively act as a Volume knob. Technically, it would be a 3 > position switch/ knob with: OFF/ NORMAL/ LOUD. It could probably > accommodate additional fine tuning, like subsettings. But initially, the > 3 shouldn't freak too many ppl out. ;) I suggest to start with a cleanup of the actual way of displaying things. When the actual startup shows a consistent behavior, a refactoring into the possibility to show n ways of status displays can start. "Step by step progress"... you know? Bye, Alexander. -- I believe the technical term is "Oops!" http://www.Leidinger.net Alexander @ Leidinger.net GPG fingerprint = C518 BC70 E67F 143F BE91 3365 79E2 9C60 B006 3FE7